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ANSC20003_2025_SM2 Academic Integrity Quiz

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Take a look at the excerpt and paraphrase below and answer the following question.  NB: The examples use APA referencing style. Original excerpt: “Throughout most of human history, calories were relatively scarce and hard to get, and physical activity unavoidable” (Katz, 2011, p. 1). Paraphrase: Humans evolved when food was scarce and physical activity unavoidable (Katz, 2011).   What’s wrong with this paraphrase?

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A.Similar length, same ideas, similar structure and language.
B.Similar length, different structure and language, but the idea has changed.
C.Substantially different length, similar structure and language, same idea.
D.Substantially different length, same idea, different structure and language.
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The question asks what’s wrong with the given paraphrase of the original excerpt, so we need to compare the paraphrase to key features of proper paraphrasing. Option 1: 'Similar length, same ideas, similar structure and language.' This points to a paraphrase that is very close to the original in length, preserves the same ideas, and retains a similar structure and language. In typical academic editing, such a paraphrase fails to su......Login to view full explanation

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