Question

Which of the following types of information does not need to be cited in academic writing? Question options: A word-for-word quotation from Newsweek magazine on the decline of honeybee populations. A photograph of Mount Kilimanjaro that you found on the National Geographic website. A list of important things you think students can do to survive college. A paragraph you wrote last year summarizing an article on Global Warming you read online.

Answer 1

The correct answer is the third: A list of important things you think students can do to survive college. This is a personal opinion, so there may be no need to cite sources.

On the other hand, word-for-word quotations must be cited. Photographs taken from other sources must also be cited. A summary paragraph, even paraphrased, must still be cited since its ideas are from a different source.

Answer 2

The answer for this is "A list of important things you think students can do to survive college."

You don't need to cite this because you are using your own words and ideas.

Always remember that you must need to cite information that isn't originally yours, except for common knowledge.

Hope this helps :)