ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE READING TEXT ‘BREAKING THE RULES’.

A. Respond to the student essay by answering the questions below in complete sentences.

1. Why do some students do plagiarize?

 Some students do plagiarize because they want to achieve a good grade
2. How would you describe the writer’s personal feelings about people who plagiarize?
What makes you say that?
 The writers don’t like people who did plagiarize , in paragraph 2 the writers
write “ we were mad that our classmate had lie to us. It was an embarrassment
for everyone..”

3. What are the negative effects of plagiarizing on students’ learning skills?

 The negative effects of plagiarizing on student learning skills is the student will
not develop their own writing and crtical thingking skills. As a result they may
not be prepared to pass their final exam.
4. Do you agree or disagree with the writer? Write your opinion and reason below.
 I’m agree with the writer, because plagiarizing is makes us lazy to think and also
plagiaring is addictive and lead to bad habits.

5. Did the writer influence your position? If so, which point influenced you the most?
 Yes, the writer influence me not to do plagiarizing because we us a student will
not develop our own writing and crtical thingking skills.

B. Examine the organization of the essay by answering the questions below.

1. Write the hook.

 College and high school students often look fot shortcuts to make their work
easier
2. Rewrite the thesis in your own words.
 however, if we see from social and academic point of view, plagiarism is
irresponsible

3. What kind of supporting details are used in body paragraph 2?

a. Facts
b. Cause and effects
c. Statistics
d. An anecdote

4. In body paragraph 3, the writer presents an opposing opinion. Rewrite it in your own
words.
 As a students at community collages of course they have bussy schedules and
may have trouble completing their assignments on time. And because of this
situation some student may argue to buy essays on the internet.
5. How many reasons has the writer restated in the conclusion? Write the reasons.
 The writer restated 3 reasons.
1. Plagiarism damges classroom relationship
2. Violates school policies
3. Prevent students from realizing their own potential.

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