AI and Getting Real Essay Feedback Without Letting AI Write It

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1. Which practice best maintains your ownership of an essay when using AI?

   1. Asking AI for feedback on clarity while you rewrite the sentences yourself
   2. Copying and pasting AI-generated text into your document
   3. Asking AI to rewrite entire paragraphs to improve your grade
   4. Having AI write the introduction and conclusion for you

2. A classmate asks AI to write their entire history essay and then submits it as their own work. What is the main problem with this?

   1. The classmate is claiming someone else's work as their own
   2. The essay will be too well-written
   3. The AI might charge money for the service
   4. The essay might contain factual errors

3. You want to strengthen one weak sentence in your essay. Which approach keeps you as the writer?

   1. Ask AI to suggest three stronger verb options, then choose and insert one yourself
   2. Ask AI to rewrite the sentence entirely
   3. Copy the sentence and add a comma
   4. Have AI rewrite the sentence and change one word

4. What does it mean to 'keep your voice' when using AI to help with an essay?

   1. Speak as loudly as possible when reading your essay aloud
   2. Use only words that AI suggests
   3. Write in the same way you naturally speak and express your ideas
   4. Copy your favorite author's writing style

5. Your teacher asks you to revise an essay you wrote with some AI help. Which version would most clearly be your own work?

   1. You asked AI for five questions to deepen your thesis, then answered them in your own words
   2. You typed your ideas into AI and had it write the full essay
   3. You asked AI to check your spelling and grammar only
   4. You gave AI your draft and it rewrote every paragraph

6. Why is asking AI 'to critique this paragraph' better than asking it to 'rewrite this paragraph'?

   1. Critiquing gives you feedback you can apply yourself, while rewriting does the work for you
   2. Critiquing takes less computer memory
   3. Critiquing makes the essay funnier
   4. Rewrite requests are always longer to type

7. A student uses AI to ask themselves five questions that would improve their essay's main argument. They then answer those questions in their own writing. What is happening in this scenario?

   1. The student is cheating because AI helped at all
   2. The student is using AI as an editor by getting guidance for their own revisions
   3. AI is ghostwriting the essay because it generated the questions
   4. AI is doing all the creative thinking

8. Which of these would be considered 'getting an editor's touch' rather than having AI do your writing?

   1. AI types your essay while you speak
   2. AI writes your entire conclusion
   3. AI chooses all your words for you
   4. You ask AI what weak points exist in your argument, then you fix them

9. What is academic integrity in the context of essay writing?

   1. Writing essays as quickly as possible
   2. Using the most impressive vocabulary you can find
   3. Getting the highest grade possible
   4. Submitting work that honestly represents your own thoughts and words

10. You want to use AI to help with an essay about climate change. Which question would result in AI doing the writing instead of you?

    1. How can I make my introduction grab attention?
    2. Write my entire essay about climate change
    3. What evidence supports my main point?
    4. What are three weaknesses in my argument?

11. A friend says, 'I used AI to edit my essay, so it's still my work.' Why might this be true?

    1. AI editing is the same as having a parent help
    2. AI editing doesn't count as real help
    3. Editing is the same as writing
    4. The friend wrote the original words and chose which edits to keep

12. What is the safest way to use AI for essay feedback?

    1. Submit whatever AI produces without reading it
    2. Have AI write and you just sign your name
    3. Let AI decide which argument is best
    4. Ask AI to identify problems, then solve those problems yourself

13. Why might a student lose their authentic voice if they let AI rewrite their essay?

    1. AI cannot write about real topics
    2. AI uses too many emojis
    3. AI writes in its own style, not the student's
    4. AI always uses correct grammar

14. Your essay has a weak thesis statement. Which use of AI would help you strengthen it while still doing your own work?

    1. Ask AI what questions a strong thesis should answer, then write your own answers
    2. Ask AI to write a new thesis for you
    3. Copy a thesis from an AI-generated essay
    4. Have AI write your entire introduction

15. What separates helpful AI feedback from unacceptable AI ghostwriting?

    1. The grade the student receives
    2. Whether the student does the actual writing or lets AI do it
    3. The length of the essay
    4. The topic of the essay