Plagiarism

Plagiarism

Poll

I understand what is considered plagiarism.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

​Plagiarism is...

1. ​Copy and pasting someone else's words.

2. ​Using someone else's ideas and pretending that they are your own.

3. "copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not" (plagiarism.org).

4. ​"changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit" (plagiarism.org).

5. ​"failing to use quotation marks" (plagiarism.org).

Multiple Select

Which of the following counts as plagiarism?

• Rewording information in your own words without listing your source.

• Copying and pasting without using quotation marks or indicating your source

• Paraphrasing without citing your source.

• Re-using your own work for a different assignment.

Multiple Choice

Is it possible to plagiarize without meaning to?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

Unintentional plagiarism could look like:

• Trying to paraphrase/rewrite in your own words, but forgetting to cite sources.

• Forgetting a citation (citing your source).

• Not putting quotation marks around a quotation.

Multiple Select

Which of the following can you do to cite your sources WITHIN your writing? (in-text citations)

• Use the author's name.

• Write some sort of introductory phrase like "According to the author" or "According to the text"

• Put the source in a parenthesis at the end of the sentence.

• Put your sources at the bottom of your paper.

Multiple Choice

Do you need to have in-text citations AND list your sources at the bottom of the paper?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Can you list references at the bottom of your paper WITHOUT including in-text citations?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Do you have to have a citation for common knowledge? (i.e. the sky is blue, a basketball is orange, George Washington was the first president, etc.)

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the following situation would be considered plagiarism: Shirley is taking notes from websites for a research project. In her paper, she uses the information she found in her own words, but does not list the source.

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the following situation would be considered plagiarism: Shantrelle paraphrased an idea that she found online, and cited her source both in her paper and in the references at the end of the paper.

• Plagiarism

• Not plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the following situation would be considered plagiarism: Sheila paraphrased sources in her essay, but only put her references at the bottom of her paper in the references section.

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the following situation would be considered plagiarism: Sharon changed the words of a sentence that she found online and used it in her essay.

• Plagiarism

• Not plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the following situation would be considered plagiarism: Shane completely reworded a sentence that he found online, and used it in his essay with an in-text citation AND a reference page.

• Plagiarism

• Not plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the following situation would be considered plagiarism: Shonda copied and pasted a quote from the internet into her paper, but used quotation marks, AND an in-text citation, AND listed the source in her references.

• Plagiarism

• Not plagiarism

Poll

I understand what is considered plagiarism.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree