Avoiding Plagiarism

^{To plagiarize is to use someone else’s words or ideas without giving proper credit.}

• True
• False

2. When you copy someone else’s words and use quotation marks,you do not have to cite the source.

• True
• False

Putting a sentence completely into one’s own words is called __________.

• Quoting
• Paraphrasing
• Neither

Significantly shortening a passage into one’s own words & keeping the gist of it is known as

• Quoting
• Summarizing
• Paraphrasing

You must cite your source when you do which of the following…

• Quoting
• Summarizing
• Paraphrasing
• All of these

Which of the following is a form of plagiarism?

• Submitting your own paper to multiple teachers
• Changing just a word or two when paraphrasing
• Copying and pasting without quotation marks and citations
• All of these

A good reason to quote is when the original text is difficult to put in one’s own words. 

• True
• False

Is it OK for most of your paper to be quotes as long as you properly cite?

• Yes
• No

A good way to paraphrase is to...

• use a thesaurus and just change a couple of words 
• copy the text word for word
• read the text, look away, and ask yourself what you learned 
• none of the above

Which of the following is a good reason to avoid plagiarism?

• You could get a zero on your paper.
• Your teacher will be disappointed in you.
• It’s not ethical to steal someone else’s words or ideas.
• All of the above