Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of someone else's words or ideas without crediting the source.

• True
• False

In college, if you plagiarize a paper, the penalty is always failing the paper.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Mixing paraphrased material from multiple sources is plagiarism.

• True
• False

Submitting a paper that you already wrote for a different class is not plagiarism.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Relying closely on the text's original wording and/or structure but providing a correct citation is not plagiarism.

• True
• False

Common knowledge must always be cited.

• True
• False

Summaries focus primarily on an article’s main ideas.

• True
• False

Summaries should be approximately ½ of the text’s original length.

• True
• False

A summary does not require a citation.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

You should never use quotes in a summary.

• True
• False