Intro to Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a fancy word for stealing.

• True

• Falso

To cite or citing means to show where you found the information.

• True

• False

Plagiarism is unfair to the real author.

• True

• False

If you are in a rush to finish your research, your teacher will understand if you just "cut and paste" some parts.

• True

• False

Why do students plagiarize?

• They don't want to do the work
• They don't know how to cite properly
• They don't realize they are plagiarizing
• All of the Above

Which of these is NOT plagiarism?

• Turning in a Wikipedia article as your own work.
• Quoting a sentence from an article and giving credit to the author.
• Copying a paragraph but moving the sentences around.
• Using parts of an article without telling who the author is.

Why should we always give credit to the author?

• So we don't get in trouble.
• Because it's the right thing to do.
• To avoid a copyright violation.
• All of these answers!

The consequences of plagiarism may include...

• Failing the assignment
• Getting in trouble with principals
• Having to redo the whole assignment
• All of these things could happen!

When you write down information about where you got the knowledge that is called " _____ing your source".

• copying

• plagiarizing

• citing

• clearing

Teachers have web sites and computer programs that tell them if students have plagiarized or not.

• true
• false