Avoiding Plagiarism

You take a sentence from a professional journal and reorder the phrases, keeping the meaning and most phrases intact. You do not cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

You are asked to summarize the plot of a chapter. You copy the chapter description from the online Spark Notes Web site and don't cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.8

You find a paper online that answers your assignment instructions exactly and submit it as your work.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

You copy and paste text from a Web site into your paper and don't cite the original author because everyone knows that material on the Web is free for anyone to use.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

Material on the Web is free for anyone to use.

• TRUE
• FALSE

I take a passage from one of my sources and rework the ideas into my own words so that I don't have to give the original source credit.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

Running out of time and forgetting to put all of your citations in the bibliography is an acceptable excuse for plagiarism.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.

• Citation
• Bibliography
• Plagiarism
• Newton's Law

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.W.8.8

What do you need to do to properly cite your sources?

• Give the Website URL
• Put the author's name, the date of the article, and the title
• Put a star next to the information
• You don't have to list sources.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.8

Common knowledge must always be cited.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.8