Plagiarism

Which of the following is considered plagiarism?

• Unintentionally claiming the work of others are your own

• Intentionally claiming the work of others as your own

• Chunking a long passage

• all of the above

Which of the following is the best way to avoid plagiarism?

• Just reword a few words in the line and then it can be called your own

• Just quote the entire passage

• Paraphrase and give the author credit

• Chunk the information

What is paraphrasing?

• Copying a short sentence word for word with quotes around it

• Changing at least 2 words in a sentence to make it your own

• Taking a long passage of information and changing a few words

• Reading, remembering points from what you read, then writing it in your own words

When should quoting be used?

• When a short piece of info. is written so beautifully, it should not be changed.

• Anytime a passage it too long to rephrase

• Every time I gather info. from my research

• Every time I look at factual information

What are in-text citations?

• When you include the website after each passage of writing

• Providing credit to the author or source within the text

• The bibliography or works cited page attached at the end

In text citations only need to be used when

• I have quoted an author directly

• When I have paraphrased information

• When I have used only a short bit of information from research

• All of the above

Scenario: A student loved a story they read, so they decided to copy the story line, but they changed the names of the characters. Which answer below applies?

• This is considered plagiarism, you cannot copy an existing story line

• This is not considered plagiarism because they used different names

• It is considered partial plagiarism, but it is not a big deal.

Scenario: A student put a story assignment off until last minute, so they copy and paste a story from online that is NOT copyrighted. Which of the following applies.

• This is plagiarism regardless of the copyright.

• It is not plagiarism because there was no copyright.

• It isn't plagiarism, but it also isn't good because the student didn't do their own work.

Scenario: A student was stuck on story ideas, so they created an original story, but used famous superhero characters.

• This is plagiarism because they did not seek the right to use the characters created by someone else

• This is not plagiarism because everyone knows these characters, so they are free game

• It was not plagiarism because the story was original

Scenario: A student was not fully aware of what plagiarism is, so they only changed a few words of each line in the text they were researching, and included it in their paper. Mark what will happen.

• It was the first offense, but the student will be instantly suspended. Plagiarism is a serious offense.

• The student will be talked to and asked to redo the work on the first offense.

• The student will spend the day in the office on the first offense.