Plagiarism

Plagiarism is. . .

• always on purpose

• always on accident

• can be accidentally or on purpose

Plagiarism is . . .

• Copying/pasting without citing

• Summarizing without citing

• Summarizing with citation

• Using ideas without citation

Plagiarism can include all the following except. . .

• ideas

• common knowledge

• sentence structures

• images

• music

Forgetting to use in-text citations is. . .

• not your fault

• definitely your fault

• still plagiarism

• actually cheating

Plagiarism is punishable by all the following except

• a zero on the assignment

• failure of the course

• life in prison

• referral to the Dean of Students

Using someone's idea, even when rephrased into your own words, is. . .

• yes, plagiarism

• no, not plagiarism

When using a quote, the words must be. . .

• similar to the source material

• very close to the source material

• exactly the same as the source

Using the same sentence as the original but switching out words for synonyms is. . .

• plagiarism of words

• plagiarism of ideas

• plagiarism of paragraphs

• plagiarism of sentence structure

Common knowledge is . . .

• well-known sayings

• anything on the internet

• facts/ideas everyone in the field would know

• easily found in a reference source (ie dictionary)

I completely understand plagiarism.

• yes

• no

• I have a question.