Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of using someone's words, work, or ideas without giving proper ______

• Credit

• Money

• Advice

• Help

One of the easiest ways to avoid plagiarizing a text is to...

• Cite it

• Paraphrase it only

• Put quotes around it only

• Hope the teacher doesn't notice

If I just put quotes around text I copy/pasted from another source, I'm not plagiarizing

• True

• False

• Depends

One downfall to plagiarizing

• Becomes a habit that's hard to break

• There are no downfalls

• Arrest

• I might get caught

A serious downfall to plagiarizing

• Zero on the assignment

• Arrest

• My parents will get mad

• There are no downfalls.

When in doubt...

• Cite it out

• Pray

• Paraphrase

• Take a chance

You shouldn't have more quotes in your paper than you do your own words

• True

• False

• Depends

A possible, serious consequence of plagiarizing

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• Lose your career

• Arrest

• Disappointment

• Nothing

What kind of text do you put quotes around?

• Direct quotes (exactly what the author wrote)

• Paraphrases

• Anything just to be sure

• As long as you cite it, it doesn't matter

What kind of text do you NOT put quotes around that requires citation?

• Direct quotes (the exact words the author uses)

• Paraphrases

• Anything just to be sure

• As long as you cite it, it doesn't matter