Plagiarism

Plagiarism is

• forgetting to cite a source you used in your research.

• using someone's intellectual property without giving them credit.

• passing off other people's work as your own.

• all of the above

If something is known by most people, it _______________________________.

• must be cited

• is considered common knowledge

• is too boring to include in your project

• must not be a true fact

True or False: Plagiarism is not serious and you will probably not get in any serious trouble for doing it.

• True

• False

When you use an author's exact words in your paper, those words are called a

• source.

• citation.

• quotation.

• paraphrase.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2B

CCSS.W.6.8

To put a quote into your paper, you need

• a citation only.

• quotation marks only.

• quotation marks and a citation.

• neither quotation marks nor a citation.

Which of the following is not considered plagiarizing?

• asking your best friend to let you download a copy of their PowerPoint.

• paraphrasing an author's ideas without including a citation on your works cited page

• copying and pasting passages from online sources into your paper

• asking your mom to proofread your paper for you.

If you plagiarize, it damages your

• bibliography.

• academic integrity.

• intellectual property.

• common knowledge.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.8

One way to avoid plagiarizing is to

• always write down where your information comes from

• paraphrase while looking directly at the original source.

• put direct quotes into your notes without quotation marks.

• quote a paper you wrote previously in the paper you are writing now.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.8

True or False: Buying a paper on the internet is a kind of plagiarism.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.6.8

A restatement, in your own words, of a passage of text is called a

• source.

• citation.

• quotation.

• paraphrase.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.8