Identifying Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

• Using someone else's work and saying it is your own

• Dishonest

• Theft/Stealing

• All of these

Is it plagiarism if you... Copy/paste text into your paper without quotation marks or a source?

• Yes

• No

You don't need to cite common knowledge.

• True

• False

Is it plagiarism if you... Rewrite another author's ideas in your own words, but don't provide a reference?

• Yes

• No

Paraphrasing is:

• changing a few words around and citing your source

• summarizing in your own words and citing your source

• using quotation marks and citing your source

• using quotation marks and citing your source

Is it plagiarism if you... Have a friend rewrite sections of your paper and pass it off as your own?

• Yes

• No

Is it okay to turn in the same work for two different classes?

• Yes

• No

You don't need to cite pictures.

• True

• False

Is it possible to plagiarize by accident?

• Yes

• No