Plagiarism (avoiding plagiarism)

Plagiarism is ...

• cheating

• stealing

• a crime

• all of the above

Plagiarising someone's work is like ....

• not cheating. It is quicker and more efficient.

• acceptable in Science and Social Studies but not English.

• copying off of them on a test, and then telling the teacher that they copied off of you.

• acceptable in all subjects.

If you copy and paste some of the text from a website,

• that is acceptable to use in your paper.

• that is sometimes acceptable to use in your paper.

• that is a clear violation of plagiarism.

• that is not a clear violation of plagiarism.

Copying from which of these is plagiarism

• Encyclopedias

• web sites

• video or audio

• all of these

When are you allowed to use the words or ideas of other people without giving them credit?

• once

• twice

• sometimes

• never

To paraphrase information means to ....

• put in your own words.

• write verbatim what you've read in any resource.

• to collaborate ideas.

• is to negotiate the art of the deal.

When you paraphrase

• give credit by citing

• take a risk and don't cite it

• all of these

• none of these

When using someone's exact words

• give credit by citing

• change one or two of them

• all of these

• none of these

When in doubt....

• copy

• cite sources

• all of these

• none of these

Citations should include

• information about the author

• title of the work

• name and location of the publisher

• date your copy was published