Plagiarism

Plagiarism is

• presenting someone else's words or ideas as your own

• borrowing from a source without giving credit

• quoting another person's work

• grounds for a Not Achieved grade

It is OK if you plagiarise accidentally

• True

• False

What are THREE ways you can insert ideas from another source into your own paper?

• Put exact wording in direct quotes if you can't say it any better than the original source.

• Paraphrase the information in your own words

• Highlight the words in another colour so the reader knows that these words are different

• Use your own words

• Email the author to ask for their permission to use their words

What TWO citation elements should be included when citing research to avoid plagiarism? (Select 2)

• High-level vocabulary

• Action verbs

• In-text citations

• Signal phrases

Which element is NOT a part of a direct quote?

• Signal phrase

• Quotation marks

• Word-for-word quotation

• In-text citation

• A summary of the main idea

What is the purpose of a signal phrase?

• it introduces a quote or paraphrased fact

• it shows what you think of the idea

• it identifies a problem with an idea

• it signals what is about to come next

When you paraphrase, you should not ...

• use the exact wording of the source

• re-word the author's ideas

• include an internal citation

• retain the author's main point

When should you summarise an author's work?

• when you like the source’s main point, but you don’t need all the extra “fluff,” or details.

• when you want to substitute your own words for some of the author's

• when you can't think of something to say