Avoiding Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

• the use of another's original words or ideas

• borrowing from a source without giving credit.

• All of these

• none of these

What does plagiarize mean?

• to steal

• to see

• all of these

• none of these

Plagiarism is

• a popular, legal activity

• an act of fraud

• all of these

• none of these

Original ideas are considered

• bogus

• intellectual property

• all of these

• none of these

When in doubt....

• copy

• cite sources

• all of these

• none of these

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

• put them in quotes

• Give credit with in-text citations

• all of these

• none of these

Plagiarism is using the ideas and words of someone else as my own work without citing the original work.

• True

• False

If I download something from the Internet and change a few words and phrases, I can use that information as my own for class assignments.

• True

• False

If I find a newspaper article on the Internet, I can use it in my work without reference because it is in an electronic form.

• True

• False