Plagiarism

Plagiarism is . . .

• Copying/pasting without citing

• Summarizing without citing

• Summarizing with citation

• Using ideas without citation

Is it okay to copy from the assignments of multiple friends?

• Yes

• No

Is it okay to copy from a textbook while citing the source and using quotation marks?

• Yes

• No

You find a paper online that answers your assignment instructions exactly and submit it as your work. Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

Lee changed a few words in the sentence he copied for his report on bats. He decided he did not have to give credit to the original author.  Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

when you paraphrase, you replace words and phrase with...

• antonyms

• synonyms

• definitions

• quotation marks

Is the act of borrowing from one’s own previous document without a proper citation also a kind of plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

• It depends

Is it okay to summarise a textbook paragraph?

• Yes

• No

The Pass-Off: the author carefully changes all phrases and terms from one source to his own, but he neglects to quote the source.

• YES

• NO

When you paraphrase you _________ change names, dates, titles, etc.

• should

• always

• cannot

• may