ELA II - Plagiarism 3/20

Rachael has to write a paragraph about volcanoes for science. She finds a paragraph on a website that sounds great. She copies it in her own handwriting and turns it in.

• plagiarism

• not plagiarism

When you research a topic online, in a book, a magazine, or anywhere else, and you use the author's words or ideas in your own writing without giving that author credit.

• plagiarism

• not plagiarism

John is doing a report on George Washinton. He writes that Washinton was the 1st president. He believes this is common knowledge, so he does not give credit to a source for this fact.

• plagiarism

• not plagiarism

Jennifer spends a lot of time searching the web. She finds a great drawing on a site. She prints it for the cover of her report and gives credit to the illustrator in her report.

• plagiarism

• not plagiarism

Sally takes a passage from one of her sources and reworks the ideas into her own words so that she doesn't have to give the original source credit.

• plagiarism

• not plagiarism

Plagiarism is

• a popular, legal activity

• an act of fraud

• expressing an idea in your own words

• originality

It is not necessary to cite a summarized source as long as you don't quote verbatim from the text.

• true

• false

Plagiarism is wrong because it deprives someone else of due credit for their work.

• true

• false

Emily is getting ideas for her pyramid project from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.

• plagiarism

• not plagiarism

Which one is not a way to avoid plagiarism in your writing?

• direct quotes

• summarizing

• copy and paste

• paraphrashing