Avoiding Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

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List several reasons why students must avoid plagiarism.

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Copying a paragraph, but changing a few words and giving a citation.

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Cutting and pasting a short article from a website, with no citation.

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Taking two paragraphs from a classmate’s essay, without citation.

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Taking a graph from a textbook, giving the source.

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Taking a quotation from a source, giving a citation but not using quotation marks.

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Using something that you think of as general knowledge (e.g. the ownership of mobile phones is increasing worldwide).

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Using a paragraph from an essay you wrote and had marked the previous semester, without citation.

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Using the results of your own research (e.g. from a survey you did), without citation.

Plagiarism?

• Yes

• No