Plagiarism

Plagiarism is

• quoting a source without citing it.

• stealing someone's intellectual property.

• passing off other people's work as your own.

• all of the above

One way to avoid plagiarizing is to

• always write down where your information comes from

• paraphrase while looking directly at the original source.

• put direct quotes into your notes without quotation marks.

• use a paper you wrote previously in place of the paper you are writing now.

In a school assignment, John changes one word per sentence from a Wikipedia article and submits it as his own work

• Not Plagarism

• Plagarism

The act of using someone else’s words as your  own

What does it mean to plagiarize?

• To copy someone else's work and pretend it's your own

• To restate information using different words

• To provide information about a topic but did not originate it

• To create original information or documents

Examples of Plagiarism

• Citing a source incorrectly

• Quoting a source without attribution

• Using someone else's work without permission

• Copying and pasting text from a source without citation, paraphrasing someone else's ideas without giving credit, submitting someone else's work as your own.

According to this picture, what's the easiest way to avoid plagiarism?

• Never use the Internet

• Cite some of your sources

• Use your own ideas

• Reword everything you find

This is an example of patchwork plagiarism.

• True

• False

Copying from which of these is plagiarism

• Encyclopedias

• web sites

• video or audio

• your own work

What can you do if you don't know whether something is plagiarized?

• Talk to your dog

• Nothing - continue with your assignment and hope for the best

• Ask a teacher