Understanding Plagiarism and Citations

What is plagiarism?

• Copy and pasting work without crediting

• paraphrasing work without crediting

• reusing your own work for something else

• using someone's work without their permission

It is acceptable to copy and paste a photo from a webpage without citing where it came from.

• True

• False

In-text citations are used to ___.

• Provide detailed information about each source, such as the publisher

• Show what information comes from each source

• Ensure each source is credible

Tags

CCSS.SL.9-10.2

One purpose of a Works Cited page is to

• Show readers from where your information came.
• To add length to a paper.
• To stress out students
• To prove information in the paper is true.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.W.4.8

Why is it important to cite a source?

• To give credit to the person who wrote the information.

• To know from where did you find the information.

• To show that you did an investigation, so your work is more complete.

• ALL of them

Paraphrase means to 

• Put into your own words.  
• Copy everything word for word.  
• Do not use any sources.  
• Use as many sources as you can.  

Tags

CCSS.SL.4.2

Students should avoid plagiarism to promote academic integirty.

• TRUE

• FLASE

One should introduce a quote with a transition.

• True

• Falso

Which in-text citation is correctly formatted?

• Although most mythological creatures don't exist, "unicorns are real" (Jones 5).

• Although most mythological creatures don't exist, "unicorns are real (Jones 5)".