Assignment: Paraphrasing Vs. Plagiarism

Plagiarism is

• Putting someone else's ideas into your own words

• copying someone else's words or ideas without giving them credit

• Using "quotation marks" to use someone's ideas

• A helpful way to complete assignments

Plagiarized ideas can come from...

• Books

• Magazines

• Speeches

• All the above

According to the images of brain activity, which activity exercises the brain most?

• Looking at words

• Listening to words

• Speaking words

• Thinking of words

Why is this student's paragraph an example of plagiarism?

• He copied directly from another source 

• His ideas were NOT scientifically accurate

• He reordered ideas, changed words, and added details

True/False: It's better to copy other people's ideas if they sound smarter than your own

• True

• False

How can teachers/professors easily know if a student is plagiarizing?

• Buying an expensive database that has every text ever written

• Copy and paste what the student wrote into the Google Search bar

• Ask the student if all of the ideas are her own

• It's impossible to tell if a student has been plagiarizing