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WorksheetsUnderstanding Plagiarism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is plagiarism?
Writing your own ideas in an essay
Copying someone else's work without giving them credit
Sharing your work with a classmate
Using a quote with quotation marks
What could be a consequence of committing plagiarism in school?
Receiving a certificate of achievement
Getting a higher grade
Getting an F and having to redo the assignment
Winning a prize
Which of the following is a way to avoid plagiarism?
Copying text directly from wikipedia
Using many different sources without citing them
Paraphrasing the original text and citing the source
Copying pictures into a presentation from Google
Which of the following is an example of plagiarism?
Summarizing a paragraph and citing the source
Copying a friend's research paper.
Writing a book report on your own
Asking a teacher for help on an assignment
Why is it important to cite sources properly?
To make the paper look longer
To show where you found your information
To confuse the reader
To make the writing more difficult
What could happen if you are caught plagiarizing at a university?
You could be given a warning
You could be expelled
You could be given a higher grade
Nothing, universities don't care about plagiarism
What is a real world example of plagiarism?
Using an image of artwork with citation.
Paraphrasing a book while mentioning the author.
A musician using a beat from another artist without credit.
Including a works cited page on your research paper.
What could be a consequence of plagiarism in the real world?
Getting sued
Having to pay lots of money in court
Being fired from a job
All of the above
Doing your own work, asking for help when you need it, and giving yourself enough time
Looking up cheat sheets on Google
It is ok to copy information from a database without credit
TRUE
FALSE
