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ClickonWhatisPlagiarism?
1.AccordingtoMerriamWebsterOnlineDictionaryplagiarismis
1. tostealorpassoff(ideasorwordsofanother)asonesown.
2. touseanotherproductionwithoutcreditingsource
3. tocommitliterarytheft
4. topresentasnewororiginalideaorproductderivedfromexistingsource.
2.In
your
ownwordsdefineplagiarism.
Plagiarismistakingsomeoneelse'sworkandusing/claimingitisyourown.
3.Inotherwords,plagiarismisanactoffraud.Itinvolvesbothstealing
someoneelsesworkandlyingaboutitafterward.(Plagiarism.org)
4.Whatarethe6thingsdescribedthatarealsoconsideredplagiarism?
1. someoneelseswork
2. copyingwordsorideas
3. failingtoputquotations
4. givingincorrectinformationaboutcitedquotation
5. changingwordsbutcopyingsentencestructure
6. copyingsomanywordsorideasfromasourcethatmakesthemajorityoftheworkwhetheryougive
creditornot.
5.ChangingthewordsofanoriginalsourceisNOTsufficienttopreventplagiarism.
True
or
False
Clickoncitingsourceslink
6.Definecitationinyourownwords?
Citationisgivingcredittotheauthorofawebsite,book,orwhereveryougottheinformationfrom.
7.Whatfivethings(attheminimum)shouldbeincludedinapropercitation?
1. informationonauthor
2. titleofwork
3. nameandlocationofthecompanythatpublishedthework
4. datecopywaspublished
5. pagenumbersofmaterialsyouareborrowing.
8.Whatistheonlywaytouseotherpeoplesworkwithoutplagiarizing?
Paraphrasingtakestheauthorspointbutinyourwordsandchangingthesentancestructure.
9.Wheneveryouborrow____words____or____ideas___,youneed
toacknowledgetheirsource.(Plagiarism.org)
10.Whichfivescenariosalmostalwaysrequireacitation?
1. Wheneveryouusequotes
2. paraphrasing
3. usingideasthatothershavealreadyexpressed
4. specificreferencetoworkofanother
5. wheneversomeoneelsesworkhasbeencriticaltomakingyourown.
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11.Whatarepunishmentsforplagiarism?Summarizeinownwords.
a.Academic:handledbyindividualinstructors
b.Legal:Thiscanbepunishablebyfinesanduptoayearinjail.
c.Institutional:Thereisnotoleranceandcanbefiredordeniedworkbecauseofit.
12.Doesintentionmatter?Why?
No,evenifyoudidntknowyouwereplagiarizingyoucanstillbepunished,butthepunishmentcould
belessenedifyoucanprovefromyourworkthatitsnotthesame.
GotoResourcesandthenclickonthelinktoWriteCheck.NextclickonFAQ.
13.Whataretherecommendedwaysforstudentstoavoidplagiarism?
1. buildapapertrail
2. citeasyouwrite
3. givecreditstowordsandideas
4. usetechnologyforpeaceofmind
14.Find3interestingfactsthatyoudidntknowaboutplagiarism.
1. Writecheckisonlyforstudentstocheckpapersnotforbusinessessays.
2. Youcangotojailbecauseofplagiarism
3. Plagiarismisalsoknownasliterarytheft.
CitedResource:WhatisPlagiarism?
Plagiarism.org
.iParadigms,n.d.November20,2012.