Plagiarism Basics

True of False: Most colleges and universities have zero tolerance for plagiarists.

True

True of False: Plagiarism occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's language or ideas and calls the work his or her own.

True

True of False: As long as someone didn't mean to plagiarize, then failing to properly cite information is not actually plagiarism in that instance.

False

True of False: Plagiarism is NOT a big deal.

False

True of False: Putting a quotation in quotation marks is an example of plagiarism.

False

True of False: A zero for the assignment, failure for the course, and expulsion from the school are all common punishments for plagiarism at the college level.

True

True of False: If you are caught plagiarizing an assignment in this course, you will receive a zero for the assignment and I will call your parents and discuss the reason for your zero.

True

True of False: In determining whether or not plagiarism has occurred, it does not matter how much was copied.

True

True of False: To plagiarize is to commit literary theft and try to pass off the ideas and words of another as one's own.

True

True of False: When it comes to plagiarism, ignorance is not an excuse; intent does not matter.

True

True of False: When the writer "borrows" generously from his or her previous work, violating policies concerning the expectation of originality adopted by most academic institutions it is known as "self plagiarism."

True

True of False: You must cite your sources whenever you paraphrase, whenever you make a specific reference to another work, and whenever someone else's work has been critical to developing your own ideas.

True