Avoiding Plagiarism

What are some tools that help map out your ideas?

1) Concept maps 2) Charts 3) Venn Diagrams 4) Outlines

What are 3 examples of plagiarism?

1) Copying a friend's work 2) Buying a project 3) Cutting and Pasting without attribution

What are some examples of Academic Fraud?

1) False Data 2) Making up source information 3) Cheating on tests 4) Falsifying academic records 5) Copying someone else's words

How can I avoid plagiarism?

1) Organization 2) Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing 3) Citing

How many different sources does it take for a quote to be common knowledge?

5

What is a Source Card?

A card that includes the title, author, publication date, and any other information needed for your work cited page.

What are summaries?

A paragraph that gives a broad overview instead of a lot of details.

What is Academic Fraud?

Any action that can result in a false academic evaluation.

What is citation?

Crediting facts and ideas

What does MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

What is it called when you put something in your own words?

Paraphrasing

Taking somebody's ideas without acknowledging them is called....

Plagiarism

What is a works cited page?

Sources with information that give a general background about where you got your information from.

What is a quotation copied by and what does it do?

Word for word; can support an argument.

What do you want to achieve when summarizing?

You might want to establish, describe information from several different sources, or boil down one source into its main idea.

What happens when you quote?

You use the exact words from a source