Plagiarism Test 11/9
What is plagiarism?
" to steal and pass (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: without crediting the source."
remix
Combines multiple sources
aggregator
Does not balance original work to the cited material
Plagiarism
literary theft
what do you do if you have a question
you should check your MLA handbook or ask a teacher
examples of plagiarism
- turning in someone's work as your own - failing to put a direct quotation in quotation marks -copying words or ideas from someone else without giving answers -giving incorrect info. about the sources of a quotation -changing the words but copying the sentence structure of a source (incorrectly paraphrasing)
Consequences of plagiarism
-expulsion -appears on permanent record -failing grade -zero
Consequences of plagiarism
1) fail the class, suspension, expulsion 2) also goes on your permanent record
404 error
Includes citations to non-existent or inaccurate information
re-tweet
Relies too closely on the text's original wording and/or structure
clone
a word for word copy of a text that is passed off as one's own
find-replace
changes key words and phrases
hybrid
combines correctly cited sources with copied work that has not been cited correctly
CT RL-C
contains a large section of text form a single source
recycle
reusing your own paper
When does plagiarism occur?
when a writer duplicates another writer's ideas or language and then calls the work their own