Plagiarism

How do you avoid plagiarism?

-cite your work -paraphrase your words -analyze your sources

How do you tell if something is plagiarized?

Go to a plagiarism checker website and enter yout text to test if it is plagiarized.

What is common knowledge?

Information that is readily available from a number of sources or so well-known that its sources do not have to be cited

Is plagiarizing good?

NO

What are footnotes?

Notes at the bottom of a paper acknowledging sources or providing additional references or information

Is plagiarism illegal?

Plagiarism is not illegal, but at school or in your workplace, it is a very serious offense.

What are the 10 types of plagiarism?

clone, CTRL-C, find-replace, remix, recycle, hybrid, mashup, 404 error, aggregator, re-tweet

What is clone plagiarism?

submitting another's work, word-for-word, as your own.

What is considered plagiarism?

turning someone else's work in as your own, failing to put a quotation in quotation marks, giving incorrect information about your sources, etc.

What is remix plagiarism?

using paraphrases from different sources and putting them together

What is recycle plagiarism?

when you borrow generously from the writer's previous work without citation

What is aggregator plagiarism?

when you include proper citation to sources but the paper contains almost no original work

What does paraphrase mean?

A restatement of a text or passage in other words

What is a citation?

A short, formal indication of the source of information or quoted material

What is self-plagiarism?

Copying material you have previously produced and passing it off as a new production

What Latin word does plagiarism come from?

The word plagiarism comes from a Latin word for kidnapping

Why do people plagiarize?

They plagiarize because they are lazy and don't want to do their own work.

What is the collection of your cited sources called?

a bibliography

What is re-tweet plagiarism?

includes proper citation, but relies too closely on the text's original wording and/or structure

What is the definition of plagiarism?

stealing somebody's work or idea: the process of copying another person's idea or written work and claiming it as original