Plagiarism Quiz

quotation

a passage or expression that is quoted or cited (using words from another source and citing them)

You re-use paragraphs from a paper you wrote last semester and put it into a new assignment, and you don't cite it because it's your own work. Is this plagiarism?

Yes, it is self-plagiarism.

What is Plagiarism?

- Stealing, theft - Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote - Borrowing an original idea and presenting it as a new idea - An act of fraud - Using material without crediting the sources - Citing a source incorrectly ~ Translating others' written work into another language without citation - Unethical behavior - turning in someone else's work as your own - copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit - failing to put a quotation in quotation marks - giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation - changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit - copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

What are some consequences of plagiarism?

- Tarnished reputation - Suspension or expulsion from school - Loss of job - Legal repercussions - Monetary loss - Jail time

Is it necessary to cite information that is common knowledge or widely accessible, like historical information or popular scientific information, e.g. 70% of the earth is covered in water?

No

Is it acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it?

No, that is incomplete citation

For an individual class assignment, Sherria and Juan decide to collaborate. Sherria compiles research notes, Juan identifies the main findings, and both write their own original research papers. Is this plagiarism?

Yes! It is both unethical collaboration AND plagiarism

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

common knowledge

You see something on Twitter and Facebook that you really like, so you:

Give credit to the person you took it from

A source doesn't need to be cited if it's collaboratively written on the web like Wikipedia.

False

Paraphrasing properly is to:

Summarize the text in your own words and cite it (involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.)

Say you found two papers about the same research: Paper A is the original finding; Paper B is an analysis that references Paper A. You use a section of the analysis from Paper B. Which paper do you cite?

Paper A

involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A __________ must also be attributed to the original source. The material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.

Paraphrase or paraphrasing

Must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. They must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.

Quotation

What are the three ways to avoid plagiarism?

Quotations, paraphrasing, summarizing

involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s). Once again, it is necessary to attribute _______________ ideas to the original source. These are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material.

Summaries (noun)