Plagiarism Quiz
you can accidentally plagiarize by
not paraphrasing well enough, or incorrectly identifying the author or publisher of a piece.
paraphrasing
putting the information into your own words.
Copyright laws were enacted in
1976
Three types of unintentional plagiarism
Cheating, non-attribution, and patch-writing.
Is changing a word or two and reorder the phrasing of a sentence enough to not be plagiarism?
No
Copyright
The United States gives protection to authors of intellectual work. This can include musical, literary, dramatic, or artistic work.
patch-writing
The work is not paraphrased enough to pass as original writing.
Computers and both help a student plagiarize and teachers catch those who do
True
Types of submitting others work
buying term papers, copying a friend's paper from a different school, others writing a paper or report for you
Most severe form of plagiarism is
cheating
Can you turn in a paper written for another class?
No
what does it mean to paraphrase enough?
You have to use them to make an argument.
if something is on the internet and accessible to you it...
doesn't mean that it's either free for your use and copying, or that you should be able to take it for nothing.
Plagiarism can be
intentional or unintentional
Unintentional plagiarism
is the careless citing of borrowed ideas from an original source without giving the proper credit.
why do people plagiarize
it appears to be an easy way out
Intentional plagiarism is just that--
the purposeful copying of another person's thoughts or words to use as your own.
plagiarism
the unauthorized use or copying of another person's work or ideas
Non-attribution occurs
when you use exact phrases or passages from someone else's work, but you fail to credit the work as being theirs.
