Plagiarism Flashcard

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The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.

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Plagiarism

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Plagiarism can be accidental.

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True

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What do you use when you want to use a passage from the author and put it in your own words?

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paraphrase

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Emily is getting ideas for her pyramid project from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?

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Okay

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Chris wrote a book report in 5th grade. Now he is in 6th grade, and wants to reuse this report for another class.
OKAY or NO WAY?

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No Way

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Joe wrote a report about cats. He wrote this in his report:
Cats can have long hair or short hair, they can be lots of different colors, and "they can even have blue eyes," says Julia Nelson in her book called Cats are Amazing Animals (2023).
OKAY or NO WAY?

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Okay

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Jill copied wolf images and sounds from another website into the mascot page of her school webpage.
OKAY or NO WAY?

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No Way

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Lee changed a few words in the sentence he copied for his report on bats. He decided he did not have to give credit to the original author. 
OKAY or NO WAY?

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No Way

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John is doing a report on George Washington. He writes that Washington was the 1st president. He believes this is common knowledge so he does not give credit to a source for this fact. OKAY or NO WAY?

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Okay

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Rachel has to write a paragraph about volcanoes for science. She finds a paragraph on a website that sounds great. She copies it in her own handwriting and turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?

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No Way