Plagiarism

How do you feel about your knowledge of plagiarism?

• I've got it!

• I mostly understand, but not sure.

• I completely don't get it.

Which best describes the rightness or wrongness of plagiarism?

• It's perfectly fine.

• Always wrong because it is theft and fraud

• In some situations, it is OK

• Plagiarism is not a right or wrong kind of thing

Which of the following is not an example of plagiarism?

• Borrowing an existing idea and presenting it as a new idea.

• Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote

• Providing the full source for a quotation

True or False:

It is acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper, simply add quotation marks around it and a citation.

• True

• False

Plagiarism is a major concern only in education.

• True

• False

To paraphrase properly, you need to:

• Change a few words in the text and cite it to make it your own.

• Summarize the text in your own words and cite it

• Put quotation marks around the text and cite it.

• Use only the idea from the text without citing it.

Which of the following requires proper citation?

• When I include my own ideas that are unique to the paper I am writing.

• When I refer to my own papers that I have previously written.

• None of the Above.

True or False: If you forget to cite a source in your paper, that is still plagiarism.

• True

• False

Which of the following requires proper citation?

• When using information from crowd-sourced sources, like Wikipedia, because they are in the public domain.

• When using information that is considered common knowledge or widely accessible (for example: most of the Earth's surface is water)

• None of the Above

True or False: Even though no one may be harmed by it, plagiarism is still unethical.

• True

• False