Plagiarism

Select the best definition of plagiarism:

• Borrowing a quote, but including a proper citation

• Changing a few words of a sentence with no credit

• Copying large amounts of text, giving credit

• Using someone's work and handing it in as your own

It is acceptable to copy a sentence into your essay, as long as you use quotation

• true

• false

Which of the following is not an example of plagiarism?

• Changing the words of a paragraph someone else wrote

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

• Providing the full source for the quotation

• Paraphrasing someone else's work without citation.

When getting similar information from multiple sources you:

• Must cite all sources

• Only need to cite one of the sources

• Only need to cite the one you used most, but can cite all

• Don't need to cite any sources

What are potential consequences of plagiarism?

• Receiving a zero on the assignment.

• Having to redo the assignment.

• Losing a teacher or parent's trust.

• All of these answers

Which of these is a good strategy for paraphrasing a text?

• It includes the author

• It includes the page number

• The citation is included in the body of the essay

• It is unnecessary, you don't need in-text citations

You do not have to cite common knowledge.  Which example is common knowledge?

• The capital of Thailand is Bangkok

• The population of Iowa in 1910 is 65.000

• The first twenty lines of Hatchet contains a heartbreaking story

• The reasons America was colonized is to expand England's teritory

Paraphrase is aimed to

• Translate words and ideas into your own words

• Copying word for word from the source

• Usually includes details and main ideas

• Both A and C

when you paraphrase, you replace words and phrase with...

• antonyms

• synonyms

• definitions

• quotation marks

When you paraphrase you _________ change names, dates, titles, etc.

• should

• always

• cannot

• may