English 8: Citations, Vocabulary, and Folklore

A. Choose the best answer.

Plagiarism is _________.

• the use of another's original words or ideas

• citing the source

• paraphrasing the idea of the author

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You find a paper online that answers your assignment.

You copied it exactly and submit it as your work.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

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Andrei used different pictures uploaded on the internet.

He used these for his report and included their URLs

in the last part of his presentation.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

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It’s the night before your assignment is due, and you haven’t done any work.

You buy an essay from an online essay writing service.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

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Lee wrote in his assignment,

"According to WHO, there is no single 'official' definition of mental health."

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

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Rachel created a graph from her Science experiment.

She used this to support her hypothesis.

Is it plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

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You copy and paste a paragraph directly from an article you found.

You cite the source in the last part,

but you forget to put quotation marks in your essay.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Yes, it's plagiarism. Though you cited the reference, if you copy a paragraph without quotation marks, means you are owning the paragraph.

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Your friend finished this course last semester, and she gives you her assignment. You change the wording here and there and insert a few of your own ideas.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

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You wrote an essay for Social Studies. You included all of the resources you used to gather the data. You used Grammarly, an online application for grammar checking.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

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You need an image for your essay. You go online and find one. You don’t cite the source of your image, because images on the web aren’t protected by copyright.

Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No