Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is...

• Using other people's work in your work

• Citing sources incorrectly

• Using other people's work and not citing them

• Having the same idea as someone

Plagiarism does NOT apply to...

• exact words

• ideas

• common knowledge points

• data

What is one way to avoid plagiarizing someone's article?

• Paraphrase

• Copy the words exactly

• Rewrite the whole article in your own words

• Copy only small parts of the article

What is the citation style most commonly used in academia?

• ELA

• MLA

• ALA

• ADA

Which is the correct citation?

• ....(Bernard Davis, page 28.)

• ....(Davis 28).

• .....(28).

• ....(B. Davis 28)

Cite this properly: Author Bernard Davis discovered that crows had no consistent diet.

• (28)

• (Bernard Davis)

• (Davis 28)

• No Citation needed

When citing more than 3 authors, your citation should say...

• MLA

• Et al

• SEC

• etc

When should you use "block quotes"?

• Whenever

• When there are 4 or more lines

• When there are 2 or more lines

• Never use block quotes

Which is the proper way to punctuate a citation?

• . (Davis 28)

• (Davis 28.)

• (Davis 28).

• None of the above

You want to use, "the sun is the earth's main source of light" in your essay, you should...

• Cite it in MLA format

• No need to cite it, it's common knowledge

• Paraphrase

• Come up with your own discovery instead