Plagiarism and How to Prevent It

What is plagiarism?

• It is a form of cheating and is totally unacceptable in any education institution.

• It is a creative expression of one's intellectual ability.

• It is a person's unique way to express one's self.

• All are correct.

Plagiarism happens when you do the following:

• Give due credit when using another person’s words, ideas, theories, opinions, statistics, graphs, and drawings

• Any facts or information that are not common knowledge

• Quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words

• All are correct.

According to Hinchcliffe (1998), which among the following is also considered as plagiarism?

• Copying and/or paraphrasing material from a document without proper acknowledgement

• Copying materials from a source text, supplying proper documentation, but leaving out quotation marks

• Turning in a paper from a “term paper mill” website

• All are correct.

Scenario: You really like the particular phrase somebody else made up, so you use it.

• I must give credit to the rightful owner or author.

• I may not have to give credit to the original owner or author.

• I am not sure what to do.

• I will take credit for this.

Scenario: You want to begin your paper with a story that one of your classmates told about her experiences in Yellowstone National Park.

• I must give credit to the rightful owner or author.

• I may not have to give credit to the original owner or author.

• I am not sure what to do.

• I will take credit for this.

Scenario: The quote you want to use is too long, so you leave out a couple of phrases.

• I must give credit to the rightful owner or author.

• I may not have to give credit to the original owner or author.

• I am not sure what to do.

• I will take credit for this.

Scenario: You are writing new insights about your own experiences.

• I must give credit to the rightful owner or author.

• I may not have to give credit to the original owner or author.

• I am not sure what to do.

• I will take credit for this.

Scenario: You write your opinions about a new piece of legislation.

• I must give credit to the rightful owner or author.

• I may not have to give credit to the original owner or author.

• I am not sure what to do.

• I will take credit for this.

Scenario: You write details about the news footage of the fire in Pryor last week.

• I must give credit to the rightful owner or author.

• I may not have to give credit to the original owner or author.

• I am not sure what to do.

• I will take credit for this.

Scenario: You really like the particular phrase somebody else made up, so you use it.

• I must give credit to the rightful owner or author.

• I may not have to give credit to the original owner or author.

• I am not sure what to do.

• I will take credit for this.