Plagiarism Self Assessment

Going online and copying selected portions of others’ works as long as you change a few words is not considered plagiarism.

• True

• False

1. If you copy a “unique phrase” from someone else without documenting it, it is plagiarism.

• True

• False

1. Writing about commonly held beliefs or specific facts that are common knowledge without documentation is not plagiarism

• True

• False

1. Buying an essay online or from another source can make your life a whole lot easier, especially if you hate the subject.

• True

• False

1. If you paraphrase the ideas of another person and do not cite your source, it is plagiarism

• True

• False

1. If you write part of an essay in your words and then add in sentences and phrases from an undocumented source, it will make you sound smarter.

• True

• False

1. If you use a few lines from another person, you should enclose the lines in quotes, use an in text citation and cite the sources in your Bibliography or Works Cited Section

• True

• False

1. All you need to do when writing an essay is to find one that is already written, rewrite it a bit using a thesaurus and hand it in to get an A.

• True

• False

1. Borrowing the work of another student is not as serious as borrowing from a published author.

• True

• False

1. Plagiarism is a victimless crime

• True

• False