Plagiarism Review

What is important to include when paraphrasing?

• The original authors' words

• Blending the original idea with our own opinion

• The same idea/information from the original source

• A citation

What are the most important things to include for a paraphrase citation?

• The original author's first/given name

• The year the original source was published

• The original author's family name

• The date you read the source

Which of the following are helpful techniques for paraphrasing?

• Using synonyms of words within the original

• Adding information to the original to make it more suitable for your topic

• Changing the order of information from the original sentence/paragraph

• Changing the number of sentences from the original

If you borrow someone's idea and use it in a paper, you don’t have to cite it.

• True

• False

Copying and pasting from the Internet can be done without citing the Internet page, because everything on the Internet is common knowledge and can be used without citation.

• True

• False

When you summarize a block of text from another work, citing the source at the end of your paper is sufficient.

• True

• False

Using a few phrases from an article and mixing them in with your own words is not plagiarism.

• True

• False

You are asked to summarize the plot of a chapter. You copy the chapter description from the online Spark Notes Web site and don't cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

If you quote your roommate in an interview, you don’t have to cite him/her or use quotation marks.

• True

• False

If you come across the phrase "to be or not to be" and use it in your paper, you have to cite it.

• True

• False