Identifying Plagiarism

What does self-plagiarism refer to?

• Using someone else’s work without credit.

• Reusing your own work from a previous assignment.

• Using AI to write part of your paper.

• Failing to cite a source properly.

Answer explanation

Self-plagiarism refers to reusing your own work from a previous assignment without permission. This can mislead readers about the originality of the work, making it the correct choice among the options provided.

to use someone else's ideas or words without permission or giving them credit

• fact

• citation

• plagiarism

• opinion

What is plagiarism?

• the use of another's original words or ideas

• borrowing from a source without giving credit.

• All of these

• none of these

Plagiarism is

• a popular, legal activity

• an act of fraud

• all of these

• none of these

When in doubt....

• copy

• cite sources

• all of these

• none of these

When you paraphrase

• give credit by citing

• take a risk and don't cite it

• all of these

• none of these

When using someone's exact words

• put them in quotes

• Give credit with in-text citations

• all of these

• none of these

What does plagiarize mean?

• to steal

• to see

• all of these

• none of these

Which of the following make plagiarism tempting?

• deadlines

• assignments feeling overwhelming

• poor planning

• everyone is doing it

If you copy and paste some of the text from a website,

• that is acceptable to use in your paper.

• that is sometimes acceptable to use in your paper.

• that is a clear violation of plagiarism.

• that is not a clear violation of plagiarism.