What is plagiarism?

What is plagiarism?

• Creating new ideas from scratch

• Presenting someone else's work as your own

• Citing all your sources correctly

• Presenting your own work as someone else's

Match the following descriptions with the correct term.

• Plagiarism

• Presenting your own work as someone else's

• Originality in thought and innovation

• Creating new ideas from scratch

• Misattribution of authorship

• Presenting someone else's work as your own

• Proper academic referencing

• Citing all your sources correctly

Why is plagiarism more common now?

• Because people read more books

• Because of the Internet

• Because of better education

• Because of stricter rules

What should Sylvia have done to avoid plagiarism?

• Not use any online sources

• Include a citation for the source

• Write the article without any research

• Copy the entire article without changes

What is wrong with Dave's blog practice?

• He copies text directly from other sites

• He doesn't write his own text

• He doesn't link to the site where he got the idea

• He writes too many articles

What is a key way to avoid plagiarism?

• Cite your sources

• Use a thesaurus to change words

• Avoid using any sources

• Copy text exactly as it is

When should you use quotation marks?

• When citing a source

• When paraphrasing

• When using exact words from a source

• When writing your own ideas

What is a common mistake writers make to avoid plagiarism?

• Citing all sources

• Changing a few words

• Writing original content

• Using quotation marks

What does it mean to synthesize information?

• Copying information from multiple sources

• Creating something new from various sources

• Ignoring all sources

• Using only one source

Match the following descriptions with their meanings:

• Duplicating content from different references

• Ignoring all sources

• Disregarding all available references

• Creating something new from various sources

• Combining ideas to form a new concept

• Using only one source

• Relying on a single reference

• Copying information from multiple sources