Plagiarism

Giving Credit to Sources You must give credit when you: use another person’s idea, opinion or theory use any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings that are not common knowledge quote another person’s actual spoken or written words paraphrase another person’s spoken or written words (

Ways to Avoid Plagiarism 1.Put in quotes everything coming directly from a text, especially when taking notes. Use in-text citations. ex. According to Peter S. Pritchard in USA Today, “Public schools need reform but they’re irreplaceable in teaching all the nation’s young” (14). 2. Identify what is common knowledge – facts found in many places and known by a lot of people. ex. Clinton was elected President in The population of Tokyo is 12,369,000.

Ways to Avoid Plagiarism continued 3. Paraphrase, not just rearrange or replace a few words. Put the ideas into your own words. (This is necessary to succeed in school). Even when paraphrasing, the ideas are not your own, so you must cite where you got them.

6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing 1.Reread original passage to understand its full meaning. 2.Set it aside to write your paraphrase. 3.Note the subject and how you want to use this material. 4.Check your paraphrase with the original to ensure it accurately expresses essential information in a new form. 5.Use quotes to identify any unique term used exactly from the source. 6.Record the source, including page #, with your paraphrase. (owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html)

Consequences for Plagiarism Teacher notifies dept. head, guidance counselor, assistant principal and parents. Conference with teacher. Receive zero on assignment – cannot be made up Note made on file IGNORANCE is not an excuse. If you are unsure about something, ask a teacher!

Defining Sources Primary source: When writing about literature, the text being studied is primary Secondary source: essays or books written by literary critics about the text

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