Presenters: Brian, Chris, Henry, Tian ESL

 Types of plagiarism  Plagiarism - motives  How to avoid plagiarism  Conclusions  Credits CONTENT

The act of presenting another’s work or ideas as your own

Writers do not cite sources Writers cite sources – but it is still plagiarism

A ghostwriter A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. In the book “The House of Paper” author expresses the idea that the words composed by a person should have the sigil (seal) on it, like the soul that is inside of the paragraph and it never leaves. It is always that person’s mark.

 If you use a part or the entire material from the single source and do not acknowledge the copyrights that belong to the press or the individual – that is plagiarism.

 A potluck means a family party. Every body is allowed.  In a scholar paper that is a mix of other author’s ideas (while keeping most of the original phrases) blended together as the writer’s own.  That is a plagiarism!

 DEF. :Keeping the significant content but altering the key words and phrases  Reason why it is called this way: The writer changed only key words and phrases but the paper's appearance is almost the same. The writer did poor job on hiding plagiarism

 Original: Because women's wages often continue to reflect the fiction that men earn the family wage, single mothers rarely earn enough to support themselves and their children adequately.  Plagiarism: Since women's wages often continue to reflect the mistaken notion that men are the main wage earners in the family, single mothers rarely make enough to support themselves and their children very well.

 Def. : Writers p araphrase most of the paper from other sources and make it all fit together  Reason: writers spend a lot of time to paraphrase instead of spending that time to do their own work

 Original: Hot stars at 30,000 degrees emit a lot more blue light than red light, and so hot stars look blue or bluish-white. Cool stars at 3,000 degrees give off more red light than blue, and so these stars look red.  Plagiarism: Stars considered to be hot are 30,000 degrees, whereas stars as cool as 3,000 degrees are considered to be cold.

 The self-stealer “borrows” generously from his or her previous work, violating policies concerning the expectation of originality adopted by most academic institutions.  Reason: The writer is using ideas from his previous paper to write a new paper, which is like stealing own source.

 Original: The black holes seem to inhabit every galaxy that has a central bulge--the vast, elliptical swarm of very old stars which constitutes many galaxies' most prominent part.  Plagiarism: The black holes seem to inhabit every galaxy that has a central bulge--the vast, elliptical swarm of very old stars which constitutes many galaxies' most prominent part.

 The writer mentions an author's name for a source, but neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced.

 According to Michael Newton hypnosis is not a state where people dream or have hallucinations 1.  1 Michael Newton, Journey of Souls (St. Paul:Llwelyn Publications,2005), 4.

 The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the sources, making it impossible to find them.  Example:  Newton, Michael. Journey of Souls. St. Paul: Llwelyn Publications,  Newton, Michael. Identity of Souls. Publications, 2005.

 The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in quotation marks text that has been copied word for word.  Although attributing the basic ideas to the source, the writer is falsely claiming original presentation and interpretation of the information.

 Original source:  People in hypnosis are neither dreaming nor hallucinating.  Writer’s work – cited but still plagiarism:  When put under hypnosis people are neither dreaming nor hallucinating (Newton,4).  Appropriate version:  When put under hypnosis people “are neither dreaming nor hallucinating” (Newton,4).

 Def: the writer cites all sources, paraphrases appropriately, but there is almost no original work. The paper is well created but consists of ideas of others only – this is considered as plagiarism!

 Def.: the writer properly quotes and cites sources in some places, but paraphrases other arguments from those sources without citations.

 As one critic said in the newspaper The St. Petersburg Times, “The Pursuit of Happyness is the obligatory feel-good drama of the holiday season and takes that responsibility a bit too seriously”(Persall). A tale in realistic drag, “The Pursuit of Happyness” is a fun that develops effortlessly until it gets stuck in your stomach. Gives credit to the original author It looks like the writer’s original thought but in reality it is a paraphrase of another author work – no credit given, no citation

 Laziness

 Busy

 Competition – a better grade

 Do I know how to cite a source to give credit ?  Hmm.

 Run out of time

 Run out of ideas, writer’s block

plagiarism

 Learn a particular style of writing and formatting (MLA, APA)

 Current and historical events, famous people, geographic areas, folklore and common sayings.  The fact can be found in numerous places and it is likely to be known by a lot of people.  General reference sources: dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs.

 Take your time!  Choose your own words  Order your thoughts  Convey ideas

 If you:  use synonyms, for example: “tiny” for “small”  change order of words in the sentence  change a layout It means it is still others ideas! You must give credit!

 Always cite words, information and ideas that are new to you.  No matter from the internet or an encyclopedia.

 Better to be safe than not to give credit when you should

 If you use other’s ideas – give them credit  Learn how to cite sources  Even if you cite, but incorrectly – it is still plagiarism  Devote your time to do your own research

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