by Dr. B. E. Williams, Media Specialist, NBCT B.E.S.T. Academy Middle School

 the act of presenting another person's literary, artistic, or musical work as one's own. For example, a student who copies from reference books has committed plagiarism. A work need not be identical to the original to be a plagiarism. But it must be so similar that it has obviously been copied (“Plagiarism,” World Book Online)

 “the uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody else's words or ideas” (“Avoiding Plagiarism”).

 Intentional  Copying from a friend  Buying/borrowing papers  Copying/pasting from a resource

 Unintentional  Not citing your sources  Poor paraphrasing  Quoting nearly everything

 Unethical / dishonest  Illegal  Punishable by fine or imprisonment  Can be sued

 Jayson Blair  Investigative Journalist  New York Times writer  He possibly plagiarized more than 1/3 of his stories in  He was FORCED TO RESIGN “New York Times Exposes Fraud of Own Reporter.” ABC News Online. 12 May, ***

 Paraphrase  Quote  Cite your work  Provide Bibliography

 your own version of important details, information and ideas originally created by someone else, presented in a new form  your own rendition of essential information and ideas expressed by someone else, presented in a new form. 5_1020_590&f=00&su=p ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_par aphr.html

Steps to Effective Paraphrasing  Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning.  Write your paraphrase, using your own voice.  Check your version with the original to make sure that it accurately expresses all the important information in a new form.  “Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly from the source.”  Record the source so that you can give credit to it if you decide to use the material in your paper. 9_695_1020_590&f=00&su=p ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/resea rch/r_paraphr.html

esson1062/ParaphrasingPractice.pps#256,1,Paraphrasing Practice

 Quotations must be identical to the original. They must match the resource word for word and credit must be given to the original author.

 Use quotations  when you want to emphasize someone else’s statements  when you want to disagree with someone else’s statements  when you are comparing statements

 Make sure you document your source within the text!  Make sure you include a citation for that source in your bibliography!

 Do I have to provide citations for everything? NO!  Common knowledge  Your own thoughts, ideas  Things you have observed

 After a paraphrased entry or quotation, put the author’s name and page number in parentheses before the period. Example: “Reading itself promotes reading. A consistent finding in in- school free reading studies is that children who participate in these programs are more involved in FVR after the program ends than those in traditional programs” (Krashen, p. 81).

 If you are using an internet resource, put the webpage title in parentheses before the period. Example: “Those who read more, know more... There was a clear relationship between the amount of reported leisure reading and performance on the literature test” (“Literacy without walls”).

 List of resources  Citation Machine  Bibliography Guidelines  Ask for help!

 "Avoiding Plagiarism - The OWL at Purdue." Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). 29 Oct  Dunlap, Kent. "Plagiarism." [Place of access.] 29 Oct  "Lessons on plagiarism - Grey Day - Plagiarizing and Education." Secondary School Education - Education and Teaching. 29 Oct  "Literacy Without Walls." SlideShare is the best place to share powerpoint presentations. 29 Oct  "Vaughan Memorial Library : Tutorials : Plagiarism." Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University. 29 Oct Created at