PLAGIARISM WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO AVOID IT

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM? Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work and presenting it as your own.

WHY SHOULDN’T I PLAGIARIZE?

REASONS NOT TO PLAGIARIZE You’re Stealing from Another Author Would you want someone else to steal your work? It Hurts You You don’t learn anything when you plagiarize, including how to think for yourself. Plagiarism prevents you from creating your own ideas and opinions. You can’t cheat forever. Eventually you will get caught and the consequences will be serious. Cheating damages your reputation and academic and professional careers.

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM: COPYING Copying is the most well-known and most common type of plagiarism. If you: Copy another person’s work word-for-word Do not credit him or her for the work And put your name on it Then you have plagiarized!

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM: PARAPHRASING PLAGIARISM Paraphrase: The restatement of information and ideas expressed by someone else, presented using different words. Paraphrasing plagiarism occurs when you paraphrase or summarize another person's work without citing the source. If you keep the author's essential thoughts, sentence structure, and/or style without citing the source, this is plagiarism!

How do I paraphrase?? 1. Find a SYNONYM for the words underlined: Example: More than half of the women who attended the meeting were in business with their spouses. 2. Change the VOICE: Example: A tornado destroyed the house 3. NOMINALIZATION: Example: You have to give us your decision by tomorrow. 4. CONJUNCTIONS: Example: The students went to school. They did not want to go to school.

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM: PARAPHRASING PLAGIARISM Examples: Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, felt that as a child, “growing up in the Bronx, [he and his friends] used to be vigilantes to survive” (Benton, 69). Plagiarism: Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, felt that growing up in New York, he and other kids had to seek their own justice to survive. Not Plagiarism: Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, felt that growing up in New York, he and other kids had to seek their own justice to survive (Benton, 69).

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM: UNINTENTIONAL Unintentional plagiarism occurs when the writer incorrectly quotes and/or incorrectly cites a source they are using.

So how do I avoid plagiarism?

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM Use your own words and ideas as often as possible. Put anything that comes directly from the text in quotations. If you write something that is not your original thought, or include a fact that is not common knowledge, then use a citation. When in doubt, CITE IT!

HOW TO CITE: MLA IN-TEXT CITATIONS Indirect Quote : Some researchers note that "children are totally insensitive to their parents' shyness" (Zimbardo, 62). Direct Quote : Zimbardo notes that “children are totally insensitive to their parents’ shyness” (62). Paraphrasing : Some researchers have observed that children seem unaware that their parents are considered bashful (Zimbardo, 62).

HOW TO CITE: WORKS CITED At the very end of a paper, you include a list of all of the sources that you used in your paper. The format for the works cited list is different than your in-text citations. Good resources to use These websites generate your works cited list for you and they’re free!

MLA WORKS CITED FORMATS Book Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Essay or Chapter in Book Author Last Name, Author First name. “ Title of Essay/Chapter.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication. Article Author Last Name, Author First Name. “ Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.

MLA WORKS CITED FORMATS Entire Website Author/Creator’s Name (if available). Name of Website. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Page on a Website Author Name (if available). “Name of Article.” Name of Website. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

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