1. Plagiarism
It’s wrong, yo.

2. What is plagiarism? plagiarize Main Entry: Pronunciation: Etymology:
\ˈplā-jə-ˌrīz also -jē-ə-\
Etymology:
plagiary
Date:
1716
transitive verb : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source intransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
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3. Which of these is plagiarism?
Copying a paragraph, but changing a few words and giving a citation.
Cutting and pasting a short article from a website, with no citation.
Taking two paragraphs from a classmate’s essay, without citation.
Taking a graph from a textbook, giving a citation.
Taking a quotation from a source, giving a citation but not using quotation marks.
Using something that you think of as general knowledge, e.g. large areas of the rainforest have been cut down in recent years.
Using a paragraph from an essay you wrote and had marked the previous semester, without citation.
Using the results of your own research, e.g. from a survey, without citation.
Discussing an essay topic with a group of classmates and using some of their ideas in your own work.
Giving a citation for some information but mis-spelling the author’s name.
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10
4 needs to have the original source
6 – general knowledge is always ok without a citation
8 – the research was for the paper so it’s ok
9 – although this is not plagiarism, it is collaboration, which we do not accept in this class
(Bailey 32)

4. What do you need to cite?
another author’s ideas or findings, either indirectly by paraphrasing, or directly, by quoting.
ideas or opinions that are distinctive to one particular source -even if it is a single word (Greetham 237).
an author’s method of approaching a problem or distinctive intellectual structure (Greetham 237).
information from a source in the form of facts, statistics, tables and diagrams (Greetham 237).
When in doubt, cite!

5. What don’t you need to cite?
Common Knowledge
Common knowledge is those facts, ideas and opinions that are not distinctive of a particular author or a matter of interpretation. They may be familiar ideas or just easily found in any common reference works. (Greetham 235).

6. How to prevent “accidental” plagiarism
keep good notes
distinguish between your own words and quotations

7. What does plagiarism look like?
PLAGIARISM: The American Dream is a cultural narrative of the United States, which, expressed in common parlance, promises that everybody can achieve his personal dream of success, fame and wealth through thrift and hard work. 
ORIGINAL: the American dream of success, fame and wealth through thrift and hard work.
Plagiarized from:
What makes is plagiarism?

8. PLAGIARISM: Gothic stories embody an appreciation of the joys of extreme emotion, the thrills of fearfulness and awe inherent in the sublime, and a quest for atmosphere.
ORIGINAL: the literary Gothic embodies an appreciation of the joys of extreme emotion, the thrills of fearfulness and awe inherent in the sublime, and a quest for atmosphere
Plagiarized from:
PLAGIARISM: The Gothic genre is a literary genre that fundamentally questions the ideology of America as the “promised land”: the belief in the progress of history and the concept of the free individual self.   
ORIGINAL: Gothic fiction has been called the "underside of the American dream," a literary genre that has fundamentally questioned the two prevalent ideologies of America as the promised land: the belief in the progress of history and the concept of the free individual self.
Plagiarized from:
PLAGIARISM: Mark Renton and his circle of friends are supporters of Scottish independence and believe that the loss of an independently Scottish representation is detrimental to Scottish interests, and that the British government acts primarily in the interest of the entire United Kingdom, which is, in specific instances, a disadvantage for Scottish interests. 
ORIGINAL: Supporters of Scottish independence believe that the loss of independently Scottish representation internationally is detrimental to Scottish interests, and that as the British government acts primarily in the interest of the entire United Kingdom, they believe it can be, in specific instances, to the inadvertent, perceived or deliberate detriment of specifically Scottish interests.
Plagiarized from:

9. Bibliography
Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. 3rd Edition. Oxon: Routledge, Print.
Greetham, Bryan. How to Write Better Essays. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, Print.
Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, Print.