lesson 3 plagiarism Flashcards
(30 cards)
The word “plagiarism” comes
from the Latin
plagiarus
meaning “kidnapper”
It is an act of presenting
another’s work or ideas as
your own.
PLAGIARISM
to steal and pass off (the ideas
or words of another) as one’s own : use (another’s
production) without crediting the source
“Transitive senses :
to commit literary theft : present
as new and original an idea or product derived from
an existing source”
Intransitive senses :
Why is plagiarism important? Who really cares?
- Plagiarism is theft of intellectual property.
- Plagiarism is cheating.
- Plagiarism may result in receiving a failing grade or
zero for the assignment.
Some of the things that you think you know about
plagiarism may be wrong.
- It does not matter if the person whose work you have cited
is alive or dead. If it is not your own idea, you must cite
your source! - If you translate or paraphrase something, you must still give
a citation. - If you use a picture from the Internet, you must cite the
source.
TYPES OF
PLAGIARISM
Intentional, unintentional, the ghost writer, the potluck paper, the poor disguise, the self-stealer, the forgotten footnote, the two perfect paraphrase, resourceful citer
Intentional
- Copying a friend’s work
- Buying or borrowing papers
- Cutting and pasting blocks of
text from electronic sources
without documenting - Media “borrowing”without
documentation - Web publishing without
permissions of creators
Unintentional
- Careless paraphrasing
- Poor documentation
- Quoting excessively
- Failure to use your
own “voice”
excuses:
- my teacher expects too much
- the assignment was boring
- don’t get caught
- everyone does it
things don’t need to cite
- you are discussing your own experiences, observations, and reactions.
- compiling the results of original research, from science experiments, etc
- you are using common languange
use this strategies
quoting
paraphrasing
summarizing
are the exact words of an author, copied directly from the source, word by word.
quotations
rephrasing the words of an author, putting his/her thought in your own words
paraphrasing
paraphrase when:
- you plan to use information on your note cards and wish to avoid plagiarizing
- you want to avoid overusing quotations
- you want to use your own voice to present information
summarize when:
- you want to establish background or offer an overview of a topic
- you want to describe knowledge (from several resources) about a topic
- you want to determine the main ideas of a single source
____ involves putting the main idea(s) of
one or several writers into your own words,
including only the main point(s).
Summarizing
____ are significantly shorter than the original and take a
broad overview of the source material.
Summaries
When you______, you rework the source’s ideas, words,
phrases, and sentence structures with your own.
Paraphrasing
___ require a citation in addition to the use
of quote marks.
Quotes
Every ____ word needs to be cited. Even a
short phrase or single word must be quoted and
cited if it is unusual.
quoted
Use quotations when:
You want to add the power of an author’s words to support
your argument
You want to disagree with an author’s argument
You want to highlight particularly eloquent or powerful
phrases or passages
You are comparing and contrasting specific points of view
You want to note the important research
other types of plagiarism
the ghost writer
the potluck paper
the poor disguise
the self-stealer
the forgotten footnote
the two perfect paraphrase
the resourceful citer
this are the one who commits this plagiarism submits another person’s entire work
the ghost writer
