Plagiarism - What is it and How to Avoid it 17-18
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Directions: Please choose a type of plagiarism and provide an example of when this can happen.
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF
Plagiarism is a word everyone has heard of, yet many would define differently. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary describes it as "an act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person." The keywords there are "without giving credit." Picture taking someone else's essay and simply sticking a label over their name with yours on it. That's essentially what a person is trying to do when they plagiarize.
What do I do to complete the assignment?
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This is what is written as directions: DIRECTIONS: PLEASE CHOOSE A TYPE OF PLAGIARISM AND PROVIDE AND EXAMPLE OF WHEN THIS CAN HAPPEN. its located at the top. there are other directions found in the page too. For those of you who are confused.
Plagiarism is where you take someone’s work, and pass it off as your own. Even if you cited your source, if you didn’t do anything but copy the words for the whole assignment, it’s plagiarism.
Plagiarism is actually illegal. Not only that, but did you know there are different kinds of plagiarism? Let that be a reality check for you! Something must be serious and occurring frequently for people to need to put it into categories.
Plagiarism is very serious. You are using somebody else’s words without their consent and not giving them any credit for it.
If you are truly trying to avoid committing plagiarism crime, then play it safe and give credit where credit is due. Whether you're using a direct quote, paraphrasing some words, or discussing the general idea of a specific article...cite!
Plagiarism Definition: Which Types You Should Know
Depending on where you search, you might find different names for the various kinds of plagiarism. Some sites list four categories, while some list five. Honestly, the point shouldn't be what they're called, but what they entail and how to avoid them. Examples are included to make things as clear as possible, because this has become a serious, widespread problem that needs to stop. According to Bowdoin College, the categories are as follows:
Direct Plagiarism
If you were scrolling through your social media and saw someone had posted an inspirational poem.You have a friend who might like to hear it so you copy and paste and send it to her. You don’t even tell her you didn’t write it. And when she says “wow I did’t know you were such a good poet!”, you decide to just go with it. This is direct plagiarism.
Yeah that is direct plagiarism.
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Say you find an article online about cats and their immune system. You want to use it for your blog about cats, but instead of citing and putting in quotation marks, you just copy and paste it into your blog.
My example of direct plagiarism is if I googled ideas for direct plagiarism, and then copied and pasted what the entire article said without citing. Therefore claiming it as my own.
At my last school I worked on a story with someone. our teacher surprised us with a creative writing paper due that class period. I was the one who did 80% of the work. However I left the classroom for a few moments and my “friend” decided to turn in our paper in his name. when my teacher asked me where my paper was I told him what happened and my “friend” got lunch detention for 3 weeks.
If I had to write a speech about how schools are today or just something like that but obviously I researched things on my topic first. As I was researching I found this article that I wanted to use for my speech so I did except I didn’t cite anything, use quotation marks, all I did was write it as if I did it all myself.
If my brother took what i built with legos or what i drew(etc) and claimed it as his own
Direct plagiarism is usually purposeful and deliberate.
if you are writing a paper and you copy and paste their work that is direct plagiarism.
"A word-for-word" copy. This is the most obvious form to detect, since it's an exact match to the original piece of work. In this instance the plagiarizer doesn't even try to cover up his/her crime. It can be nicknamed as The Lazy Plagiarizer.
My example is after you draw a one of a kind peace of art work and you sing it. You are so proud and plan to turn it in the next day. You go do something else and someone covers up your signature with white out and puts their own then takes it and turn it in as there own and you never see it again and you get a 0% on the project.
My example is when you go on the internet to look up information on the Wright Brothers,and you find the info and paste it onto your own page.That would be direct plagiarism.
One example of direct plagiarism is when someone is doing research for a report and finds another person’s essay on the same topic. This person then copies the essay word for word and turns it in.
Direct plagiarism is to copy someone else’s work word for word and pass it of as your own.
An example of this is if you write an essay for a school assignment and someone takes it, whites out your name and hands it in as their own.
An example would be coping directly off of someones paper.
Plagiarism is when you take someone else knowledge or work and count it as your own. A example of plagiarism is when you state a fact in a debate without sourcing. Its important to state your facts even when your debating in a discussion. You should state where you got the facts and information to present your viewpoint.
One example:
My brother took the same course I am taking, only the year before me. I take one of his research papers for that class and retype it and turn it in as my own.
Let's say you found some inspirational words online that you want to include in your essay for class. If you write, "Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest" without saying that you found it on The Zoen Blog, then you have directly plagiarized.
I believe this form of plagiarism is more prevalent then people realize. I know for a fact that I have committed this plagiarism crime before. Many , including myself, believe that a quote or saying they have heard or seen used often does not need to be cited or quoted. Weather its from the original saying or quote inventor, or stated in a blog, as in the article,they need to be cited.
I know that I’ve had to be very careful about not taking a short phrase from the internet and using it on an assignment without citing it. Sometimes you find something that you like and just add it to your paper without thinking. It’s important to always be aware and cautious about plagiarizing.
Self Plagiarism
Yes, you can actually plagiarize yourself, as silly as it sounds. If you have submitted work to someone, whether it was your high school English teacher or your college economics professor, you cannot use that work again, unless that person you submitted it to gives you permission. This also includes handing the same assignment or writing in to two people simultaneously.
When I was younger and had to do a research paper, I would always do it on dolphins and killer whales. Eventually I was corrected and realized why every piece of work had to be original.
Same here. For church I often had to speak in front of everyone and I would just use one of my old speeches.
Once you turn it in to a teacher, the teacher now has ownership of that paper. If you want to use that paper again, you have to ask permission from that teacher and cite it. I wonder how one would cite this?
An example is using the same research paper twice.
One examlpe of self plagiarism would be if you were to right an assay on something for one calss then use the same assay for another class.
One example would be to write a book and then sell it. Later make a second book with the same words, and a different title and sell it too.
There are many different kinds of plagiarism throughout the world — accidental plagiarism, direct plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism and one of the most common among students, self-plagiarism, which is the focus here. Self-plagiarism is when someone re-uses his/her own work from previous times or assignments. This type of plagiarism is self-inflicted. Journalist Ben Mudrak, who wrote an article about self-plagiarism on the “American Journal Experts” website, describes self-plagiarism “as recycling or reusing one’s own specific words from previously published texts.” Even though this plagiarism is not actually copying someone else’s work, according to Mudrak, it is called “duplicate publication” (http://www.aje.com/) for a reason. The following is an example of self-plagiarism. In third grade, a student does a poster board presentation of a certain wild animal which entails pictures, facts, and informational paragraphs that that the student puts into his/her own words. Then, a few years later — in sixth grade — the same student is assigned a similar assignment. If the student uses his/her exact writing, paragraphs, and even pictures from her third grade assignment without asking her third grade teacher for permission to do so and without citing her source, this is considered self-plagiarism.
Bibliography:
American Journal Experts
(http://www.aje.com/)
Say I had to write a book report except I had already read this book and did a book report about it. So all I did was use the old book report I had done awhile back.
My friend would write one paper for a project then replace a few words and pass it off as a new and original paper. That seems like plagiarism to me!
Think of it like you're selling the rights to you work. If you hire someone to write an article about giraffes, but then that person turns around and sells that same article to someone else after you've paid for it, that's a problem. Maybe, in this scenario, you run a magazine, so someone's article was officially published and printed, making it even more of a problem. The point is, once it's been submitted, you no longer own it.
Mosaic Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a tricky topic sometimes, because there is not always a clear definition of what it is. As the article says, mosaic plagiarism is the most common. while I haven’t seen much of it first hand, it is easy to see why a person could get that misconception. When you are are writing a paper, it is a good idea to read any resource material beforehand and not right when you are writing. doing this helps you to avoid plagiarism, because, when you already have the material in your mind and aren’t just reading it for the first time, it will be much easier to put it in your own words.
I will agree that this is the most common plagiarism when you are in college, or grade school. When you are studying, many times you only want to look at one website, and copy off that, instead of putting in the extra work. This happens very often when you are rushed on an assignment that you may have waited too long to start. While it may seem like a good idea at first, the odds are that your teacher will know exactly what you are up to.
Ever since I was little I loved writing. My mom taught me that no matter what you cite your source and use quotations where needed. It became very helpful last year because my dad went back to school and was taking his english course. He didn’t like english when he was in grade school so he didn’t really pay attention. I however LOVE english and would research all I could about the rules of writing. He had me proofread his papers and often times I would find where he needed to cite his source. It saved him a lot of trouble. I also became his editor for school.
An example is if you own a newspaper business and one of your workers writes an article and you pay them for it then they sell it.
This one is one of the most common among students. It can encompass a few different methods, but it's basically "patch writing." One way this pops up is when someone borrows phrases, as opposed to complete sentences, but doesn't cite anything. Some people seem to think that if it's only a few words or not an entire sentence, then it's not plagiarizing. It is.
When you are writing that big report and you have used several sources while doing it. You have to do all the work to cite them, so you decide that you don’t have to cite them all. You only cite the ones that you took a lot of information out of. This is plagiarizing. Even if you take a few words or phrases and twist them around, doesn’t mean you don’t have to cite them. You should always cite every one of your sources, even if you just took a little bit of information from it.
I think that most people just don’t know enough about plagiarism. They just think “Oh, I’ll change a few words here and there,” Or, “It’s only one sentence,” but it still needs to be cited. As in a power-point or some other informational display. Even if it’s just a sentence or two, you still have to cite it.
It is amazing how plagiarism is so frequent, yet we can do simple actions to prevent it in everyday life. How interesting would it be to think about how we plagiarize when we speak in everyday conversation!
Lets say I was to write a document on how Martin Luther King was the greatest speaker in the modern era. Then I find a statement on History.com saying" Out of an era of Gandhi, JFK, and FDR, Martin Luther King .Jr blew their recent words away with his “I Had a Dream” Speech. Now this would work great for my document, but I thought I could get extra points with this beautifully written speech, so I decide not to cite it. The next day my teacher gives me a F for the document, because I stole a statement from another person, this is plagiarism. Remember this is just an example.
The other way mosaic plagiarism exists is when certain words are substituted with synonyms, but otherwise the sentence never changed. For instance, someone might scan a sentence, find the keywords, replace those keywords with similar words, and then call it a day. It can be nicknamed as The 'Do You Think Your Teacher Was Born Yesterday?' Plagiarizer. It's a lengthy nickname, but it works. For example, check the Indiana University website.
When you compare the excerpts, the similarities are glaringly obvious. This isn't turning some information into your own thinking. This is plagiarizing. Now, telling you what's wrong doesn't help you learn what's right. Using this same passage, Indiana University provides two acceptable ways as guidelines.
NOTE: Just because things are worded into this person's own thoughts, doesn't mean they didn't have to cite or quote! You'll notice in the top example, they cited the work to show that information was taken from a source. In the bottom example they still do that, but also put quotes around the part that is not paraphrased, but directly quoted. Writing either of these two versions without citing or quoting is still considered plagiarism.
Accidental Plagiarism
This one is pretty self-explanatory, but still considered serious. Perhaps you meant to cite something, but honestly forgot. Perhaps you thought you interpreted an article and discussed things in your own words, but didn't realize it wasn't original enough. The problem is, it's still plagiarism and the people receiving your work have no way of knowing if you're telling the truth about it being an accident. Even if they believe you, a review will most likely be conducted due to the seriousness of plagiarism. When you're in doubt, cite.
Accidental Plagiarism can happen when you are citing sources and accidentally leave out a citation, or when you paraphrase and don’t cite the source. I worry about doing this and not realizing it.
I always freak out when I cite because I am a kind of forgetful person.
Even if you tell teachers it was an accident, it’s used to often as an excuse. :\
I accidentally plagiarize all of the time. I am not very good at citing my sources so i get stressed and then do it even more often!
An example is if you don’t site your quote.
Once example of accidental plagiarism is using some of the exact same words from the source without quotation marks or a cite, but it only counts as accidental if you don’t notice what you have just done.
Summary: What to do after you've learnt about different types of plagiarism
You now know what plagiarism is and what the different types are.
THE NEXT STEP?
- Remember it.
- Learn it.
- Study it.
- Breathe it.
THEN NEVER DO IT!
Here are two ways to avoid plagiarism. You should cite the website you got your information from. If you get your information from a book cite the paragraph and page number and the title of the book. The difference between the two is that one is from a book and the other is from the internet. Either way it is always important to give credit to original source.
DIRECTIONS: Please choose two ways to avoid plagiarism below and explain how they are different from each other.
Paraphrasing is a good way to avoid plagiarism, looking at more than one article and putting what you read in your own words. However if you copy wish to copy a full quote from a specific source, you will need to make sure that you copy it perfectly, so as not to incorrectly repeat someone. You must also give someone the proper credit that they deserve, telling their name, and the book or website you pulled the quote from.
It is really easy to start paraphrasing a text and end up writing all the same words. Quoting is using someones work, but still giving them the credit. While paraphrasing is looking at the original text, and putting it in your own words.
its always a good idea to look over your work when you are done to make sure everything is correct.
Paraphrasing is when you find information and put it into your own words and cite the source information but quoting is the opposite. For quoting you take the exact words someone used and put them in your work and cite that person or article.
Two ways to avoid plagiarism are citing and quoting.
When you cite your sources, people can see where you got your information.
Putting quotations around a direct quote shows that it is not your own words. It also should tell who the author of the quote is.
You still need to cite the source of the quote.
The two ways I have chosen to avoid plagiarism are citing and quoting.
Citing is saying something you found on a website and putting it into your own words and then giving credit the the source that had the original thought.
Quoting is when you say something word for word and put the quote in quotation marks. Then you must tell where you found the quote otherwise you are committing plagiarism.
Referencing is when you give the info of when and where it was published while citing your Own Material takes your information many a time off the top of your head.
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Citing and quoting are both different from each other and yet have one thing in common. If you cite a source, that means you could have found something interesting, used it for your assignment in your own words,and then you cite from where you found the idea. And when it comes to quoting, that means you copied and pasted a certain phrase from a source, you put quotation marks on it, and then you cite the phrase. But the thing they both have in common is that they both still have to cite the source.
Deliberate plagiarism:Deliberate plagiarism is when you knowingly take/steal some other persons work and do not cite it within your own work saying where you got it from.
Two ways to avoid plagiarism would be to cite your source and quoting. Citing is when you give credit by including (citing) the original author. Quoting is to add quotation marks and the original author to the quote that you are borrowing for your paper.
Paraphrasing and quoting are two very important but different ways to avoid plagiarism. Paraphrasing is when a student finds a piece of information in a document such as an article and summarizes that piece of information and puts it into his/her own words. However, one rule for paraphrasing is that if that student uses more than two words in a row from the document from which he/she got his/her information, that student must use quotation marks around those words. Quoting is, where again, a student finds a piece of information in a document such as an article that fits his/her assignment perfectly. But instead of choosing to paraphrase or summarize, he/she chooses to use that piece of information word-for-word. In this case, the student must use quotation marks around that information. Regardless, whether one uses paraphrasing, quoting, or another method to avoid plagiarism, citing and a bibliography is necessary.
When using a phrase or sentence from someone else, you need to quote it and cite it. If you don’t do both then you are still plagiarizing. When you quote something, you put quotation marks around it. When you cite something, you state where you found the information and who its author was. Don’t forget to do both.
6 Ways to Avoid Plagiarism
- Paraphrase - So you have found information that is perfect for your research paper. Read it and put it into your own words. Make sure that you do not copy verbatim more than two words in a row from the text you have found. If you do use more than two words together, you will have to use quotation marks. We will get into quoting properly soon.
- Cite - Citing is one of the effective ways to avoid plagiarism. Follow the document formatting guidelines (i.e. APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) used by your educational institution or the institution that issued the research request. This usually entails the addition of the author(s) and the date of the publication or similar information. Citing is really that simple. Not citing properly can constitute plagiarism.
- Quoting - When quoting a source, use the quote exactly the way it appears. No one wants to be misquoted. Most institutions of higher learning frown on “block quotes” or quotes of 40 words or more. A scholar should be able to effectively paraphrase most material. This process takes time, but the effort pays off! Quoting must be done correctly to avoid plagiarism allegations.
- Citing Quotes - Citing a quote can be different than citing paraphrased material. This practice usually involves the addition of a page number, or a paragraph number in the case of web content.
- Citing Your Own Material - If some of the material you are using for your research paper was used by you in your current class, a previous one, or anywhere else you must cite yourself. Treat the text the same as you would if someone else wrote it. It may sound odd, but using material you have used before is called self-plagiarism, and it is not acceptable.
- Referencing - One of the most important ways to avoid plagiarism is including a reference page or page of works cited at the end of your research paper. Again, this page must meet the document formatting guidelines used by your educational institution. This information is very specific and includes the author(s), date of publication, title, and source. Follow the directions for this page carefully. You will want to get the references right.
When you paraphrase you have to write the research paper in your own words. If you use more than two words you have to put them in quotations. But when you cite you have to put author who wrote it, and when it was published
When you paraphrase, you take the general idea and put it into your own words. When you cite, you just put the quote in and then basically tell where you quoted/got it from.
Citing is when you tell specifically where you found the information and who wrote it. Quoting is a shorter way of citing.
Quoting is putting quotations around your work and telling where you got it. Referencing is a lot more detailed.
Quoting is simple enough to do and it pays off doing it and taking a minute or two of your time rather than get in big trouble for not taking the extra minute or two and not quote it.
Quoting is when you put quotation marks around something that is not your own.
Paraphrasing is when you read a work and then you re-state it in your own words.
When citing your own material make sure that you cite yourself.
Detecting plagiarism can be automatized. For students’ convenience a number of online tools was developed. Now it’s possible to spot duplications in no time.
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"Ways to Avoid Plagiarism." Plagiarism Checker. Www.turnitin.com, n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2016.
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