PLAGIARISM

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PLAGIARISM
or
Academic Honesty?
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DEFINITION

• Literary theft.
• To use, and pass off as your own, someone elses
  work

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IT IS

• Illegal
• Unethical
• Dishonest
• Punishable with severe penalties
• In business, source of legal action

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• Does not have to be identical to the original,
  but it must be so similar that it is obvious that
  it has been copied
• Legitimate borrowing takes place when a writer
  makes sparing use of some source material by
  fitting it in carefully in the body of his or her
  essay, without altering it or distorting it in a
  way that would upset the author. (Fit To Print)

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IT IS NOT PLAGIARISM

• to use other peoples ideas or arguments
• to adopt character types, general plots, or
  other ideas from existing works

IT IS PLAGIARISM

• to present other peoples ideas as your own
• to paraphrase the sources language closely
  without
  using quotes to indicate
  borrowed words and phrases

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Includes

• Direct quotes without acknowledging the source
• Presenting someone elses ideas in your own
  words, without acknowledgment
• The use of someone elses argument as the basis
  for your essay

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• Copying from reference books (e.g. encyclopedias)
• Paraphrasing too closely so that it resembles the
  source
• Copying and pasting from a web site
• Use of another students work, even with
  permission
• Work acquired from commercial sources
• Using work written for another assignment without
  seeking permission from the teacher of the
  current class and the class from which the
  original work was used

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What is the Solution?

• Follow all steps in the process as assigned
• Keep all rough notes
• Acknowledge all sources
• Give credit for all quotes, ideas and arguments
• Use imbedded notes, footnotes, works cited where
  appropriate

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• Write summaries and paraphrases from memory (with
  the book closed)
• Check to see if you are accurate
• Avoid borrowing sentence structures and
  plugging in synonyms
• Use quotation marks
• When in doubt, document the source

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Works Cited

• Archer, Lynn, Costello, Cathy, Harvey,
  Debbie.Reading and Writing for Success (Teachers
  Guide)
• Buckley, Joanne. Fit to Print
• Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook for Writers
• www.mla.com

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