1. What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarize: to steal or pass
off (the ideas or words of
another) as one’s own: use
(another’s production)
without crediting the source
(Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 11th ed).

2. It’s not a black & white issue.
Plagiarism can get a bit muddy….
Purdue University Online Writing Lab, http://owl.English.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html

3. We want to know
what

4. YOU
think

5. YOU
know

6. YOU
learn

8. So WHEN do you
have to give credit to
someone else? (cite
your source)

9. words

10. ideas

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12. What are the two
times you don’t need to
cite your source?
 Your Own Information
 Common Knowledge

13. Which of these do you need to cite?
 How I feel about Sept. 11, 2001.
NO. It’s my words and ideas.
 Information I learned about whales on a
National Geographic television program
YES! Someone else’s words and ideas
even though it isn’t on paper.
 A quote from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a
Dream” speech
YES—if it’s in quotes then you must cite it.
 That the United States declared independence
from England on July 4, 1776.
NO—this is “common knowledge”

14. Quote
How to Quote? Hit the nail
directly on the head with a
hammer!
 Must match your source
exactly word-for-word
 Must be just a small part of
the original (maximum of 2
sentences per paragraph)

15. Paraphrase
It sounds simple, but it can be tricky.
The rule is: USE YOUR OWN WORDS

16. So How Do We Do It?
o Read the passage
carefully PARAPHRASE
o Decide the main ME!
ideas of the passage
o Highlight important
words or phrases
o Put the main points
in your own words

17. Example 1
Passage from Book
• Ancient Egyptians
believed that Osiris, a
good and wise king, was
the first pharaoh. He
spread knowledge to
other parts of the world,
while his wife, Isis, ruled
Egypt in his place.

18. Good Paraphrase Poor Paraphrasing
• King Osiris was the • King Osiris was an
first pharaoh and ancient Egyptian King
spread knowledge. and the first pharaoh.
Queen Isis ruled He was good and wise
Egypt when he was because he spread
gone. knowledge to other
parts of the world. His
wife Isis ruled Egypt in
his place.

19. Example 2
Passage from Book
o Upon returning home,
Osiris was murdered by
his evil brother Set, who
cut Osiris’s body into
pieces and dumped it in
the Nile River. Isis found
the body and put it back
together by winding
linen bandages around
it.

20. Good Paraphrase
• Osiris’s brother Set
killed Osiris by
cutting his body Poor Paraphrase
into pieces, and • Osiris was
Isis put the body murdered and Isis
back together. found the body

21. • Some employees have to work long
hours in hot, overcrowded conditions for
low pay.
• Some workers are exploited.

22. • Computers can process information
quicker and with less mistakes than
people.
• Computers are more efficient than
people.

23. Summarize
• Include only the main points
• Read the source first, make notes, then,
write a summary without looking at the
source