1. W. Torres

2. Definition:
Plagiarism is the act of
presenting the
words, ideas,
images, sounds, or
the creative
expressions of
others as your own.
Image from:
http://library.austincc.edu/gen-
info/facplagiarism.htm

3. Two types of plagiarism:
 Intentional
 Ex.
 Copying a friend’s
work
 Borrowing or buying
a paper
 Cutting and pasting
text directly into your
paper
 Unintentional
 Ex.
 Poor paraphrasing
 Poor citation or
forgetting to cite
 Using too many
quotes( more than
50% of the paper is
just quotes)

4. Possible school consequences
for plagiarizing work:
 “F” on the
assignment
 Suspension or
expulsion from
school
 Dismissal from
school or sports
activities

5. How to avoid plagiarism:
 Cite or credit your
source.
 This is called
attribution, which
means giving an
author credit for their
work or ideas.
 Paraphrase the work:
that means writing
down the information
in your own words.

6. Do you have to cite everything
on a paper?
 No! Facts that are
widely known, or
information or
judgments
considered
“common
knowledge”
Do NOT have to be
documented.
 Ex: George
Washington was the
first president of the
U.S.A.

7. You also don’t have to cite
 Your original ideas,
reactions or
observations
 Results from your
original research or
science experiment
 Ex:
 When I did my
science experiment I
found…
 From my
experience, I
believe…

8. If I paraphrase stuff do I have to
cite my source?
 Yes! Even though
you are re-writing
things in your own
words, you are still
borrowing someone
else’s idea. You are
allowed to use other
people’s work for
papers but you
MUST cite the
source.

9. Ways you can use other
people’s work in your paper
without plagiarizing:
 Quoting
 Paraphrasing
 Summarizing

10. Quotations
Quotations are the exact
words of an author,
copied directly from a
source, word for word.
Quotations must be
cited!
However, you want to limit
the amount of direct
quotes in your work.
 Having too many
quotes is the same as
copy and pasting
someone’s work and
claiming it as your own.

11. Paraphrasing
 Paraphrasing
means rephrasing
the words of an
author, putting
his/her thoughts in
your own words.
 Must be cited.
 Simply changing a
few words around is
not paraphrasing!

12. Let’s look at an example of
what good paraphrasing is.
 Click on the link below:
 http://web.archive.org/web/2009020107
0323/http://richmond.k12.va.us/schools/j
ones/Copyright-Kids/text3.htm

13. Summarizing
 Involves putting the
main ideas of one or
more authors in your
own words
 Focuses on the
main points
 Again must be cited.

14. How do you cite
information:
 There are many
formats for citing
information.
 Your teacher will tell
you which format to
use.
 Typically, you must
include the author’s
name, title of work,
and year it was
published.
 When you give
credit for a web
page, it is done as
follows:
 Author. Title of web
page. Web page
address Copyright
year.