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Plagiarism

Plagiarism. Mrs. Tarr September 2010. What is it?. “Plagiarism is improperly using someone’s words, ideas, or images (often called ‘intellectual property’) so that they appear to be your own.” ( VanderMey , p. 471.). Examples . Buying a paper and turning it in

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Plagiarism

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  1. Plagiarism Mrs. Tarr September 2010

  2. What is it? “Plagiarism is improperly using someone’s words, ideas, or images (often called ‘intellectual property’) so that they appear to be your own.” (VanderMey, p. 471.)

  3. Examples • Buying a paper and turning it in • Copying or printing someone else’s paper and turning it in • Copying and pasting part of an article or website into your paper • Not citing a source you used • Forgetting to use quotation marks

  4. Types of writing plagiarized • School papers/essays • Speeches • Sermons • Songs • Music • Plot lines and characters • Poems

  5. What happens? • Zero on the assignment • Failure for course • Suspension or expulsion from school • Embarrassment • Loss of credibility • Loss of income/job

  6. Why do people plagiarize? • Pressure for the grade/passing • Procrastinated • Don’t know how to put things into their own words • Don’t get the concept of a research paper • It’s not a book report!

  7. Brainstorm • Make a list of what you already know about your topic • Bono • Irish singer • U2 • politically active about world poverty • real name is Paul Hewson

  8. Gather sources • Get print sources FIRST • Library Morrison, Craig. Rock & Roll. New York: Facts on File, 2006, pp. 235-7. • Wilson Web Gibbs, Nancy. “Persons of the Year.” Time 26 Dec. 2005: 44-62. • Use online sources SECOND • Biography .com • U2.com (band’s official website)

  9. Write your bibliography • Gather all your sources • Type up your bibliography Bibliography (or Works Cited) “Bono Biography.” Biography.com. 27 May 2009 <http://www.biography.com > Gibbs, Nancy. “Persons of the Year.” Time 26 Dec. 2005: 44-62. Morrison, Craig. Rock & Roll. New York: Facts on File, 2006. U2.com. 2009. U2. 27 May 2009 <http://www.u2.com>

  10. Read • Skim through your sources • Reread your sources • Make an outline of what you want to write about • Set your sources aside • Write

  11. Directly quoting • Copy the sentence or part of the sentence EXACTLY as it is written in the source. • “Pomposity and arrogance are the enemies of getting things done. And Bono knows how to get things done.” (Gibbs, p. 49)

  12. Paraphrasing • Paraphrasing means putting a section of something you’ve read into YOUR OWN WORDS. • It should sound like YOU said it, not a college professor. • If you don’t know what a word means, don’t use it.

  13. Direct/Paraphrase • “Pomposity and arrogance are the enemies of getting things done. And Bono knows how to get things done.” (Gibbs, p. 49) • People’s egos sometimes get in the way of accomplishing things. Bono is able to get famous people to cooperate. (Gibbs, p. 49)

  14. Bibliography “Bono Biography.” Biography.com. 27 May 2009 <http://www.biography.com > Gibbs, Nancy. “Persons of the Year.” Time 26 Dec. 2006: 44-62. Morrison, Craig. Rock & Roll. New York: Facts on File, 2006. Sorenson, Sharon. Webster’s New World Student Writing Handbook. New York: Prentice Hall, 1992. U2.com. 2009. U2. 27 May 2009 <http://www.u2.com> VanderMay, Randall, et al. The College Writer. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.

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