1. What is
Plagiarism?
Presenting words, images, ideas, sounds or the
creative expression of others as your own.

2. Who cares?
• Considered cheating/stealing
• Giving credit makes your work
I begs youz..
stronger Please don’t
Cheatz!

3. Chad’s paper was next period and required a
works cited page. He knew he used a green
book about trees, but couldn’t find it in in the
library. He decided to just cite a book that
looked similar.
Is it Plagiarism?

4. Pepper was putting together an Infographic on
food poisoning. She found a really cool chart
that described the most commonly
contaminated foods. She cut and pasted the
chart into her work but did not include
information about where the chart came from
Is it Plagiarism?

5. • Tiki was researching the battle of Bunker Hill
and had to turn in a one page summary of the
battle for ss. She found a really good web
page by the National Park Service. She cut
and pasted a quote from the site and included
a note as to where the quote came from.
Is it Plagiarism?

6. Also considered plagiarism…
• Turning in someone else’s paper for a class
• Turning in a paper from another class
• Cutting and pasting an exact quote without citing a source
• Using words or passages you don’t understand and can’t
explain
• Paraphrasing from a source but not citing the source
• Making up a source or citation information
• Using photo, video or audio excerpts without citing source
• Using statistics, charts, graphs, figures without citing source

7. • Exact wording, quote
• Paraphrase
• Statistics, tables, charts, pictures, etc.
• Ideas that are not your own
What do I cite?

8. If you use a phrase that is too similar to the
original passage, even if you did not intend, it
is still plagiarism.
But I didn’t know!!!!

9. When in doubt..
Cite
It!!!

10. Ways to prevent plagiarism...
• Take good notes
• When you paraphrase, don’t look at the
original.
I wish I could
have prevented
this…

11. Photo credit:
http://thebestcatpictures.onsugar.com/
Thank you!
Thank you!

14. Do I cite it?
• How I feel about September 11, 2001

15. Do I cite it?
• Information I learned about bigfoot on the
science channel

16. Do I cite it?
• Quote from President Kennedy’s Inauguration
speech

17. Do I cite it?
The Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4, 1776.

18. Do I cite it?
A summary of information from a library book
that I wrote in my own words

19. Do I cite it?
• A photo I cut and pasted into my presentation
from Google images

20. Do I cite it??
• Information on the history of the Navy that I
summarized from a government website