This man allegedly copied The Chiffons, a popular group on the 60's, in his hit song, "My Sweet Lord".
Who is George Harrison?
100
In this age group you could fail project or be made to redo for partial credit.
What is middle school?
100
Using only the who, what, when, where, why, and how, and this information is in three sentences or less.
What is summarizing?
100
What is Mrs. Jennes' test to see if something is common knowledge?
What is finding three sources in under five minutes?
200
A combination of words that is unusual that is unlikely to be written by two authors.
What is a unique phrase?
200
This rapper plagiarized singer David Bowie's riff in his hit song, "Ice Ice Baby"
Who is Vanilla Ice?
200
In this age group you could get a first transgression: could fail project or be made to redo for partial credit; additional transgressions: could be expelled
What is high school?
200
You can use as many details as you want and the length is unlimited.
What is paraphrasing?
200
What is verbatim mean?
What is copying word for word?
300
The laws that protect parodies from being considered plagiarism. The basic rules are that the person creating the new artwork or parody must: (a) add to the creative value of the work AND (b) not diminish the original artist/writer's ability to make money from their work.
What are fair use laws?
300
This famous face copied Governor Deval Patrick by using his speech called, "Just Words" in 2008. He later claimed that he had permission to use the speech.
Who is President Barack Obama?
300
In this school you can be thrown out of school.
What is college?
300
This method offers a great way to incorporate a well-stated, on-point passage from a source into your paper without struggling to summarize or paraphrase it in your own words. Your paper can't be made up with more than 10% of these.
What are direct quotes?
300
What is the difference between an ellipsis and brackets?
What is ellipsis takes away text and brackets add text for clarity?
400
The act of taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it in another sound recording-artists need permission (and must pay) to do this legally.
What is sampling?
400
It has been verified that this equal rights supporter plagiarized extensively in nearly all of his academic writings, including his doctoral dissertation.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
400
When you are this age you could face lawsuits, lose job. If a plagiarist receives more than $2,500 for copyrighted material, he or she may face up to $250,000 in fines and up to ten years in jail.
What is an adult?
400
What is one thing to remember to remember while summarizing?
What is highlighting the 9-12 most important nouns?
400
If you want to put opinions and facts in the same paragraph, how do you do it?
What is putting the fact first and the opinion second, separated by a parenthetical citation?
500
The need to confirm a fact in three reliable sources before publishing. This is required of many journalists.
What is triangulation?
500
This famous rock band duplicated the guitar and bass lines from Bobby Parker's 1961 hit, "Watch Your Step".
Who are Led Zeppelin?
500
These will be damaged when you are caught plagiarizing.
What are your pride and reputation?
500
What do you need to do for all three methods?
What is citing your sources?
500
What does plagiarizing mean in latin? Why does this make sense?
What is "kidnapper" and you are stealing someone else's creation?