Plagiarism Overview
Famous Plagiarizing I
Famous Plagiarizing II
Plagiarism Types I
Plagiarism Types II
100

If you plagiarize here you be forced out or face a lawsuit.

What is plagiarizing in life (or on the job)?

100

This "bean" sculpture located in _______ was plagiarized and its replica can be found in _____ .

(TWO answers, in order)

What is Chicago, IL (or USA) and China?

100

Gave a speech claiming the details of someone else's life as his own.

Who is (President Joe Biden)?

100

In this type of plagiarism, a student uses proper citation but has not used the chunking method to paraphrase, and thus her text resembles the original in wording and/or structure too much.

What is RE-TWEET?

100
We need to understand not only the importance of citing, but also the importance of citing accurately and properly--otherwise, we risk committing this type of plagiarism.

What is 404 ERROR?

200

If you plagiarize in college, these three things can happen.

What is get a failing grade, failing the class, or getting expelled?

200

It is said Helen Keller may have done this instead of plagiarizing a story called The Frost Fairies to write her story, The Frost King.

What is cryptomenisia?

200

When accused of plagiarizing a graphic novel to make a film, this person issued an apology on Twitter, which, unfortunately, was also plagiarized from a comment on Yahoo.

Who is Shia LaBoeuf?

200
In this type of plagiarism, a writer does not know how to properly paraphrase and put a text in his own words, which makes his rewrite too much like the original.

What is FIND-REPLACE?

200

In this form of plagiarism, students cannot use large portions of text from a previous paper for another paper they wrote--but of course they need to check what the school policy on this is.

What is RECYCLE?

300

Plagiarism is actually this type of crime.

What is stealing?

300

Katy Perry was sued for copying music from a Christian group, but the courts overturned the lawsuit because it deemed her music was this and not plagiarism.

What is a conventional arrangement of musical building blocks?

300

This musician has been accused of plagiarizing multiple times--sometimes not only melodies, but also the words and even the music video artistry.

Who is Drake?

300

In this type of plagiarism, a student cites sources perfectly, but includes passages without citation, to make it seem like these passages are her original ideas and arguments.

What is HYBRID?

300

Joe Biden did this when he plagiarized five pages of someone else's paper, word for word.

What is CLONE?

400

Someone can plagiarize both (two) of these things.

What are words and ideas?

400

Many musicians use this acceptable musical technique in which they use existing recordings in their own songs.

What is sampling?

400

First Lady __________ plagiarized another First Lady __________'s speech.

(TWO names, in order)

Who is Melania Trump and Michelle Obama?

400

This plagiarism happens when a student "paraphrases" by committing the sin of synonym substitution.

What is CONTROL-C?

400

In this type of plagiarism, a student copies and pieces together material from many sources, without proper citation, and with no original ideas or arguments.

What is MASHUP?

500

If you do not do this for each of your sources, you are plagiarizing.

What is citing your sources?

500

__________ plagiarized his dissertation from another doctoral candidate, __________ .

(TWO names, in order)

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jack Boozer?

500

Johnny Cash was sued for plagiarizing his song, _________ , from the song __________ by Gordon Jenkins.

(TWO songs, in order)

What is Folsom Prison Blues and Crescent City Blues?

500

In this type of plagiarism, even though a student may quote and paraphrase properly, she fails to use any original ideas or arguments.

What is AGGREGATOR?

500

Miss Marie warned against this type of plagiarism, in which a student paraphrases text from various sources without including any original ideas or arguments.

What is REMIX?