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What is Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism
Citation
100
The proper line spacing when submitting a paper.
What is double-spaced?
100
True or False - Plagiarism is a form of cheating.
What is TRUE. Plagiarism is a form of cheating and stealing.
100
“Contrary to some popular notions, most writers do not have full-blown ideas popping out of their heads like Athena”
What is a quotation? (note: more is necessary)
100
Modern Language Association citation
What is MLA?
200
The correct size (font size) of the words in your paper.
What is 12-point?
200
True or False - It is okay to copy information from a website.
What is FALSE. Copying from a website without giving the source is a form of plagiarism.
200
As Steven Strang points out, “Contrary to some popular notions, most writers do not have full-blown ideas popping out of their heads like Athena” (48).
What is citing the quotation? (48 refers to the page number; elsewhere would be the full citation)
200
APA citation
What is American Psychological Association
300
This is the most widely accepted font style.
What is Times New Roman?
300
TRUE OR FALSE? It is ok to use someone else's idea in your paper without saying where it came from so long as you put the idea into your own words.
What is FALSE. You need to cite the source of an idea if it is not your own, even if you put the idea in your own words.
300
Puts the major idea(s) of a passage into your own words. Significantly shorter than the original.
What is a summary?
300
True or False - MLA and APA are the only two citation styles.
What is False. There are numerous others. Most common are APA (education, social sciences) , MLA (arts, humanities, languages), Chicago/Turabian (history, economics). Bluebook is used in Law.
400
This is the correct margin size for most paper submissions.
What is 1" all around (top, bottom, left, right)?
400
True or False - Having someone write a paper with you is not plagiarism because you did it together.
What is FALSE. Plagiarism is submitting work that is not entirely your own. If someone helped you, their name should also be on the paper.
400
Facts (July 4th is Independence Day; Leaves are brown and red in the fall.) General knowledge or something that could be looked up. (Holland is known for its tulips; America has people from many cultures.)
What does not need to be cited?
400
MLA or check with the department
What citation style should I use?
500
Name Professor name / Course Assignment Due date
What is the proper first page header?
500
True or False - Submitting your own work for this class (or any other) that you previously wrote for another class / professor is not plagiarism.
What is FALSE. Although the work is yours, you have not produced it for this particular course. That means you are attempting to pass your assignment off as original work when it is not.
500
Put the ideas in a passage into your own words, usually following the order in which the ideas were presented in the original. All major ideas are included. Usually about the same length as the original.
What is a paraphrase?