Plagiarism

​The act of using someone else's ideas or words and passing them off as your own

• Direct Plagiarism

• ​Paraphrasing without attribution

• ​Purchasing content online

• Cite any information you find in outside sources that is not common knowledge

  • ​George Washington was born in Pope's Creek, Virginia ("Key Facts About George Washington")

  • Common knowledge does NOT have to be cited.

    • George Washington was the first president of the United States.​

How do I avoid it?

• Citations should be in-text and in a Works Cited page

• When in doubt, CITE IT!​

How do I avoid it?

Into Thin Air is a novel that details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm.

​Plagiarized Content

It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm.

​Original Content

Direct Plagiarism

​Copying another person's work without providing any information acknowledging that the information is not your own.

Direct Plagiarism

Work is also considered plagiarized when only a few words are substituted and the sentence structure remains essentially the same.

Original Content

Gene Forrester is a quiet, intellectual student at the Devon School in New Hampshire.​

​Plagiarized Content

Gene Forrester is a soft-spoken, smart kid at the Devon School in New Hampshire​

​Paraphrasing

Expressing the same ideas found in another source but using your own words and sentence structure.

• Read the information more than once to ensure proper understanding

• Make note of key ideas and concepts

• ​Write your own version of the information WITHOUT looking at the original source

• ​Compare your version and make adjustments for wording/phrasing that is too similar.

Book burning has been a censorship practice that has taken place throughout history. Book burning is usually done in a public setting, as to make a bold statement that ideas and beliefs that constitute "cultural, religious, or political opposition" will not be tolerated ("Book Burning").

​Paraphrased Content

"Book burning refers to the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. Usually carried out in a public context, the burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question" ("Book Burning").

Original Content

Paraphrasing