Perils of Plagiarism

Name: ___Luis Carlos Bueno________
The Perils of Plagiarism

To answer these questions, please read the information on this web page:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
The questions will proceed chronologically through the website. In other words, you will find answers to
the first questions at the beginning of the website, and later questions near the end.
1. How does this web page define plagiarism?
The uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody else's words or ideas.
2.
Look at Actions that might be seen as plagiarism. In your own words, please explain the
difference between Deliberate plagiarism and Possibly accidental plagiarism.
Deliberate plagiarism is when you are perfectly aware you are going to commit plagiarism, that means,
buying a paper or copying from another author. Possibly accidental plagiarism is when you paraphrase but
your paper looks very similar to the one you are paraphrasing from.
3.
You are a high school teacher. You discover that a student plagiarized material as part of an
important report. When confronted with the situation, the student says, But it was an accident!
I didnt mean to plagiarize! What would you tell the student?
I would ask him to tell me all the references from where the student got all the information, then I would
give him some advice in citing correctly in order to avoid accidental plagiarism.
Look carefully at Choosing when to credit. Put a check mark next to all of the texts for which you
MUST document their source.
4. _____ words from a commonly known prayer
5. _____words from a new song
6. _____reprinted diagrams
7. _____common knowledge
8. _____your own observations based on anothers research
9. _____a unique phrase you found on the internet that expresses your ideas
10. _____ your own opinions
11. _____ text from a newspaper
12. _____ Just a few words (less than 5) that someone else wrote
Look carefully at Making sure you are safe. Write down five things that you can do to avoid
problems with plagiarism.
13. Reading and note-taking
14. Interviewing and conversing
15. Writing direct quotations
16. Maintaining drafts of your paper
17. Revising, proofreading, and finalizing your paper
18.25. Please complete Exercises for practice on the next page.
Exercises for Practice

Below are some situations in which writers need to decide whether or not they are running the risk of
plagiarizing. In the Y/N column, indicate if you would need to document (Yes), or if it is not necessary to
provide quotation marks or a citation (No). If you do need to give the source credit in some way, explain
how you would handle it. If not, explain why.
Y/N
If yes, what do you do? If no, why?
Situation
1. You are writing new insights about your own

experiences.
NO
Your own experiences do not require citation

because you are the one providing the
information.
2. You are using an editorial from your school's

newspaper with which you disagree.
YES
You need to make sure you mention what

newspaper and what editorial you are talking
about so other people can do their own
research to see whether they agree with you or
dont.
3. You use some information from a source

without ever quoting it directly.
NO
You are paraphrasing which means using your

own words.
4. You have no other way of expressing the exact YES

meaning of a text without using the original
source verbatim.
If you are putting exact words from another

author into your paper you must let your
readers know who developed the original idea.
5. You mention that many people in your

discipline belong to a certain organization.
Its a personal matter which means no need for

citations or anything.
NO
6. You want to begin your paper with a story that YES

one of your classmates told about her
experiences in Bosnia.
Information you gain through conversing with

another person, face to face, over the phone, or
in writing must be cited.
7. The quote you want to use is too long, so you YES

leave out a couple of phrases.
Still its a quote from another author.
8. You really like the particular phrase somebody YES

else made up, so you use it.
You did not make the phrase, therefore you

must cite it.

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Name: _Luis Carlos Bueno______

The Perils of Plagiarism

18.25. Please complete Exercises for practice on the next page.

Exercises for Practice

1. You are writing new insights about your own

Your own experiences do not require citation

2. You are using an editorial from your school's

You need to make sure you mention what

3. You use some information from a source

You are paraphrasing which means using your

4. You have no other way of expressing the exact YES

If you are putting exact words from another

5. You mention that many people in your

Its a personal matter which means no need for

6. You want to begin your paper with a story that YES

Information you gain through conversing with

7. The quote you want to use is too long, so you YES

Still its a quote from another author.

8. You really like the particular phrase somebody YES

You did not make the phrase, therefore you

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