{"id":367,"date":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-eng-101-college-writing-i\/chapter\/text-defining-plagiarism\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:18:21","slug":"text-defining-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-eng-101-college-writing-i-lynch\/chapter\/text-defining-plagiarism\/","title":{"raw":"Defining Plagiarism","rendered":"Defining Plagiarism"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>Plagiarism as \"Intellectual Theft\"<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Plagiarism occurs when you present another person's ideas, intentionally or unintentionally, as your own.<\/li>\n \t<li>In the<em> MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing<\/em>, Joseph Gibaldi likens plagiarism to \"intellectual theft,\" because it \"gives the impression that you wrote or thought something that you in fact borrowed from someone, and to do so is a violation of professional ethics\" (165).<\/li>\n \t<li>It is your responsibility as the student to avoid plagiarizing.<\/li>\n \t<li>As a scholar, you are expected to credit the sources of ideas that you use in your own work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\nWhich of these statements is TRUE concerning plagiarism?\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n \t<li>It does not occur when a student purchases a paper from an online source<\/li>\n \t<li>It is not considered theft or akin to stealing<\/li>\n \t<li>It is the responsibility of the student to avoid plagiarism<\/li>\n \t<li>It does not occur when a student turns in a paper from another class for a new assignment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[reveal-answer q=\"492650\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"492650\"]c[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<\/div>\n<h2>What Counts as Plagiarism?<\/h2>\nPlagiarism can be <strong>intentional<\/strong> or <strong>unintentional<\/strong>. It often occurs because the process of citation can be confusing, technology makes copy + paste so easy, and knowing exactly what to cite is not always easy! You can avoid unintentional plagiarism by learning how to cite material and keeping track of sources in your notes. Give yourself plenty of time to process sources so you don\u2019t plagiarize by mistake. Here are some examples of plagiarism:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Submitting a paper written by someone else.<\/li>\n \t<li>Using words and phrases from the source text and patching them together in new sentences.<\/li>\n \t<li>Failing to acknowledge the sources of words or information.<\/li>\n \t<li>Not providing quotation marks around a direct quotation. This leads to the false assumption that the words are your own.<\/li>\n \t<li>Borrowing the idea or opinion of someone else without giving the person credit<\/li>\n \t<li>Restating or paraphrasing a passage without citing the original author<\/li>\n \t<li>Borrowing facts or statistics that are not common knowledge without proper acknowledgement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why You Should Care<\/h2>\nBeing honest and maintaining integrity in your academic work is a sign of character and professionalism. In addition to maximizing your own learning and taking ownership of your academic success, not plagiarizing is important because\n<ul>\n \t<li>your professors assign research projects to help you learn. You cheat yourself when you substitute someone else's work for your own.<\/li>\n \t<li>you don't like it when someone else takes credit for your ideas, so don't do it to someone else.<\/li>\n \t<li>plagiarizing&nbsp;comes with consequences. Depending on the offense and the institution, you may be asked to rewrite plagiarized work, receive a failing grade on the assignment, fail the entire course, or be suspended from the university.<\/li>\n \t<li>professors&nbsp;use search engines, databases, and specialized software to check suspicious work, so you will eventually get caught.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Is This Plagiarism?<\/h3>\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-830\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/08194446\/plag1.gif\" alt=\"Picture showing a sample student paper on &quot;An Analysis of U.S. Educational Inequality&quot; and a term paper website with links to &quot;Order Now&quot; for a &quot;Plagiarism-FREE paper&quot;\" width=\"458\" height=\"224\">1. Is the paper above plagiarized?\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n \t<li>No, it's an original paper, guaranteed plagiarism-free.<\/li>\n \t<li>Yes, because Joe Student purchased a paper and handed it in as his own work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n[reveal-answer q=\"704645\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"704645\"]b. Yes, because Joe Student purchased a paper and handed it in as his own work. Putting your name on a paper written by someone else, whether a friend wrote it for you or you bought it, is plagiarism. Even though the web site alleges that the paper purchased by Joe Student is original, turning in a paper written by someone else is unethical--and pretty easy for professors to spot.[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-831 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/08194643\/plag2.jpg\" alt=\"Passage of text from an Amazon.com editorial review about the Khaled Hosseini book, The Kite Runner. The text shows that a student directly copied the passage about the book being &quot;an education and eye-opening account of Afghanistan's political turmoil&quot; without using quotations.\" width=\"529\" height=\"228\">\n\n2. Is the passage above plagiarized?\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n \t<li>No, it's not plagiarism. Joe Student did not copy the text word for word. Besides, Amazon is not a \"real\" author.<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"jquiz_correct correctanswer\">Yes, this is plagiarism because Joe Student used someone else's ideas and words without giving them credit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n[reveal-answer q=\"939823\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"939823\"]b. This is plagiarism. Using someone else's words--even in a different order--is stealing if you don't give the original author credit.[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-832 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/08194802\/plag3.jpg\" alt=\"The source of an chart is shown, explaining employment numbers in the United States, and a student paper cites the numbers with a citation at the end of the sentence and a reference in the works cited page.\" width=\"532\" height=\"333\">\n\n3. Does the student paper above plagiarize?\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n \t<li class=\"jquiz_correct correctanswer\">No, it's not plagiarism. Credit to the source is given in both the text and the list of references.<\/li>\n \t<li>Yes, this is plagiarism. Joe Student did not use quotation marks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n[reveal-answer q=\"686984\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"686984\"]a. This is not plagiarism. Quotation marks are used when citing someone's exact words. When you paraphrase, simply include an in-text citation or footnote.[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<\/div>\n","rendered":"<h2>Plagiarism as &#8220;Intellectual Theft&#8221;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Plagiarism occurs when you present another person&#8217;s ideas, intentionally or unintentionally, as your own.<\/li>\n<li>In the<em> MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing<\/em>, Joseph Gibaldi likens plagiarism to &#8220;intellectual theft,&#8221; because it &#8220;gives the impression that you wrote or thought something that you in fact borrowed from someone, and to do so is a violation of professional ethics&#8221; (165).<\/li>\n<li>It is your responsibility as the student to avoid plagiarizing.<\/li>\n<li>As a scholar, you are expected to credit the sources of ideas that you use in your own work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\n<p>Which of these statements is TRUE concerning plagiarism?<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li>It does not occur when a student purchases a paper from an online source<\/li>\n<li>It is not considered theft or akin to stealing<\/li>\n<li>It is the responsibility of the student to avoid plagiarism<\/li>\n<li>It does not occur when a student turns in a paper from another class for a new assignment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q492650\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q492650\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">c<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What Counts as Plagiarism?<\/h2>\n<p>Plagiarism can be <strong>intentional<\/strong> or <strong>unintentional<\/strong>. It often occurs because the process of citation can be confusing, technology makes copy + paste so easy, and knowing exactly what to cite is not always easy! You can avoid unintentional plagiarism by learning how to cite material and keeping track of sources in your notes. Give yourself plenty of time to process sources so you don\u2019t plagiarize by mistake. Here are some examples of plagiarism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submitting a paper written by someone else.<\/li>\n<li>Using words and phrases from the source text and patching them together in new sentences.<\/li>\n<li>Failing to acknowledge the sources of words or information.<\/li>\n<li>Not providing quotation marks around a direct quotation. This leads to the false assumption that the words are your own.<\/li>\n<li>Borrowing the idea or opinion of someone else without giving the person credit<\/li>\n<li>Restating or paraphrasing a passage without citing the original author<\/li>\n<li>Borrowing facts or statistics that are not common knowledge without proper acknowledgement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why You Should Care<\/h2>\n<p>Being honest and maintaining integrity in your academic work is a sign of character and professionalism. In addition to maximizing your own learning and taking ownership of your academic success, not plagiarizing is important because<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your professors assign research projects to help you learn. You cheat yourself when you substitute someone else&#8217;s work for your own.<\/li>\n<li>you don&#8217;t like it when someone else takes credit for your ideas, so don&#8217;t do it to someone else.<\/li>\n<li>plagiarizing&nbsp;comes with consequences. Depending on the offense and the institution, you may be asked to rewrite plagiarized work, receive a failing grade on the assignment, fail the entire course, or be suspended from the university.<\/li>\n<li>professors&nbsp;use search engines, databases, and specialized software to check suspicious work, so you will eventually get caught.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Is This Plagiarism?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-830\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/08194446\/plag1.gif\" alt=\"Picture showing a sample student paper on &quot;An Analysis of U.S. Educational Inequality&quot; and a term paper website with links to &quot;Order Now&quot; for a &quot;Plagiarism-FREE paper&quot;\" width=\"458\" height=\"224\" \/>1. Is the paper above plagiarized?<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li>No, it&#8217;s an original paper, guaranteed plagiarism-free.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, because Joe Student purchased a paper and handed it in as his own work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q704645\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q704645\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">b. Yes, because Joe Student purchased a paper and handed it in as his own work. Putting your name on a paper written by someone else, whether a friend wrote it for you or you bought it, is plagiarism. Even though the web site alleges that the paper purchased by Joe Student is original, turning in a paper written by someone else is unethical&#8211;and pretty easy for professors to spot.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-831 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/08194643\/plag2.jpg\" alt=\"Passage of text from an Amazon.com editorial review about the Khaled Hosseini book, The Kite Runner. The text shows that a student directly copied the passage about the book being &quot;an education and eye-opening account of Afghanistan's political turmoil&quot; without using quotations.\" width=\"529\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Is the passage above plagiarized?<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li>No, it&#8217;s not plagiarism. Joe Student did not copy the text word for word. Besides, Amazon is not a &#8220;real&#8221; author.<\/li>\n<li class=\"jquiz_correct correctanswer\">Yes, this is plagiarism because Joe Student used someone else&#8217;s ideas and words without giving them credit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q939823\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q939823\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">b. This is plagiarism. Using someone else&#8217;s words&#8211;even in a different order&#8211;is stealing if you don&#8217;t give the original author credit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-832 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/08194802\/plag3.jpg\" alt=\"The source of an chart is shown, explaining employment numbers in the United States, and a student paper cites the numbers with a citation at the end of the sentence and a reference in the works cited page.\" width=\"532\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Does the student paper above plagiarize?<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li class=\"jquiz_correct correctanswer\">No, it&#8217;s not plagiarism. Credit to the source is given in both the text and the list of references.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, this is plagiarism. Joe Student did not use quotation marks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q686984\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q686984\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">a. This is not plagiarism. Quotation marks are used when citing someone&#8217;s exact words. 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