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What’s the big deal???What’s the big deal???

What is Plagiarism?

• taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

• a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

  (from KidsNet.Au)

Consequences of Plagiarism

• Requirement to do the work over

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• Failure of the assignment or course

Consequences of Plagiarism

• Suspension/expulsion

Consequences of Plagiarism

• Lawsuit, fines, and/or firing for workplace plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism

• Paraphrase – pretend you are explaining to someone younger

• If you can’t explain it, then you don’t understand it – so don’t use it.

• Give credit by using a works cited page

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Original PassageAt the start of the Great Depression, many Americans wanted to believe that the hard times would be only temporary.Plagiarism or Not?At the beginning of the Great Depression, a lot of Americans wanted to think that the hard times would be only temporary.

Original PassageDevices in the iPod range are primarily digital audio players, designed around a central click wheel — although the iPod shuffle has buttons also. Plagiarism or Not?An iPod is an MP3 player that lets you choose and play songs to listen to using a click wheel (or on older versions, buttons).

Original PassageHe was a very silent man by custom.

Plagiarism or Not?He was usually a quiet person.

Original PassageA letter of thanks is a courteous acknowledgment of a gift or of something that was done for you.

Plagiarism or Not?A thank you note is a polite acknowledgment of a present or something nice someone did for you.

Paraphrasing Hints• Use a dictionary and/or thesaurus

to find the meaning of unfamiliar words

• Change the sentence structure so it sounds as if you are speaking to a peer.

Practice Paraphrasing• Paraphrasing Practice

Works Cited• “Identifying Plagiarism” PowerPoint:

International Reading Association http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1062

• Images http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Idioms/Idioms%20K.html (kicked out)

• http://www.mylegaladvance.com/ (lawsuit)