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English Paper Research Guide: Avoiding Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism, according to the Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary, is the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to the person.

All of the following are considered plagiarism:

  • turning in someone else's work as your own
  • copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
  • failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
  • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
  • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
  • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work whether you give credit or not

"What is Plagiarism?"  Plagiarism.org. iParadigms LLC, 2014. Web. 2 May 2014.

WA English Dept.

The Upper School English Dept. Policy Guide has a section on plagiarism. It includes general information and  examples. A statement concerning turnitin.com is also included.

 

 

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

"The key to avoiding plagiarism is to make sure you give credit where it is due. This may be credit for something somebody said, wrote, emailed, drew, or implied." (Purdue Online Writing Lab).

How do you avoid plagiarism? View the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) site.

 

 

How to avoid Plagiarism