Plagiarism is Scary…

And here’s why…

• Plagiarism is theft of intellectual property—that’s stealing, people!

• Dire academic consequences—best case, 0 on project, worst case, expulsion.

• If suspected of plagiarism, a student must meet with an administrator to determine consequences. No matter the degree of offense, there’s a record of it on your file at the Registrar.

Caught Red-Handed

Alright, so plagiarism is bad—how do we recognize it?

The Usual Suspects

Original TextFrom time to time this submerged or latent theater in Hamlet becomes almost overt. It is close to the surface in Hamlet’s pretense of madness, the “antic disposition” he puts on to protect himself and prevent his antagonists from plucking out the heart of his mystery.

--Alvin Kernan

Used as SourceAlmost all of Shakespeare’s Hamlet can be understood as a play about acting and the theater. For example, there is Hamlet’s pretense of madness, the “antic disposition” that he puts on to protect himself and prevent his antagonists from plucking out the heart of his mystery.

The Usual Suspects

Original Text

This book has been written against a background of both reckless optimism and reckless despair. It holds that Progress and Doom are two sides of the same medal; that both are articles of superstition, not of faith.

--Hannah Arendt

Used as Source

This book has been written against a background of both reckless optimism and reckless despair. It holds that Progress and Doom are two sides of the same medal; that both are articles of superstition, not of faith (Arendt vii).

The Usual Suspects

Original Text

The rise of industry, the growth of cities, and the

expansion of the population were the three great

developments of late nineteenth century American

History.

--Joyce Williams

Used as Source

The increase of industry, the growth of cities, and the explosion of the population were three large factors of nineteenth century America (Williams 1).

The Usual Suspects

Original Text

Evidence of Parmenides' influence is that later philosophers thought it was of first importance to address the issue of whether there could be multiple things, and why or why not...

--R. Cherubin

Used as SourceIt is often argued that philosophers in the generation after Parmenides recognized that he had bequeathed new challenges to them, and they rose to the occasion. Parmenides' influence is shown by the fact that later philosophers thought it was extremely important to address the question of whether there could be more than one thing.

But I’m Innocent!

How do you avoid committing—even unintentional—plagiarism?

Maintain a working Bibliography

• Don’t just use/collect sources and forget about them.• Keep a running tab of works as you’re writing.

Take Notes

• Put quotes around phrases taken directly from text• Include page numbers

Keep track of materials

• Print or save a copy of each source.• Don’t just work from memory.

Learn how to paraphrase appropriately

• Don’t just change a couple of words or phrases• Don’t mimic the sentence structure or style of original• Put any exact words or phrases in quotations

Plagiarism is scary, …

But it’s a fate you can avoid.

Images

Janet Leigh Screaming. Psycho. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Shamley Productions, 1960. jpeg file.

Caught. The Wrong Man. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Warner Brothers, 1956. jpeg file.

Hitchcock and wife. Reprinted in “Hitchcock’s Love Story with Alma.” The Times of Malta. 22 Nov. 2012. Web. 12 March 2013. jpeg file.

Poster. Suspicion. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. RKO, 1941. jpeg file.

Poster. Shadow of a Doubt. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Skirball Productions, 1943. jpeg file.