Plagiarism

Mrs. TarrSeptember

2010

What is it?

“Plagiarism is improperly using someone’s words, ideas, or images (often called ‘intellectual property’) so that they appear to be your own.”(VanderMey, p. 471.)

Examples

• Buying a paper and turning it in• Copying or printing someone else’s paper and

turning it in• Copying and pasting part of an article or

website into your paper• Not citing a source you used• Forgetting to use quotation marks

Types of writing plagiarized

• School papers/essays• Speeches• Sermons• Songs• Music• Plot lines and characters• Poems

What happens?

• Zero on the assignment• Failure for course• Suspension or expulsion from school • Embarrassment• Loss of credibility• Loss of income/job

Why do people plagiarize?

• Pressure for the grade/passing• Procrastinated• Don’t know how to put things into their own

words• Don’t get the concept of a research paper– It’s not a book report!

Brainstorm

• Make a list of what you already know about your topic

– Bono• Irish singer• U2 • politically active about world poverty• real name is Paul Hewson

Gather sources

• Get print sources FIRST- Library

Morrison, Craig. Rock & Roll. New York: Facts on File, 2006, pp. 235-7.– Wilson Web

Gibbs, Nancy. “Persons of the Year.” Time 26 Dec. 2005: 44-62.

• Use online sources SECOND– Biography .com – U2.com (band’s official website)

Write your bibliography

• Gather all your sources• Type up your bibliography

Bibliography (or Works Cited)“Bono Biography.” Biography.com. 27 May 2009 <

http://www.biography.com >Gibbs, Nancy. “Persons of the Year.” Time 26 Dec. 2005: 44-62.Morrison, Craig. Rock & Roll. New York: Facts on File, 2006.U2.com. 2009. U2. 27 May 2009 <http://www.u2.com>

Read

• Skim through your sources• Reread your sources• Make an outline of what you want to write

about• Set your sources aside• Write

Directly quoting

• Copy the sentence or part of the sentence EXACTLY as it is written in the source.

• “Pomposity and arrogance are the enemies of getting things done. And Bono knows how to get things done.” (Gibbs, p. 49)

Paraphrasing

• Paraphrasing means putting a section of something you’ve read into YOUR OWN WORDS.

• It should sound like YOU said it, not a college professor.

• If you don’t know what a word means, don’t use it.

Direct/Paraphrase

• “Pomposity and arrogance are the enemies of getting things done. And Bono knows how to get things done.” (Gibbs, p. 49)

• People’s egos sometimes get in the way of accomplishing things. Bono is able to get famous people to cooperate. (Gibbs, p. 49)

Bibliography“Bono Biography.” Biography.com. 27 May 2009 <

http://www.biography.com >Gibbs, Nancy. “Persons of the Year.” Time 26 Dec. 2006: 44-62.Morrison, Craig. Rock & Roll. New York: Facts on File, 2006.Sorenson, Sharon. Webster’s New World Student Writing Handbook.

New York: Prentice Hall, 1992.U2.com. 2009. U2. 27 May 2009 <http://www.u2.com>VanderMay, Randall, et al. The College Writer. New York: Houghton

Mifflin Company, 2004.