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Plagiarism is taking another’s ideas, words, images, term paper, etc. and putting your name on it without | Plagiarism is taking another’s ideas, words, images, term paper, etc. and putting your name on it without giving credit to the original author. Quoting from Shakespeare in a paper is not plagiarism as long as you include his name in a proper [[MLA citation]] and [[works cited page]]. If you read someone else’s paper, website, book, or the like, and re-write or paraphrase the ideas without telling your reader where you got the idea, that is plagiarism. | ||
If you get information or ideas from another source, give due credit. If you have any questions or concerns that a part of your paper might be inadvertently plagiarized, ask your teacher. No one is going to get in trouble before the paper is turned in. | |||
==Repercussions== | ==Repercussions== | ||
If you plagiarize, you will fail. | If you plagiarize, you will fail. There will be no slapping of hands, no talks in the hall. Your teacher will certainly give any suspected plagiarist a chance to explain, but there is no reason for a student to represent another’s work as his or her own. | ||
==On a Lighter Note== | ==On a Lighter Note== | ||
Check out Jonathan Lethem's article on influence from ''Harper's Magazine''[http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/02/0081387]. | Check out Jonathan Lethem's article on influence from ''Harper's Magazine''[http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/02/0081387]. | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 31 July 2009
Plagiarism is taking another’s ideas, words, images, term paper, etc. and putting your name on it without giving credit to the original author. Quoting from Shakespeare in a paper is not plagiarism as long as you include his name in a proper MLA citation and works cited page. If you read someone else’s paper, website, book, or the like, and re-write or paraphrase the ideas without telling your reader where you got the idea, that is plagiarism. If you get information or ideas from another source, give due credit. If you have any questions or concerns that a part of your paper might be inadvertently plagiarized, ask your teacher. No one is going to get in trouble before the paper is turned in.
Repercussions
If you plagiarize, you will fail. There will be no slapping of hands, no talks in the hall. Your teacher will certainly give any suspected plagiarist a chance to explain, but there is no reason for a student to represent another’s work as his or her own.
On a Lighter Note
Check out Jonathan Lethem's article on influence from Harper's Magazine[1].