Chapter 2 - Plagiarism

Question 1

What is Plagiarism?

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Answer 1

• taking words or ideas from a source without giving credit to the author
• in academic work, ideas and words = private property of person who first thought or wrote them
• if you borrow or refer to work of another person, provide the correct acknowledgement

Question 2

What are common forms of plagiarism?

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• quoting someones work, without acknowledgement
• cutting and pasting text or diagram or material from internet without acknowledgement
• paraphrasing someone by altering a few words without acknowledgement
• collaborating with others and not attributing the assistance
• wrongly referencing, within the text and reference list (e.g. when student pretend to read an original source, but knowledge derived from secondary source)
• using materials written by others such as professional essay writing services (ghostwriting)
• self-plagiarizing (submittting sth you have already submitted (partly or fully) for another assessment

Question 3

Two methods of giving acknowlegdement

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• summary and citation- he argues (2007) that xy.
• quotation and citation - as he states: “there is no xy” (rodgers, 2007:23)

Question 4

Summarizing vs Paraphrasing | Definitions

Answer 4

• summarizing: reducing the length of a text but retaining the main points
• paraphrasing: rewriting a text so that the language is substantially different while the content stays the same