Lesson 2 Plagiarism Flashcards
Plagiarism
According to the merriam Webster online dictionary
to plagiarise means;
- To steal and pass off as one’s own ( the ideas or words of another)
- To use without crediting the source
- To commit literary theft
- To present as a new original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
Plagiarism
In other words
Act of Fraud
It involves both stealing someone else work and lying about it afterwards.
Types of plagiarism
Source not cited
- The Ghost Writer
- The Photocopy
- The Potluck Paper
- The Poor Disguise
- The Labor of Laziness
- The Self-stealer
The Ghost writer
The writer turns in another’s work, word for word, as his or her own.
The Photocopy
The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single source without alteration.
The Potluck Paper
The writer tries to disguise plagiarism by COPYING FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES, tweaking the sentence to make them fit together while retaining most of the original phrasing.
The Poor Disguise
The writer has retained the essential content of the source, he or she has altered the papers appearance slightly by CHANGING KEYWORDS AND PHRASES
The Labor Of Laziness
The writer takes the TIME TO PARAPHRASE of the paper from other source and MAKE IT ALL FIT TOGETHER, instead of spending the same effort on original work.
The Self-Stealer
The writer BORROWS generously from his or her PREVIOUS WORK, violating policies concerning the expectation of originality adopted by most academic institutions.
Types of Plagiarism
Sources are cited, but there is still plagiarism
- The Forgotten Footnote
- The Misinformer
- The Two - Perfect Paraphrase
- The Resourceful Citer
- The Perfect Crime
The Forgotten Footnote
The writer mentions an author’s name for a source, but NEGLECT TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION on the LOCATION of the material reference.
This often marks other forms of plagiarism by obscuring source location.
The Misinformer
The writer PROVIDES INACURATE INFORMATION regarding the source, making it impossible to find them.
The Two- Perfect Paraphrase
The writer properly cites a source but NEGLECT TO PUT A QUOTATION marks test that has been copied word for word.
The Resourceful Citer
The writer properly cites all the source, paraphrasing and using quotations appropriately. BUT THE PAPER CONTAINS ALMOST NO ORIGINAL WORKS.
it looks like any other well- researched document.
The Perfect Crime
Paraphrase other arguments from the sources without citation.
The writer tries to pass on the paraphrase material as his or her own analysis of the cited material.
