Thinking about plagiarism
When you hand in your assignment the tutor will make the assumption that this is your work. this might seem self-evident and you might even be required to sign a form for verification, particularly if this piece of work is going to count towards your degree. By identifying yourself as the author you are by default laying claim to ownership of that piece of writing. If you don't identify your sources then you lay yourself open to the charge of plagiarism.
In this section we are going to explore some of the more vexing questions around the plagiarism including:
- What is plagiarism?
- How might you plagiarize inadvertently?
- Are there any situations in which you do not have to cite your source?
When you hand in your assignment the tutor will make the assumption that this is your work. this might seem self-evident and you might even be required to sign a form for verification, particularly if this piece of work is going to count towards your degree. By identifying yourself as the author you are by default laying claim to ownership of that piece of writing. If you don't identify your sources then you lay yourself open to the charge of plagiarism.
Activity Fourteen: Which of the following would you regard as plagiarism
- Using a direct quote without making the source clear.
- Paraphrasing or Summarising what you have read and not indicating the citation to the original source of your ideas.
- Cutting from a source document and pasting it into your own work without making citation to the original source.
- Changing a few words around in the original source and then using it in your work without indicating where the idea came from.
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