Examples of Plagiarism

O turning in someone else's work as your own

O copying words or ideas from someone else without giving
credit
O failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
O giving incorrect information about the source of a
quotation
O changing words but copying the sentence structure of a
source without giving credit
O copying so many words or ideas from a source that it
makes up the majority of your work, whether you give
credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)
Writing
Skills
 Paraphrasing
O A writing skill in which you rephrase or
rewrite information from an outside source in
your own words without changing its
meaning.
 STEPS
1. Read the original passage several times until
you understand it fully. Look up the
unfamiliar words.

2. Write your paraphrase from memory. Include

as much information as you can remember.
Do not look at the original while you are
writing.
 STEPS
3. Check your paraphrase against the original
for accuracy and completeness. If necessary,
add points you have missed.

4. Cite the source of the original passage in

parentheses at the end of your paraphrase.
 Original Text
In 1610, Galileo Galilei published a small book describing
astronomical observations that he had made of the skies above
Padua. His homemade telescopes had less magnifying and
resolving power than most beginners’ telescopes sold today, yet
with them he made astonishing discoveries: that the moon has
mountains and other topographical features; that Jupiter is
orbited by satellites, which he called planets; and that the Milky
Way is made up of individual stars.
 Original Text
Galileo was able to make some amazing discoveries with his
telescope. He made discoveries about the moon, about Jupiter,
and about the Milky Way. He was able to do this with a
telescope that was less powerful than even today's most basic
telescopes.
 Summarizing
O A writing skill in which you reduce a large
selection or text to main points or essential
concepts. It's the distillation, condensation, or
reduction of a larger work into its primary
notions.
A good summary includes the
following:
O Author, title, and source of the
original piece of writing.
O The main ideas or thesis of the original
text in your own words.
O The most important supporting ideas
or points of the original.
 STEPS
1. Read through the entire work.
2. Determine the length of your summary.
3. Select the main points.
4. Omit all extraneous comments.
5. Write the paragraph according to your material.
6. Write the summary from the author’s point of view.
7. Be faithful to author’s interpretation.
 Quoting Directly
Author: Percy Jackson

Date: February 2010

Page no. 45:

Statement: “The first lesson every child of Athena learned:

Mom was the best at everything, and you should never,
ever suggest otherwise.”
 Quoting Directly
Author: Percy Jackson

Date: February 2010

Page no. 45:

Statement: “The first lesson every child of Athena learned:

Mom was the best at everything, and you should never,
ever suggest otherwise.”
 Quoting Directly

Hertzberg (2002) notes that “treating the

Constitution as imperfect is not new,” but
because of Dahl’s credentials, his
“apostasy merits attention” (p. 85).
 Quoting Directly

Menand (2001) acknowledges that H. W.

Fowler’s Modern English Usage is “a
classic of the language,” but he asks, “Is it
a dead classic?” (p. 114).