Quoting and
Paraphrasing
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What is Plagiarism?
•Copying another student’s work.
•Copying or summarising another person’s work or ideas without giving them credit.
•Handing in your own work to another class
PLAGIARISM IS CONSIDERED STEALING
= fail that essay or subject or be excluded.
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What is plagiarism?
Look at your handout and read the 3 versions of the original text.student handout
Which one is NOT plagiarised?
Avoiding Plagiarism
ANSWERS
•Version 1 paraphrases and summarises the main points and is not plagiarism. It cites the author.
•Version 2 cites the author and uses speech marks to show that it is a quote. This is not plagiarism.
•Version 3 uses the same words in a different order. This is plagiarism even though it is referenced.
How to avoid plagiarism
•Paraphrase
•Quote
•Use correct referencing ***
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing
The original text has to change dramatically to become a paraphrase – just changing vocabulary is not enough!