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Research Writing

Chapter 53: Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources

Exercise 53.1: Detecting plagiarism

Exercise 53.1: Detecting plagiarism

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This activity contains 10 questions.

	Read the following statement, and answer true or false. Plagiarism is representing someone else's work as your own.

	True False

	Read the following statement, and answer true or false. Plagiarism is using someone else's work without citing it.

	True False

	Read the following statement, and answer true or false. Plagiarism is citing someone else's work and quoting it correctly.

	True False

To avoid plagiarism, you must acknowledge sources that are not common knowledge and that are not your own. In the list below, click on the sources that must be acknowledged.

The dates of President Bill Clinton's presidencyStatistics on corporeal punishment found in an online databaseInformation on global warming trends found on a Web siteBoth B and C are correct.

In the list below, click on the kinds of sources that DO NOT NEED to be acknowledged.

Summaries and paraphrasesOpinions expressed on the radio or onlineAll of these sources must be acknowledged.Quotes and interviews

Read the following sentence and the paraphrases that follow it. Click on the paraphrase that DOES NOT plagiarize the original.

Original: However, during this period of relative peace, the incidents of police brutality rose dramatically and the number of complaints lodged against police officers also climbed.
Source: Bakker, Marilee. "Tourists Return to the Big Apple." New York Times, 21 Jan. 1999, natl. ed.: D1+.

"However, during this period of relative peace, the incidents of police brutality shot up, and the number of complaints lodged against police-officers also climbed" (Bakker D2).According to Bakker, the time of "relative peace" was accompanied by an increase in "incidents of police brutality," and by an increase in the number of official complaints "lodged against police officers" (D2).Both of these plagiarize the original sentence.Neither of these plagiarize the original sentence.

Read the following sentence and the paraphrases that follow it. Click on the paraphrase that DOES NOT plagiarize the original.

Original: With a more than 10%25 reduction in violent crime in New York City, tourists have once again flocked to the Big Apple for their summer vacations.
Source: Bakker, Marilee. "Tourists Return to the Big Apple." New York Times, 21 Jan. 1999, natl. ed.: D1+.

There has been a 10%25 drop-off in New York's violent crime, so many families have been returning this year to see the city's main tourist attractions.Recently, New York City has experienced a 10%25 decline in the number of violent crimes, so tourists, feeling that it is safe to return to the city, have planned to have their next summer vacations in the Big Apple (Bakker D2).Both of these plagiarize the original sentence.Neither of these plagiarize the original sentence.

Read the following sentence and the paraphrases that follow it. Click on the paraphrase that DOES NOT plagiarize the original.

Original: The former mayor of the New York City was notorious for his zero tolerance program or dangerous criminals, as well as for his lack of sympathy for "unsightly" homeless people.
Source: Bakker, Marilee. "Tourists Return to the Big Apple." New York Times, 21 Jan. 1999, natl. ed.: D1+.

The former mayor of New York City was notorious for his zero tolerance program for dangerous criminals, as well as for his lack of sympathy for "unsightly" homeless people (Bakker D3).The city's former mayor had a "zero tolerance program" for criminals and the homeless alike (Bakker D3).Both of these plagiarize the original sentence.Neither of these plagiarize the original sentence.

Read the following sentence and the paraphrases that follow it. Click on the paraphrase that DOES NOT plagiarize the original.

Original: The loss of certain civil liberties--personified by the new "electronic eyes" placed around the city--did not seem to bother most of the city's residents.
Source: Bakker, Marilee. "Tourists Return to the Big Apple." New York Times, 21 Jan. 1999, natl. ed.: D1+.

The "electronic eyes" installed across the city did not trouble most of the people who lived there.The loss of certain liberties, such as having to live under constant surveillance by "electronic eyes," did not seem to bother most city residents (Jameson 50).Both of these plagiarize the original sentence.Neither of these plagiarize the original sentence.

Read the following sentence and the paraphrases that follow it. Click on the paraphrase that DOES NOT plagiarize the original.

Original: For many politicians statistics has replaced statesmanship.
Source: Ribeiro, John. "What Happened to Statesmanship?" New York Times 26 Mar. 2001, natl. ed.: A1+.

Statesmanship cannot compete for politicians' attention like statistics can.Both of these plagiarize the original sentence.Neither of these plagiarize the original sentence.Many politicians prefer statistics to statesmanship (Ribeiro A1).

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