Avoiding Plagiarism

What is
plagiarism?
Briefly explain plagiarism in your OWN words.
 How may you
commit plagiarism?
Mention ways in which you may commit plagiarism.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

1. Cutting and pasting a short

article from a website, with no
citation.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

2. Taking two paragraphs from a

classmate’s essay, without
citation.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

3. Taking a graph from a

textbook, giving the source.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

4. Taking a quotation from a

source, giving a citation but not
using quotation marks.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

5. Using something that you

think of as general knowledge
(e.g. the ownership of mobile
phones is increasing
worldwide).
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

6. Using a paragraph from an

essay you wrote and had
marked the previous semester,
without citation.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

7. Using the results of your own

research (e.g. from a survey you
did), without citation.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

8. Discussing an essay topic

with a group of classmates and
using some of their ideas in
your own work.
Plagiarism? YES or NO?

9. Giving a citation for some

information but misspelling the
author’s name.
 1. What are the consequences of plagiarism?
2. What are the five types of plagiarism the woman mentions?
3. Which of these is the most serious type of plagiarism?
4. Why reusing our own work is considered plagiarism?
 How may we
avoid plagiarism?
 ACKNOWLEDGE
SOURCES
QUOTATION
“The point is not that the state is in retreat but that it is developing new forms of power”
(Smith, 2009, p. 103).

During a conversation with his young brother, Ezequiel tells him that one of the reasons
why he loves Sacha so much is her eyes: “The only eyes that look at me, the only eyes in
which I can see my true self (...) are in my dog's eyes. In Sacha´s eyes” (Santa Ana,
1998, p. 52-53, my translation).

According to Smith (2009), “The point is not that the state is in retreat but that it is
developing new forms of power” (p. 103).

Briony frames the current event under her recent and fictional revelation that Robbie is
actually “the incarnation of evil” (McEwan, 2007, p. 115).
 ACKNOWLEDGE
SOURCES

SUMMARY or PARAPHRASE AND CITATION

Smith (2009) claims that the modern state wields power in new ways.

Ian McEwan is a British contemporary novelist whose works are mainly concerned
with the relationship between reality and imagination, history, the inner troubles of
characters and the process of writing (Jie Han, 2014).
 ACKNOWLEDGE
SOURCES

SUMMARY or PARAPHRASE AND CITATION

Smith (2009) claims that the modern state wields power in new ways.

Ian McEwan is a British contemporary novelist whose works are mainly concerned
with the relationship between reality and imagination, history, the inner troubles of
characters and the process of writing (Jie Han, 2014).

SUMMARISE: Reducing length but keeping ideas You still need

PARAPHRASE: Rewriting the text to CITE the
source!
INDIVIDUAL
WORK
 HOMEWORK
Fines - Argumentation - PART 2
1. Go back to your answers to “Fines-
Argumentation - PART 1”

2. Choose only one reason / one topic

sentence.

3. Write your argument (bearing in mind

what we have discussed in class) in
100 to 200 words.

4. As part of your evidence, include a

QUOTE (shorter than 40 words) and
cite it appropriately.

5. Include the reference to your quote

below your paragraph.

6. Upload your work to Fígaro.

REFERENCES

Bailey, S. (2015). Academic writing: a handbook for international students. New York:
Routledge.

Jie Han, Z. (2014). Postmodern Strategies in Ian McEwan´s Major Novels. Advances
in Literary Study, 2, 134-139. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/ymX0fa

McEwan, I. (2007). Atonement. London: Vintage.

Santa Ana, A. (1998). Los ojos del perro siberiano. Buenos Aires: Norma S.A.

Scribbr (202). How to Avoid Plagiarism with 3 Simple Tricks. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhVDH9p7aU&list=PLjBMY3HggCpCI-AOVnh
pMSei1G4kNhGvI&index=2

Smith, M. (2009). Power and the State. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.