B.

Avoiding Plagiarism
You are right to say that you cannot just copy the paragraph and incorporate it in your paper, doing so
would be considered plagiarism. Plagiarism has become a buzzword not only in the academe but also in other
fields like literature, photography, and fine arts. Perhaps, you have heard news about people who were stripped
off their diploma, license, or award because they were found to have plagiarized other people's work.
What is plagiarism? When can you be accused of plagiarizing other people's works?

Plagiarism could be any of the following:

o deliberate copying of somebody else's work and claiming that work to be his/
her own;
o using somebody else's work or ideas without proper acknowledgement
citation; and
o copying the text without paraphrasing it.
1. Types of Plagiarism
1. Mosaic Plagiarism – no quotation mark.
2. Accidental Plagiarism – forgot to cite the source.
3. Direct Plagiarism – word for word copying.
4. Self Plagiarism – copying your previous work.

2. Ways to avoid Plagiarism

a. Paraphrasing is one of the ways to avoid plagiarism. It is rendering the essential ideas in a text (sentence
or paragraph) using your own words. Paraphrased materials are usually shorter than the original text. It is more
detailed than a summary. When you paraphrase, it is advised that you first understand what the text is about and
then write your rendition off the text without referring to it as you write. The tendency when you have the text
in front of you is to copy the structure of the text and just change some of the words, which still qualify as
plagiarism.
b. Another way to avoid plagiarism is to directly quote the sentence or the paragraph that you will use in
your paper. Quotations must be identical to the original text. A direct quotation is preferred to a paraphrase
when the author's ideas are so important that paraphrasing them will change the essence of those ideas.
c. Cite your sources.
(Note: For further information on how to avoid Plagiarism watch the short video provided)
Video Clip 1 - Avoiding Plagiarism.mp4
 Ave Maria College
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School ID No. 402686 Gov’t Permit No. 0059 s. 2015
NAME: _____________________________________ DATE: ____________________
PROGRAM & YEAR _________________________ SCORE: ___________________

ACTIVITY NO. 3 – Paraphrasing and Citing

Instructions:
a. Watch the recent SONA of the President;
b. List down the important details of his speech;
c. Write down your thoughts about his SONA; and
d. Don’t forget to observe the ways on how to avoid plagiarism (paraphrase, use quotations, and cite your
sources).

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