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Plagiarism Response- Ariel Lathrom
Plagiarism is a foul act in the realm of education. Nothing good will ever come of it. Those who are found plagiarizing are caught and punished accordingly. There are many reasons why avoiding plagiarism is beneficial to a writer. It can improve your knowledge, makes you a credible writer, and helps you avoid consequences and punishment. Although writing can seem like a long, arduous process, it is always a good idea to avoid the temptation of plagiarism.
When you plagiarize an entire work, you probably haven't done any reasearch on your subject. When one does this, they completely bypass the opportunity to learn about their subject. The point of an assigned paper is to learn and improve our skills as a writer and researcher. Stealing a work (weather it is a single paragraph or an entire paper), you are robbing yourself of the opportunity to expand your knowledge and experience. The OTC Reference Handbook scribes, "So, the more practice we have writing research papers, the better equipped we are to handle such writing later on" (Harris 378). It is important to your future to do all of the work fairly.
One of the most important things about writing a paper or even a speech is building your credibility. If a person is not seen as a credible source of in formation to an audience, their words are most certainly lost on their listeners or readers. Being sure to cite sources properly is a great way to build credibility. Avoiding plagiarism benefits you as a writer by showing the readers that you are responsible and honest. Everyone wants to know that the knowledge they're gaining is honest and accurate.
If you are caught in the act of plagiarising, you will most certainly be punished. The consequences for plagiarising a paper are always severed. In school you may recieve a zero for a work or even be removed from the classroom and failed. For a job, you can be demoted or fired, as well as recieve a bad reference for your next job. Avoiding plagiarism also avoids unnecessary consequences, which is important to anyone's future.
The most important reason to avoid plagiarism, is to make you, the writer, feel accomplished. The feeling of doing all that research, and getting an A on a paper, or a compliment from your boss is the most rewarding thing you can recieve for a job well done. Avoiding plagiarism is completely to your benefit. If not for the teacher or boss, do it for yourself.
Avoiding plagiarism has so many benefits, but the benefits are all the writer's. The OTC Hanbook points out these reasons to encourage us to be fair and honest in our writing. For your knowledge, goodwill, and for your future, cite your sources and be creative and original.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-79
When you plagiarize an entire work, you probably haven't done any reasearch on your subject. When one does this, they completely bypass the opportunity to learn about their subject. The point of an assigned paper is to learn and improve our skills as a writer and researcher. Stealing a work (weather it is a single paragraph or an entire paper), you are robbing yourself of the opportunity to expand your knowledge and experience. The OTC Reference Handbook scribes, "So, the more practice we have writing research papers, the better equipped we are to handle such writing later on" (Harris 378). It is important to your future to do all of the work fairly.
One of the most important things about writing a paper or even a speech is building your credibility. If a person is not seen as a credible source of in formation to an audience, their words are most certainly lost on their listeners or readers. Being sure to cite sources properly is a great way to build credibility. Avoiding plagiarism benefits you as a writer by showing the readers that you are responsible and honest. Everyone wants to know that the knowledge they're gaining is honest and accurate.
If you are caught in the act of plagiarising, you will most certainly be punished. The consequences for plagiarising a paper are always severed. In school you may recieve a zero for a work or even be removed from the classroom and failed. For a job, you can be demoted or fired, as well as recieve a bad reference for your next job. Avoiding plagiarism also avoids unnecessary consequences, which is important to anyone's future.
The most important reason to avoid plagiarism, is to make you, the writer, feel accomplished. The feeling of doing all that research, and getting an A on a paper, or a compliment from your boss is the most rewarding thing you can recieve for a job well done. Avoiding plagiarism is completely to your benefit. If not for the teacher or boss, do it for yourself.
Avoiding plagiarism has so many benefits, but the benefits are all the writer's. The OTC Hanbook points out these reasons to encourage us to be fair and honest in our writing. For your knowledge, goodwill, and for your future, cite your sources and be creative and original.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-79
Plagiarism
Stephanie Urrutia
Mr. Neuburger
ENG 102-104
4 November 2011
-Plagiarism is Stealing. Plagiarism is taken work someone else has already done, and claiming it as your own without giving that person credit. It leaves someone as un untrustworthy writer.
-Plagiarism Defeats the Purpose of Education. Papers and research is done for an educational purpose. There is no learning happening if someone’s preconceived ideas are taken, and you do not come up with any support of your own. You also do not learn how to site properly if you never practice it.
-Documenting Sources Responsibly Helps Writers Avoid Plagiarism and Build Credibility. When someone reads your writing, you want them to be able to understand, and trust the work you have done yourself. There is a sense of accomplishment after siting and your work, and contributing to the larger database of information that already exists about the topic. There is no shame in using other work, rather there is pride in being able to research and find the information you need.
-Plagiarism Has Serious Consequences. There are several severe consequences to using another person’s work. It really is a legal offence and can result in losing a job, or being kick out of a class. It is so easy to lose credibility when you are marked as someone who plagiarizes. Although it is getting easier to plagiarize with more and more work being added to a database, it is also becoming easier to catch this mis-siting of work. There are sites dedicated to assist teachers and supervisors in finding the un-sited work in a paper. It is more tempting than ever to plagiarize as well because the resources are there.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentence Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Boston: Person Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Mr. Neuburger
ENG 102-104
4 November 2011
-Plagiarism is Stealing. Plagiarism is taken work someone else has already done, and claiming it as your own without giving that person credit. It leaves someone as un untrustworthy writer.
-Plagiarism Defeats the Purpose of Education. Papers and research is done for an educational purpose. There is no learning happening if someone’s preconceived ideas are taken, and you do not come up with any support of your own. You also do not learn how to site properly if you never practice it.
-Documenting Sources Responsibly Helps Writers Avoid Plagiarism and Build Credibility. When someone reads your writing, you want them to be able to understand, and trust the work you have done yourself. There is a sense of accomplishment after siting and your work, and contributing to the larger database of information that already exists about the topic. There is no shame in using other work, rather there is pride in being able to research and find the information you need.
-Plagiarism Has Serious Consequences. There are several severe consequences to using another person’s work. It really is a legal offence and can result in losing a job, or being kick out of a class. It is so easy to lose credibility when you are marked as someone who plagiarizes. Although it is getting easier to plagiarize with more and more work being added to a database, it is also becoming easier to catch this mis-siting of work. There are sites dedicated to assist teachers and supervisors in finding the un-sited work in a paper. It is more tempting than ever to plagiarize as well because the resources are there.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentence Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Boston: Person Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is Bad
There are four reasons why plagiarism should not be tolerated in the world of writing. The reasons are it is unethical, lost opportunity for learning, diminishes your credibility, and can result in serious penalties.
The first reason that plagiarism is not good is that it is unethical. Plagiarism is a form of stealing. When someone uses another person’s work and does not give them credit for it’s like stealing someone’s idea for an invention. Words can change the world just as much as technology.
The second reason is that the person that has plagiarized has wasted an opportunity to learn about the topic of the paper. One reason paper is assigned is to teach student about the subject that is to be wrote about. Every source used and read is additional knowledge gained that otherwise a student might not have ever taken upon them to read about.
The next reason is that it can and will diminish your reputation as a writer. No one wants to read someone’s work after they have stolen writing from another person. People will look at the paper and think that anything else from the plagiarizer is unoriginal and not worth reading. No one wants to read work that has hastily put together without thought.
The last and fourth reason that plagiarism is bad is that the plagiarizer could face serious penalties. Plagiarism at a higher educational institute such as a college or university can result in expulsion from that institute. That is because it is considered an academic violation. This can make it hard to follow a career path. Plagiarism in the work world can result in a copy right violation and the person that has plagiarized can be taken to court and sued.
Work Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
There are four reasons why plagiarism should not be tolerated in the world of writing. The reasons are it is unethical, lost opportunity for learning, diminishes your credibility, and can result in serious penalties.
The first reason that plagiarism is not good is that it is unethical. Plagiarism is a form of stealing. When someone uses another person’s work and does not give them credit for it’s like stealing someone’s idea for an invention. Words can change the world just as much as technology.
The second reason is that the person that has plagiarized has wasted an opportunity to learn about the topic of the paper. One reason paper is assigned is to teach student about the subject that is to be wrote about. Every source used and read is additional knowledge gained that otherwise a student might not have ever taken upon them to read about.
The next reason is that it can and will diminish your reputation as a writer. No one wants to read someone’s work after they have stolen writing from another person. People will look at the paper and think that anything else from the plagiarizer is unoriginal and not worth reading. No one wants to read work that has hastily put together without thought.
The last and fourth reason that plagiarism is bad is that the plagiarizer could face serious penalties. Plagiarism at a higher educational institute such as a college or university can result in expulsion from that institute. That is because it is considered an academic violation. This can make it hard to follow a career path. Plagiarism in the work world can result in a copy right violation and the person that has plagiarized can be taken to court and sued.
Work Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
Dalton Anderson Plagiarism Summary
Dalton Anderson
Mr. Neuburger
ENG 102
4 November 2011
Why We Should Avoid Plagiarism
Plagiarism is not only considered “unethical” but it is also an act of theft and is punishable by law. It’s just like stealing something from a store, except it’s worse; you are stealing someone’s thoughts and ideas. One can use another’s work but you must give them proper credit. The consequences that may arise from plagiarism include possible loss of credibility, their businesses may suffer, or they might even face serious legal action. Besides the more public consequences, if you only copy another’s work then you may fumble an opportunity to learn something for yourself. The purpose of a research paper is to gain knowledge about the topic you are studying. Plagiarism is all-around not a good choice, so just don’t do it. It’s not worth it anyway.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
Mr. Neuburger
ENG 102
4 November 2011
Why We Should Avoid Plagiarism
Plagiarism is not only considered “unethical” but it is also an act of theft and is punishable by law. It’s just like stealing something from a store, except it’s worse; you are stealing someone’s thoughts and ideas. One can use another’s work but you must give them proper credit. The consequences that may arise from plagiarism include possible loss of credibility, their businesses may suffer, or they might even face serious legal action. Besides the more public consequences, if you only copy another’s work then you may fumble an opportunity to learn something for yourself. The purpose of a research paper is to gain knowledge about the topic you are studying. Plagiarism is all-around not a good choice, so just don’t do it. It’s not worth it anyway.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
Plagiarism-Billy Essick
Plagiarism
1. Plagiarism is stealing or in other words not using your own writing, or own ideas, etc. in a piece of writing and failure to acknowledge someone else's work.
2. Plagiarism Defeats the Purposes of Education as when writing common Research Papers it is so easy to copy and paste a whole page of writing. Though how will a student learn how to cite sources if a professor let his or her students copy and paste the whole paper. Citing sources is a tough concept to learn.
3. Documenting Sources Responsibly Helps Avoid Plagiarism and Build Credibility to professors and others around you. Presenting a well Researched paper with cited sources will help not only your grade but also build self-confidense and skill in writing. Who knows there could be some money involved if your writing is good.
4. Plagiarism Has Serious Consequences at the school level and even at a higher level. Plagiarizing at your school could result in no credit on the paper or even worse a early vacation and expelled from school. More serious counts of plagiarism can be considered as Fraud and serious fines, jail time can be rewarded to you.
Works Cited:
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Chapter 10 Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-379. Print.
1. Plagiarism is stealing or in other words not using your own writing, or own ideas, etc. in a piece of writing and failure to acknowledge someone else's work.
2. Plagiarism Defeats the Purposes of Education as when writing common Research Papers it is so easy to copy and paste a whole page of writing. Though how will a student learn how to cite sources if a professor let his or her students copy and paste the whole paper. Citing sources is a tough concept to learn.
3. Documenting Sources Responsibly Helps Avoid Plagiarism and Build Credibility to professors and others around you. Presenting a well Researched paper with cited sources will help not only your grade but also build self-confidense and skill in writing. Who knows there could be some money involved if your writing is good.
4. Plagiarism Has Serious Consequences at the school level and even at a higher level. Plagiarizing at your school could result in no credit on the paper or even worse a early vacation and expelled from school. More serious counts of plagiarism can be considered as Fraud and serious fines, jail time can be rewarded to you.
Works Cited:
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Chapter 10 Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-379. Print.
Reasons to Avoid Plagarism
According to Prentice Hall Reference Guide, there are four primary reasons not to plagarize someone elses work(Harris). The first reason is simply that plagiarism is stealing someone elses original thought. In my opinion it is not just a question of academic integrity but it brings ones entire credibility. Which according to Harris, this is the third reason listed as to why plagiarism should be avoided. Credibility. By using ones own thoughts based on research of someone elses work with correct documentation builds credibility of the writer. Harris listed as the second reason to avoid plagiarism is that it defeats the purpose of education. And that seems logical because you do not learn anything by simply copying someone elses work. And the final reason given against plagiarism is that it can have serious consequences. If found to have commited plagiarism,your school may impose any number of penalties, up to and not excluding expulsion. In a professional career it can lead to dismissal from a job,and furthermore public humiliation and in some instances you can be held lible for infrigement on copyright laws.
Harris, Muriel and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide with MLA updates. Seventh ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Harris, Muriel and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide with MLA updates. Seventh ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Plagiarism - Cassie Brasher
Plagiarism is not ethical. Plagiarism is a form of stealing. It is not fair for someone to work hard on a piece of writing to get a good grade then have someone else just copy to get the same grade.
You don’t learn when you plagiarize. You can learn a lot by doing your research, but if you plagiarize you won’t learn. You also gain research skills by actually doing your research. Those research skills can really help on future projects.
You can’t be considered credible if you plagiarize. If you don’t give credit to where you got your information no one can know if the information is accurate or not. Putting experts opinions (and showing that it is an expert’s opinion) makes your paper much more credible.
Plagiarism can get you into serious trouble. At colleges (like ours) plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty. One penalty of this can be expulsion. The person that originally wrote the piece of work can even sue for copyright violation.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." 2011. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2011. 378-79. Print.
You don’t learn when you plagiarize. You can learn a lot by doing your research, but if you plagiarize you won’t learn. You also gain research skills by actually doing your research. Those research skills can really help on future projects.
You can’t be considered credible if you plagiarize. If you don’t give credit to where you got your information no one can know if the information is accurate or not. Putting experts opinions (and showing that it is an expert’s opinion) makes your paper much more credible.
Plagiarism can get you into serious trouble. At colleges (like ours) plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty. One penalty of this can be expulsion. The person that originally wrote the piece of work can even sue for copyright violation.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." 2011. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2011. 378-79. Print.
Plagiarism - Ian Ehrhart
Aside from being an act of intellectual theft, plagiarism can bring consequences upon the plagiarizer that they may not see. While the mere theft can bring a person to court for their unethical bahavior, what a plagiarizer may not know is they are hurting themselves just as much as they are hurting the original writer. By failing to work at finding their information, or by failing to translate the information into their own words, they are missing the opportunity to truly learn. Here they miss out on teaching themselves a piece of (possibly) vitally important information. A missed opportunity and poor ethics are not the only issues brought about by plagiarism... In plagiarizing (literary theft) we lose credibility. People can't trust us anymore just as it is impossible to trust a habitual liar. So as a liar and an unethical thief, plagiarizers are taken to court... The fourth reason. Unethical lying and theft often get people taken to court and though they are the same thing, these traits the root of plagiarism. So as a result of these three things there is punishment. You can be sued for infringement or even misuse of intellectual property.
Works Cited:
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2011. 378-379. Print.
Works Cited:
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2011. 378-379. Print.
Plagiarism - Justin Middleton
Plagiarism is wrong in many ways. First of all plagiarism is stealing. According to Muriel Harris, author of "Prentice Hall Reference Guide", "...[W]hen we take information and don't indicate whose work it is that we are using, we are stealing"(Harris 378). A second reason plagiarism is wrong is that we are not learning anything if we are using someone else's work. The whole purpose of using our own thoughts in our writing is to learn something. The more we have to reasearch for our paper the more we will learn from it. A third reason that plagiarism is wrong is our responsibility to the authors who have already put a lot of work into their writing. There is a fine line between plagiarism and citing an author's work. In order for writing to be credible it is essential to use good sources in our work. However, when writers get lazy and take other people's thoughts without giving them credit for them, plagiarism strikes again! A final thought on plagiarism being wrong is the consequences that one comes to bear. As a student when one decides to plagiarize they can most often find themselves with a zero for their grade. They will most likely also be kicked out of that class and possibly the school. As a professional one might get tied up in civil court and be sued for lots of money.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide.
7th ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide.
7th ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Plagiarism
When thnking about plagiarism many people don't fully understand what it is or how they commited such a horrible crime. In this brief blog over plagiarism I will disuss what plagiarism is, why avoiding plagiarism is important and finally ways to avoid falling into the trap of plagiarism.
Plagiarism is when you use somebody else's work and don't cite the author after stating what he/she said. If you still dont get what plagiarism is lets put it in modern day terms; let's say you have a speech that you are suppose do over dogs. Instead of doing research and coming up with a outline, a plagiariser who go to "youtube" find a video and use it word for word as if it's their own work.
Plagiarism is when you use somebody else's work and don't cite the author after stating what he/she said. If you still dont get what plagiarism is lets put it in modern day terms; let's say you have a speech that you are suppose do over dogs. Instead of doing research and coming up with a outline, a plagiariser who go to "youtube" find a video and use it word for word as if it's their own work.
When I was growing in my writing I was always that guy who wondered my it was so important not to plagiarize. Here are a few reason why it is:
- It's unethical
- A lost learning opportunity; when you copy somebody els's work, your not using your brain once you have found the information to express what the author ment in your own words.
- Diminishes credibility; when a teacher or whoever is reading or listening to one's work finds out that this work was plagiarized they automatically thinks of the person righting as a cheater.
- Penalties, because it's so frowned upon instructers will fail students for using somebody else's work as if it was your own.
For those of you who Plagiarize on accident there are ways to avoid plagiarism.
- Start your paper early, when a student procrastinates it's easier for them to fall into plagiarsing becasue they are rushing their work.
- Take notes while researching, with doing this it will help in not forgetting what you read.
In conclusion plagiarism is bad in all ways and form so dont do it.
Plagiarism- Karyssa Adame
Avoiding plagairism is important because you never want to take credit for someone elses work, and dont want others to take credit for yours. There are 4 reasons why you should avoid plagairism.
1. Plagairism isn't ethical. Meaning when you are using someone elses words, phrases, ideas and calling them your own. You dont ever give the true author credit for what they have written. Never taking the time to be original and share your true opinion or thoughts, just taking someone elses time and hard work.
2. Plagairism means a learning opportunity missed. As students we are assigned many papers to write to gain more knowledge on our topic but, we are also learning how to conduct the right research by using sources and citation. We are supossed to take this opportunity to learn how to use citation the right way and not just use plagairism because it is convienent. We are given all the tools to write an excellent paper and we should use them.
3. Plagiarism takes away from your creadibility. When you are writing a paper on a deep subject it is very important that you always site where you pulled a direct quote from. If you are making an arguement, it only gives you that much more creadibility. By doing this, we are stating our own ideas and backing them up with facts.When someone is reading your paper they are more likely to hold you accountable for the words that you have written. They know that you arent just writing about any subject and throwing words in there, you actually have some insight on the subject and can offer a new perspective.
4. Plagiarism may result in serious penalties. Most schools take this very seriously and on the first day of class when the teacher goes over the syllabus, they always mention plagiarism. From the jump start they let it be known that if you are caught using someone elses work and calling it your own that there will be consequences. This doesnt only happen in schools, this can go on and affect your careers also. Most of the time it isnt a simple consequence if you get caught, it results in having to fail the class or even expulsion.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-79. Print.
1. Plagairism isn't ethical. Meaning when you are using someone elses words, phrases, ideas and calling them your own. You dont ever give the true author credit for what they have written. Never taking the time to be original and share your true opinion or thoughts, just taking someone elses time and hard work.
2. Plagairism means a learning opportunity missed. As students we are assigned many papers to write to gain more knowledge on our topic but, we are also learning how to conduct the right research by using sources and citation. We are supossed to take this opportunity to learn how to use citation the right way and not just use plagairism because it is convienent. We are given all the tools to write an excellent paper and we should use them.
3. Plagiarism takes away from your creadibility. When you are writing a paper on a deep subject it is very important that you always site where you pulled a direct quote from. If you are making an arguement, it only gives you that much more creadibility. By doing this, we are stating our own ideas and backing them up with facts.When someone is reading your paper they are more likely to hold you accountable for the words that you have written. They know that you arent just writing about any subject and throwing words in there, you actually have some insight on the subject and can offer a new perspective.
4. Plagiarism may result in serious penalties. Most schools take this very seriously and on the first day of class when the teacher goes over the syllabus, they always mention plagiarism. From the jump start they let it be known that if you are caught using someone elses work and calling it your own that there will be consequences. This doesnt only happen in schools, this can go on and affect your careers also. Most of the time it isnt a simple consequence if you get caught, it results in having to fail the class or even expulsion.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-79. Print.
Plagiarism
Why shouldn't we plagiarize? First, it shows a complete lack of skill as a writer. The purpose of writing a research paper is to learn through writing and the research process. When we skip these, we lose an opportunity to learn when and how to correctly cite a source. The more we write and research the better we become at citing.
Plagiarizing also shows no creativity or credibility. Who wants to read a report that is word for word from a book, or internet source? When we find information from a highly credible source by citing their work, it also raises your own credibility by proving you worked hard to find that information and give credit to the original author. It is not credible when you copy and paste an entire web document for a report. Which leads to the next point.
If you plagiarize, you are stealing. How is it that we can steal words? When we cite, we lead our readers to our sources so they can get the proper credit they are due. When we don't cite however, we destroy the trust that our audience had for us. It can also have some serious consequences. Have you ever been sued. If you plagiarize a copyrighted source and don't cite, you can be. At colleges, plagiarizing is considered an act of academic dishonesty which can have dire effects on your life. After college, if you are caught plagiarizing at work, you can lose your job. If you don't want to lose jobs and reputation, don't plagiarize.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-79
Plagiarizing also shows no creativity or credibility. Who wants to read a report that is word for word from a book, or internet source? When we find information from a highly credible source by citing their work, it also raises your own credibility by proving you worked hard to find that information and give credit to the original author. It is not credible when you copy and paste an entire web document for a report. Which leads to the next point.
If you plagiarize, you are stealing. How is it that we can steal words? When we cite, we lead our readers to our sources so they can get the proper credit they are due. When we don't cite however, we destroy the trust that our audience had for us. It can also have some serious consequences. Have you ever been sued. If you plagiarize a copyrighted source and don't cite, you can be. At colleges, plagiarizing is considered an act of academic dishonesty which can have dire effects on your life. After college, if you are caught plagiarizing at work, you can lose your job. If you don't want to lose jobs and reputation, don't plagiarize.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2008. 378-79
Plagiarism
There is no doubt about it that plagiarism is wrong. There are several reasons for this. There are four main reasons for this though. First, plagiarism is unethical. If someone plagiarizes they are in fact stealing. If one plagiarizes that means that they are taking what someone else wrote and using it as if they wrote it themselves. It is no different than taking someone's wallet or other belongings. The second main reason is that when one plagiarizes they do not get to experience the amount of learning that they could if they had wrote it themselves. If one plagiarizes they are simply regurgitating information that someone else has already gathered and compiled into a source. It would be much better for that person to read and analyze the research for themselves and write it in their own words. The third reason is that when one plagiarizes they are trashing their own credibility. When someone lies to another person they have lost all credibility. Plagiarism is no different. When one passes someone else's work as their own it is the same as lying. The fourth and possibly most important of all reasons to avoid plagiarism is that it is illegal. The punishments can be severe. In school it is considered a form of academic dishonesty and can be punishable by anything from a 0 on the assignment to expulsion. In the professional word one can be sued and fined for infringing on copyrights. When someone writes something, that person has done the work to research, gather, and interpret data that they have found. When someone else comes along and takes that work and passes it along as their own they steal another person's hard work. In addition to that they do not get the educational experience as if they would have wrote it in their own words. In addition to those two reasons if someone plagiarism they throw all of their credibility out of the window and they can be punished to the point of being sued or being expelled from school.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Soulitions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson Learning Soulitions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
Four Reasons For Avoiding Plagerism
Whenever you plagiarize you are stealing someones ideas. Without acknowledging their work you are taking someones hard work and calling it you own. This is why one should avoid plagiarism.To avoid this you need to cite your writing to give that person credit. If you get caught plagiarizing you can lose you credibility as a writer.
When students write papers in class they are learning how to become a better writer and when the copy anothers work it completely defeats the purpose. As students practice the writing and researching process it helps them with citing and helps them to not plagiarize. This way we can easily integrate sources into our documents even though it is a complicated.
One of the easiest ways to avoid plagiarism is to document your sources responsibly. When you cite others works not only does it give them credit but it also shows that you looked into you topic and gives you credibility and makes you more persuasive. With strong, correct writing, most writers get a sense of accomplishment by putting ideas together in a new way.
Plagiarism has serious consequences. With all the major search engines like google it is much easier for professors and teachers to detect plagiarism.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentince Hall, 2008. 378-81. Print.
When students write papers in class they are learning how to become a better writer and when the copy anothers work it completely defeats the purpose. As students practice the writing and researching process it helps them with citing and helps them to not plagiarize. This way we can easily integrate sources into our documents even though it is a complicated.
One of the easiest ways to avoid plagiarism is to document your sources responsibly. When you cite others works not only does it give them credit but it also shows that you looked into you topic and gives you credibility and makes you more persuasive. With strong, correct writing, most writers get a sense of accomplishment by putting ideas together in a new way.
Plagiarism has serious consequences. With all the major search engines like google it is much easier for professors and teachers to detect plagiarism.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentince Hall, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Avoiding Plagiarism-Emily Eyberg
In any writing situation, plagiarism should be avoided. Whether it be a academic setting or a journalist setting, one should place value on one's own work.
1.Plagiarism is unethical. Consider plagiarism like shoplifting. Maybe you're being extremely sly about it, almost to the exit, when a professor catches you in the act.Stealing someone else work is insulting to the author and to yourself.Its best to just not do it.
2.Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity. Why would a professor assign a writing project with the intent for a student not to learn. Isn't the idea of going to school to get an education, to better oneself? To plagiarize is to waste a valuable educational experience.Take the time to write a 200 word essay, if not for your professor, or your grade,but simply for youself.
3. Plagiarism diminishes your credibility. Once you have been branded for plagiarizing,especially if it is a mark on your transcript, every college or university, sometimes even businesses will see that you have been accused and punished for plagiarism. It is simply not worth it to use someone else work.All of us are stressed, tired, busy, and on at times on that one last nerve. However, if we plagiarize it really isn't one more thing off our minds,in fact it is one more thing added to our thoughts.
4. Plagiarism may result in serious penalties. Depending on the leniency of your teacher or school, the first time you are caught it may be as simple as a slap on the wrist. However, once caught again, you run the risk of being failed for the assignment and class, also having a permanent black mark on your transcript. Other situations, a professor may fail you when caught the first time and immediately place a black mark on your transcript.
One A.M. on a Tuesday night, just finished working a double shift at a minimum wage position, classes all day, and attempting to finish a paper. You are faced with a choice; either stay up for a few more hours, when you would much rather sleep, or copy and change a few words on a paper a friend wrote last semester. By choosing to stay up and miss those hours of sleep,you're doing yourself a favor. If you were to choose to copy and change a few words, you are risking failing a class and carrying guilt.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research- Avoiding Plagiarism." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. 379-80. Print.
1.Plagiarism is unethical. Consider plagiarism like shoplifting. Maybe you're being extremely sly about it, almost to the exit, when a professor catches you in the act.Stealing someone else work is insulting to the author and to yourself.Its best to just not do it.
2.Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity. Why would a professor assign a writing project with the intent for a student not to learn. Isn't the idea of going to school to get an education, to better oneself? To plagiarize is to waste a valuable educational experience.Take the time to write a 200 word essay, if not for your professor, or your grade,but simply for youself.
3. Plagiarism diminishes your credibility. Once you have been branded for plagiarizing,especially if it is a mark on your transcript, every college or university, sometimes even businesses will see that you have been accused and punished for plagiarism. It is simply not worth it to use someone else work.All of us are stressed, tired, busy, and on at times on that one last nerve. However, if we plagiarize it really isn't one more thing off our minds,in fact it is one more thing added to our thoughts.
4. Plagiarism may result in serious penalties. Depending on the leniency of your teacher or school, the first time you are caught it may be as simple as a slap on the wrist. However, once caught again, you run the risk of being failed for the assignment and class, also having a permanent black mark on your transcript. Other situations, a professor may fail you when caught the first time and immediately place a black mark on your transcript.
One A.M. on a Tuesday night, just finished working a double shift at a minimum wage position, classes all day, and attempting to finish a paper. You are faced with a choice; either stay up for a few more hours, when you would much rather sleep, or copy and change a few words on a paper a friend wrote last semester. By choosing to stay up and miss those hours of sleep,you're doing yourself a favor. If you were to choose to copy and change a few words, you are risking failing a class and carrying guilt.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research- Avoiding Plagiarism." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. 379-80. Print.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Four Reasons why we should avoid plagiarism:
1.) Plagiarism is unethical: When someone's work is used without permission or acknowledging the writer, it is considered stealing regardless of the excuses of why it happened.
2.) Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity: When people plagiarize, they lose the chance to actually learn and get better at the assignment that they were given. They don't get to advance their skills and knowledge on the topic and on the researching.
3.) Plagiarism diminishes your credibility: Not only do we need to be able to give credit to the other sources that were used, but we also need to be able to blend our own knowledge with the knowledge found to enhance our community's pool of knowledge.
4.) Plagiarism may result in serious penalties: At colleges and universities, plagiarism is dishonesty and there may be serious consequences resulting in doing so. We as college students, should read about the consequences and penalties at our school. After college, if taken seriously, plagiarism becomes a legal violation and may affect our careers and reputations as well.
Works Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-79. Print.
1.) Plagiarism is unethical: When someone's work is used without permission or acknowledging the writer, it is considered stealing regardless of the excuses of why it happened.
2.) Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity: When people plagiarize, they lose the chance to actually learn and get better at the assignment that they were given. They don't get to advance their skills and knowledge on the topic and on the researching.
3.) Plagiarism diminishes your credibility: Not only do we need to be able to give credit to the other sources that were used, but we also need to be able to blend our own knowledge with the knowledge found to enhance our community's pool of knowledge.
4.) Plagiarism may result in serious penalties: At colleges and universities, plagiarism is dishonesty and there may be serious consequences resulting in doing so. We as college students, should read about the consequences and penalties at our school. After college, if taken seriously, plagiarism becomes a legal violation and may affect our careers and reputations as well.
Works Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-79. Print.
Plagiarism - ScottyMcMasters
Name and explain four reasons why avoiding plagiarism is important.
Harris, Muriel. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Ed. Jennifer L. Kunka. 8th ed. Boston: Peasron Learning Solutions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
The comic was humorous because both the father and the son had plagiarized. There are four main reasons that make avoiding plagiarism necessary when used other people's works in a paper according to the Prentice Hall Reference Guide, however, anything one writes for that matter should be included. First plagiarism is unethical, morally wrong to copy another's work, it is stealing and unfair to other writers who work hard on the same topic (378). Another reason why plagiarism is wrong is the fact that if on copies someone else's work the plagiarizer does not learn anything nor becomes a better writer (379). Also plagiarizing and getting caught ruins a person's credibility (379), it is like being a conpulsive liar, no one is going to believe a liar if they know one has lied. Furthermore there are serious penalties when plagiarizing, in college, one can and, in many places will, result in a expulsion (379). So, plagiarism in the overall sense is to much work to deal with when commiting it, save some time and trouble and do not plagiarize.
Harris, Muriel. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Ed. Jennifer L. Kunka. 8th ed. Boston: Peasron Learning Solutions, 2011. 378-79. Print.
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