ESL Plagiarism Quiz

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

You cannot use any of your teacher’s ideas in your own work.

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

If you paraphrase an idea expressed by another scholar, you should make sure that you don’t use longer phrases (e.g., 3-4 words in a row) without quotation marks.

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

If you copy text from your teacher’s PowerPoint presentation, you do not need to give credit.

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

When you borrow the idea for an entire paragraph from a website or book, but don’t use the exact same words, you don’t have to provide a citation.

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Let’s say your teacher assigns a small homework assignment (e.g., 10 short answer questions). None of the questions ask for your own opinion; these are strictly factual questions. In such a case you can use the same wording as another student in the class.

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

If a previous student in the class has already completed the same essay that you have to write, then you cannot use that student’s essay as the basis for your own. Even if you change a few things, you are still plagiarizing.  

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

If much of your assignment is plagiarized, you are likely to get a failing grade. In such cases, you will usually not be allowed to do a make-up assignment. You’ll be stuck with an F.

Please determine if the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Asking your teacher for help is a form of cheating. You can only go see your instructor after your assignment has been returned to you with a mark on it.