An introduction to plagiarism using the current dispute between Shia LeBoeuf & Daniel Clowes as an opener and explaining what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

1. Plagiarism

2. This is Shia LaBoeuf

3. You may remember him from such
blockbusters as:
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4. He is also a comic creator & indie film
maker

5. This is Daniel Clowes

6. He is best known for the creation of
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7. In 2012 Shia released Howard
Cantour.com a film that he had
created

8. Which was remarkably similar* to Justin
M. Damiano a comic by
Daniel Clowes

9. *
by “remarkably similar” I mean that it is an
almost word for word recreation of the
comic
Shia had previously claimed to have developed
the script in order to understand the mind-set of
critics who in the past have criticised his movies.

10. This boys & girls is known as:
PLAGIARISM!

11. Plagiarism is defined as:
The practice of taking someone else’s work or
ideas and passing them off as one’s own.
New Oxford Dictionary of English

12. • Copying & pasting text from a website and
passing it off as your own work
• Paraphrasing text and not citing the original
source
• Handing in a previously submitted piece of
work from another subject
• Copying work from a fellow student
These are all examples of plagiarism

13. Paraphrasing
is a restatement (rewriting) of the meaning of a
text or passage using other words
Any exact words remaining must have quotation
marks around them
If you do this but do not cite your source you are
guilty of plagiarism

14. Avoiding plagiarism
• Plan your work (no last minute work in the library on the
morning when it is due)
• Use multiple sources
• Take notes by paraphrasing & summarising
• If you use exact words & phrases use
“quotation marks”
• Do not copy & paste from the internet – read
and then make notes without looking at the
screen

15. Remember:
Cite it while you write it
– not after!

16. Example of citation
• In text: (Holt 1997) or Holt (1997) wrote
that...
• Bibliography: Holt, DH 1997, Management
principles and practices, Prentice-Hall, Sydney.
• Footnotes:

17. You do not need to cite if:
• The work is your own original creation
• It is common knowledge:
– The sky is blue
– Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime
Minister of Great Britain
– You use a proverb e.g. “A watched pot never
boils!”

18. If you are not sure
Then add a citation

19. What happens when you are caught
plagiarising?
• Your work may not be marked
• You could fail the subject & it will affect all the
subjects you take under that exam board
• It can go onto your permanent record
• In University you can be expelled
• You can face legal action
• You can be fined
• You can be jailed

20. What happened to Shia?
Well he acknowledged what he had
done (sort of)…

21. But it turned out that he plagiarised
that from Lili on Yahoo answers

22. and finally he apologized

23. Sources used
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