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"reward" means benefit, tangible or intangible, received by any party involved in the acts of plagiarism or cheating.

"without due acknowledgment" means any situation in which the instructor cannot tell that the writer is not the primary source of the ideas and/or words. Simply placing a work in a reference or works cited list is not enough.

Neither is placing a parenthetical reference at the end of the paragraph. There is a clear need for both the accuracy of quotations marks, appropriately placed parenthetical references, and an accurate works cited page. If any one of these is missing, plagiarism could result.

"uses someone else's ... ideas" includes use without acknowledgment of any interpretative idea, even a general idea taken from a general source, or any fact not in general knowledge. It also includes use of the paraphrased, altered, condensed, or simplified phraseology from an unacknowledged source. It is plagiarism when the unacknowledged use occurs in any written work, including "homework" or practice work that will be graded or is presumed to be the work of the individual presenting it.
"uses someone else's words" is the unacknowledged use either of any original or important words from another source, or three or more consecutive words from any unacknowledged source.

"someone else's" includes, but is not limited to, any work that has been published, including books, multi-volume works, academic journals, popular magazines, or any papers/notes produced as"study guides" or "study aids." It includes all electronic sources. The phrase also includes the use of any unpublished work, whether produced by a fellow student or not, whether borrowed, stolen, or paid for (including work from internet paper services). It does not include broad general knowledge or lecture information given in the class for which the paper is written. The writer must check with the instructor to determine if the use of class/lecture notes is an acceptable source of information.

The phrase also includes excessive aid accepted from, or given to, other students, even in spoken form. Excessive aid, for instance, includes ideas dictated to a student and placed in the student's paper.

In English 1301 and English 1302, the phrase includes either allowing someone else to correct, amend, or edit (even verbally) work to be turned in for a grade, or doing such editing. The obvious exception is peer edition done in the class or with the consent of the instructor.