Poetic License? Writing the Truth and Intellectual Dishonesty in Composition

by Joanna Johnson

Key Concepts

Key Concepts and Vocabulary

"First, do no harm":  This is the Hippocratic Oath all doctors swear to; however, it has also been applied to writers and writing. (http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/ron-hansen.html)

Vocabulary
Deceit/Deception - a deceit is a misleading falsehood. An act of deceiving.

Fabrication - Making something up deliberately. Writing in a fictional way.

Falsification - Altering data. Faking something.

Memoir - An account of the writer's own life and experiences.

Plagiarism -  Using someone else's words and/or ideas as your own.  (See other ethics module on plagiarism.)