Asked by Christopher
                Is a Cliché phrase considered Plagiarism? (the author is dead more than 390 years ago.)
Is it okay to use it in a writing piece or poem?
 
Should/will it be penalized or will you be given punishment if only used in 8th grade?
Thanks
            
        Is it okay to use it in a writing piece or poem?
Should/will it be penalized or will you be given punishment if only used in 8th grade?
Thanks
Answers
                    Answered by
            GuruBlue
            
    If you use something someone else has said, then you must put it in quotation marks.
For instance, a cliche is "a stitch in time saves nine". I have no idea who the person was who said that first, but it is commonly used. You may use it in a poem or piece of writing in quotes.
    
For instance, a cliche is "a stitch in time saves nine". I have no idea who the person was who said that first, but it is commonly used. You may use it in a poem or piece of writing in quotes.
                    Answered by
            Christopher
            
    "to be, or not to be, that is the question,"
was used in a poem
is that okay?
    
was used in a poem
is that okay?
                    Answered by
            GuruBlue
            
    Yes,  that is not a cliche, but so long as you use quotes around it, you are fine.
    
                    Answered by
            Writeacher
            
    That particular quotation is from Shakespeare's <i>Hamlet</i>.
http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha8.htm
Act 3, scene 1, lines 58+
    
http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha8.htm
Act 3, scene 1, lines 58+
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