Understanding Plagiarism

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A student copies three sentences from a website and pastes them into their paper without quotation marks or a citation.

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Plagiarism

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A student rewrites the information in their own words and includes an in-text citation and a Works Cited entry.

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Not Plagiarism

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A student changes a few words from the original source but keeps the same sentence structure and does not cite it.

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Plagiarism

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A student uses a direct quote, puts it in quotation marks, and cites the author correctly.

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Not Plagiarism

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A student asks AI to write a paragraph and submits it as their own work without citation.

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Plagiarism

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A student uses AI to help brainstorm ideas, then writes the paragraph themselves.

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Not Plagiarism

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A student paraphrases correctly but forgets to include a citation.

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Needs Revision

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A student reuses part of a paper they wrote last year for a new class without asking the teacher.

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Plagiarism (Self-Plagiarism)

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A student summarizes information from two sources and cites both.

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Not Plagiarism

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A student copies notes from a friend and submits them as their own assignment.

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Plagiarism