Is it plagiarism?

Is it plagiarism?

There are different types of plagiarism and all are serious violations of academic honesty. 

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Borrowed plagiarism

When someone gives you permission to copy their work.

Multiple Choice

A student has a writing assignment for a history class. Her friend took the class last year. She asks for and receives a copy of the friend’s paper, which she turns in as her own after making a few small tweaks.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Self-Plagiarism

Reusing your own work. Plagiarize yourselves.

Multiple Choice

A student took a similar course at her last school. Instead of creating new work, she simply turns in papers that she wrote for assignments at her former school.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Mosaic Plagiarism

Incorporating some of your original wording into a piece that was largely written by someone else.

Multiple Choice

You find a paper similar to your assignment and change some wording so that it isn’t a direct copy, though the ideas, information and/or organization are not original.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Aggregated Plagiarism

When a person copies from multiple sources and submits or publishes the work as if it is her own.

Multiple Choice

A technical writer copies chunks of wording from documentation that she finds online for several products similar to the one she is writing about.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Outline Plagiarism

Follow the order and structure of someone else’s work very closely.

Multiple Choice

You are not sure how to best organize your paper, so you find a similar one and copy the table of contents, then follow it exactly when writing your piece.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Direct Plagiarism

Taking credit for someone else’s work as if you wrote it yourself.

Multiple Choice

An academic is expected to publish academic papers but is low on time. He finds a 10-year-old article in an obscure journal, then copies it and submits it as his own work.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Hired Plagiarism

Paying someone to complete an assignment for you that you then turn in as if you wrote it.

Multiple Choice

A student decides to hire an academic writing service to produce a literature review for a class. The service produces the complete paper and she submits it as her own work.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Contributing Author Plagiarism

Failing to include someone as an author who actively contributed to the creation of the work.

Multiple Choice

If committee members collaborate to create a work of writing, but only the chairperson is listed as the author.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

Accidental Plagiarism

 Copying someone else’s work and submitting it without proper attribution.

Multiple Choice

A student quotes a large block of text from a book word-for-word in a paper. The student includes a footnote, but does not indicate in the text that the words are a direct quote.

• Yes, it is plagiarism.

• No

To recap...

All of those instances presented are considered as plagiarism. Most of the time, we are not aware of them.

What should we do then?

Learn how to rephrase and write on your own words.