Understanding Plagiarism

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

• Plagiarism (Self-Plagiarism)

• Citation Error

• Academic Dishonesty

• Originality Breach

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

• Plagiarism

• Citation Error

• Paraphrasing

• Quoting

A student paraphrases correctly but forgets to include a citation.

• Needs Revision

• Perfectly Done

• No Changes Needed

• Excellent Work

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

• Plagiarism

• Collaboration

• Paraphrasing

• Citation Error

A student summarizes information from two sources and cites both.

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

• Copyright Infringement

• Misrepresentation

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

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

• Copying

• Unoriginal Work

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

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

• Copyright Infringement

• Academic Dishonesty

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

• Plagiarism

• Collaboration

• Paraphrasing

• Citation

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

• Plagiarism

• Paraphrasing

• Quoting

• Summarizing

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

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

• Misrepresentation

• Citation Error