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Week 3 - What Is Plagiarism

This document defines and discusses various types of plagiarism. It begins by defining plagiarism as presenting others' work or ideas as one's own. It identifies several types of plagiarism including global, paraphrasing, verbatim, mosaic, self-plagiarism, and incorrect citation. Each type is defined and the severity is discussed. The document provides examples and explains how to properly cite sources to avoid plagiarism. It concludes by listing additional resources on plagiarism.

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Week 3 - What Is Plagiarism

This document defines and discusses various types of plagiarism. It begins by defining plagiarism as presenting others' work or ideas as one's own. It identifies several types of plagiarism including global, paraphrasing, verbatim, mosaic, self-plagiarism, and incorrect citation. Each type is defined and the severity is discussed. The document provides examples and explains how to properly cite sources to avoid plagiarism. It concludes by listing additional resources on plagiarism.

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What is Plagiarism?

Chapter 3
Defining Plagiarism
 Plagiarism is a specific form of cheating which is
almost wholly found in respect of assignments
completed by students independently.
 The act of presenting other’s work or ideas as your
own is called plagiarism.
 Plagiarist is a kind of thief “who steals the
thoughts or writings of others and gives them out
as his own” (Cambridge dictionary).
Patchwork plagiarism detected by Turnitin
Why Students Plagiarise?
 There are many reasons why students plagiarise, for example:
 Not being fully aware of what plagiarism is
 Short-term panic response when an assignment is due and time is
short
 Feeling desperate not to be seen as a failure and so copying to try to
ensure success.
 Sometimes, plagiarism is a determined and deliberate attempt to
gain the credits for the course without doing the work.
How to Avoid Plagiarism

 Using quotations
 Paraphrasing
 Summarizing
 Cite all sources used
Type of Plagiarism Definition Severity
Global plagiarism Presenting an entire text Severe
by someone else as your
own work.
Paraphrasing plagiarism Rephrasing someone Serious
else’s ideas without
citation.
Verbatim plagiarism Directly copying a Serious
passage of text without
citation.
Type of Plagiarism Definition Severity
Mosaic plagiarism Combining text and ideas Serious
from different sources
without citation.
Self-plagiarism Reusing passages and Moderate
ideas from your own
previously submitted
work.
Incorrect citation Failing to give all the Moderate
necessary information in
your source citation.
Global Plagiarism
 Global plagiarism means taking an entire work by someone else
and passing it off as your own.
 You are committing plagiarism
 If you get someone else to write an essay or assignment for you
 If you find a text online and submit it as your own work,.
 You deliberately and directly lie about the authorship of a work
 This is one of the most serious types of plagiarism, and it can
have severe consequences.
Paraphrasing plagiarism
 Paraphrasing means rephrasing a piece of text in your own words.
 Paraphrasing without citation is the most common type of
plagiarism.
 Paraphrasing itself is not plagiarism so long as you properly cite
your sources.
 If you translate a piece of text from another language, you need
correctly cite the original source.
 A translation without a source is still plagiarism, as you’re using
someone else’s ideas.
Verbatim Plagiarism (copy & paste)
 You commit verbatim plagiarism when you directly copy
text from a source and paste it into your own document
without attribution.
 If the structure and the majority of the words are the same
as in the original, then it is verbatim plagiarism.
 If you want to use an author’s exact words, you need
to quote the original source in as in-text citation.
Mosaic Plagiarism (Patchwork
Plagiarism)
 Mosaic plagiarism is also known as patchwork plagiarism or
incremental plagiarism.
 It means copying some texts from different sources and putting it
together to create a new text.
 This includes slightly rephrasing passages while keeping many of
the same words and structure as the original.
 Plagiarism checkers like Turnitin can still easily detect it.
Citing incorrectly
 The key to avoiding plagiarism is citing your sources.
 You need to correctly format your citations according to
the rules of the citation style you are following.
 If you don’t include all the necessary information or you
put it in the wrong place, you could be committing
plagiarism.
 Most styles require in-text citations plus a reference list or
bibliography at the end of your paper.
Example of a correct citation (APA Style)


Fishbein and Ajzen (1975) concluded that attitude
can best be described as a learned manner of
reacting positively or negatively regarding a
certain behavior.
Plagiarizing your own work (self-plagiarism)

 Self-plagiarism means reusing work that you’ve previously


submitted.
 Even though it’s your own work, it’s considered dishonest to present
a paper or a piece of data as brand new.
 There are a couple of different versions of self-plagiarism.
 The more serious is to turn in a paper you already submitted for a
grade to another class.
 Unless you have explicit permission to do so, this is always
considered self-plagiarism.
Activity : Online quiz

  https://libraryapps.fairfield.edu/plagiarism/quiz.html 
Resources

 https://www.scanmyessay.com/plagiarism/what-is-plagiarism.php
 https://www.prismnet.com/~hcexres/textbook/props.html
 https://unicheck.com/blog/5-ways-to-avoid-plagiarism
Thank you
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