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Susan is overwhelmed by the amount of work required for her classes this semester. She has a 10-page paper due tomorrow, and she has found an article that supports the argument of her paper topic. To save time, she copies and pastes large sections of

the article into her paper without proper citation.

Is this plagiarism?

Yes, it’s plagiarism!

Copying and pasting any amount of information

without proper citation is considered plagiarism.

Joe has almost completed his argumentative essay for English 101. He needs to write 250 more words to

complete the assignment requirement. He finds a lengthy paragraph from a book and pastes it into his essay. He does not cite the article, but he does put the paragraph in quotation marks.

Is this plagiarism?

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Yes, it’s plagiarism!

A proper citation was not provided. Placing the work of

others in quotations is not enough. Credit must be given

where it’s due.

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Gabriel’s professor recommended an article to the class that

discusses solutions to global poverty. For his research paper, Gabriel writes about one of the ideas from the article in his own words without citing the article.

Is this plagiarism?

Yes, it’s plagiarism!

Even paraphrasing or writing someone else’s ideas in your

own words, is considering plagiarism if there is no

citation.

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Al finds a review of Shakespeare’s The Tempest that was written in 1910. He recently learned that

anything first published before 1923 exists in the public domain and is therefore not subject to copyright

law. In his review of The Tempest, Al uses much of the analysis from the 1910 review without citing it.

Is this plagiarism?

Yes, it’s plagiarism!

Don’t confuse copyright and citation. Even if something exists in the public

domain for others to use freely, students are required to cite it.

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This semester Kim’s professor asks the class to write a paper on a topic related to bioethics. Last semester,

Kim wrote a research paper on religion’s role in bioethics. She

copies and pastes portions of her previous paper into this semester’s assignment without citing herself as

a source. Is this plagiarism?

Yes, it’s plagiarism!

There is such a thing as self-plagiarism, and there have been

students that have suffered consequences for trying to reuse their

work.

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Amy created a poster to celebrate Women’s History Month. In addition

to images, which she cited, she included some text with common

knowledge about how women fought to earn the right to vote in the United States. She did not provide citations

for the text.Is this plagiarism?

No, it’s not plagiarism!

Common knowledge does not need to be cited. If you suspect the average person knows about a fact or event, you don’t need to cite it. However

when in doubt, cite it!