What is
Plagiarism?
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).
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 Severe
text by someone else
as your own work.
Paraphrasing Rephrasing someone Serious
plagiarism 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 Serious
ideas 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
Ifyou 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.
Ifyou 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.
Ifthe structure and the majority of the words
are the same as in the original, then it is
verbatim plagiarism.
Ifyou 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.
Itmeans 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.
Ifyou 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.
Unlessyou have explicit permission to do so, this is
always considered self-plagiarism.
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
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