Mike buys a research paper online and hands it in for his Biology course.
Self Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
Mosiac Plagiarism
20
Renee copies and pastes information from a website into her essay and provides a bibliography for her information
Self Plagiarism
Proper Use
Direct Plagiarism
Mosiac Plagiarism
20
Robert uses a quote from a book in his presentation; he puts the quote into quotation marks, but forgets to cite his source.
Self Plagiarism
Accidental Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
20
Natalie paraphrases several sentences from a website, cites them in-text and documents her sources by including a parenthetical reference and bibliography.
Accidental Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Paraphrase
Proper Use
20
Zach copies a classmate’s assignment and hands it in.
Mosaic Plagiarism
Proper Use
Direct Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
20
Brenda uses a quote from a website and documents her source with a bibliography; she forgot put the quote in quotation marks.
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
Self Plagiarism
Accidental Plagiarism
20
Bobby copy and pastes information from a website and deliberately changes the URL in his bibliography so that his teacher can’t find the site.
Mosiac Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
Accidental Plagiarism
20
While working on a creative writing assignment, Rose takes characters and events from a popular TV show and uses them in her story.
Direct Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Mosiac Plagiarism
Proper Use
20
Eddie combines a paraphrase with quotes from his source; he uses a parenthetical reference and a bibliography to acknowledge his source.
Paraphrase Plagiarism
Mosiac Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
20
Tenille pays her brother to do her Social Studies project for her.
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
Accidental Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
20
Frank takes a research paper on depression that he wrote for his Psychology class and hands it in for his English class without getting permission from his teacher.
Mosiac Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
Self Plagiarism
20
While doing a research project, Lila writes down exact wording from a journal article in her notes; she forgets that the information is directly from a source and uses it in her project without putting it in quotation marks or re-wording it
Paraphrase Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Accidental Plagiarism
Proper Use
20
Henry finds a German essay online about the topic he needs for English class. He translates the whole essay and turns it in for English.
Direct
Paraphrasing
Mosiac
Self
20
A senior gives Tim an essay for a class that Tim is taking now. Tim uses the essay by changing a few words and paragraphs around.
Self
Direct
Mosiac
Paraphrasing
20
Tommy uses an AI to write an assignment for him.
Proper Use
Direct
Mosiac
Accidental
20
Isa uses an AI to outline an essay for her. She uses it as a guide but cites all her sources and includes them in a reference list.