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.
Self
Direct
Paraphrasing
Mosiac
Kim tried to cite a source but cited it incorrectly.
Accidental
Direct
Proper Use
Self
Robert uses a quote from a book in his presentation; he puts the quote into quotation marks, but forgets to cite his source.
Direct Plagiarism
Accidental Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Proper Use
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.
Proper Use
Direct Plagiarism
Mosiac Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
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
Zach copies a classmate’s assignment and hands it in.
Mosaic Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
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
Mosiac Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Proper Use
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
Tenille pays her brother to do her Social Studies project for her.
Accidental Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
Self Plagiarism
Mike buys a research paper online and hands it in for his Biology course.
Self Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Proper Use
Mosiac Plagiarism
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.
Mosiac
Direct
Self
Paraphrasing
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
Lauren rewrites a paragraph without citing.
Paraphrasing
Direct
Accidental
Self
Tommy uses an AI to write an assignment for him.
Mosiac
Accidental
Direct
Proper Use
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.
Proper use
Paraphrase
Self
Direct
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
Proper Use
Accidental Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Brenda uses a quote from a website and documents her source with a bibliography; she forgot put the quote in quotation marks.
Self Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Accidental Plagiarism
Proper Use
Renee copies and pastes information from a website into her essay and provides a bibliography for her information
Proper Use
Direct Plagiarism
Self Plagiarism
Mosiac Plagiarism
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