Types of plagiarism

types of plagiarism

1. identity theft Copying or using anothers information eithout proper consent or citation

2. Identity plagiarism

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4. Logo theft

5. copycat Taking major portions of another's work

6. Copy cat plagiarism

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9. Cherry picking Taking another's work but changing words and phrases to make it appear as ones own

10. Mitosis Using your own work for another purpose

11. Recycling Using portions of your own previous work without citing yourself

12. Remix Paraphrasing multiple sources and putting them together without citations

13. Ghost citation

14. Half n half Correctly citing a few sources but refusing to cite the others

15. Warp Citing a source that doesn't relate to the topic

16. Mosaic Citing your sources but not providing your own analysis

17. Reflections When someone's work appears to be similar to another

18. Miscue Putting a mistake in your citation

19. Half hearted Citing sources correctly but leaving portions out

20. 404 error This form of plagiarism uses citation to sources that either dont exist or ínaccurate . The name derived from error message appearing.

21. Incremental : happens when you forget to cite an author or give publishing details of a source from which you took any data. You could even present a phrase as a direct quote, putting the required marks around it: on the one hand, it’s clear that you aren’t trying to pretend you were the one who came up with these words, but on the other, the info about the actual writer is still missing. This is viewed as plagiarism of a serious kind.

22. Example . Author James Warren wrote an article about racism. A student should be writing in APA format, where the author’s name, year, and page number must be provided for direct quotes. But they present the following sentence: “Despite numerous efforts being poured into the restoration of balance, “both racism and reverse racism continue to gain urgency”. As you see, there are no mentions of author, date, or pages that could help identify the initial author.

23. Incidental : as a considerably moderate plag type, this one doesn’t usually lead to disastrous results, but it’s up to your professor to decide since some refuse to tolerate even 0.1% of plag . This type entails copying small bits of data and editing them to make them look like your own. Many online checkers fail to understand this fact, but professors know what to look out for, so it would be better to avoid it altogether

24. Self-plagiarism : it might appear confusing to you but yes, you can plagiarize yourself. Students could be writing several papers on a related or similar topic, and instead of spending time on additional extensive research, they could choose to turn to their previous conclusions or justifications. Copying your insights or inserting parts from the previous essays into a new one is plagiarism, even though it isn’t as severe as most remaining types.

25.   Incorrect citation : often sorted into a category of incidental plag . Wrong citation format is a common issue that’s usually explained by inattentiveness or ignorance. Example . If you’re writing in MLA format, you must mention page number along with the name of an author for every fact you’ve taken from somewhere (unless the source doesn’t have pages). It should be like this: ( Jenners 34). If you forget to refer to a page number, formatting your sentence this way: ( Jenners ), it’ll be seen as plagiarism.

26. Complete plagiarism Complete plagiarism is using work someone else wrote, in its entirety, and submitting it as your own. It could be: copying something you found online. paying someone to write a paper for you. using an old paper from someone you know, who submitted it for another class years ago.

27. Sylvia Plath titles the poem ‘Lady Lazarus’ to let her readers know that there will be references to death. Lazarus, the well-known bible character who was brought back to life after three days in the tomb, will set the  tone  for the rest of Plath’s poem. Since we know that Lazarus was brought to life again, we might assume that this poem will be one of victory over death, just as the biblical story of Lazarus. We soon learn, however, that Plath intends to identify with the Lazarus decaying in the tomb rather than the Lazarus who had been brought back to life .

28. Direct plagiarism Also called copy-paste plagiarism, direct plagiarism is taking someone else’s exact words and copying them directly, without using quotation marks, and without giving credit to the original writer. The difference between direct and complete plagiarism is that complete plagiarism involves using an entire essay, while this type is copy-pasting parts of someone else’s work. It could be certain paragraphs, or various sentences.

29. Example At first glance, this doesn’t have much meaning, but  after reading the entirety of  Lady Lazarus , readers can gather that Plath is referring to suicide. She admits right off the bat that she has tried to die once every decade of her life.

30. Paraphrased plagiarism Paraphrasing means re-writing a piece of text to convey the same meaning, while using different words or sentence structure.

31. Mosaic plagiarism Like its name, mosaic plagiarism takes lots of little pieces from here and there and puts them together. This type of plagiarism can take some copy-paste sections and paraphrases other sections before putting them together without quotation marks or citations. It might also take some pieces, either direct or paraphrased, from different writers and put them together without citing sources.

32. Self-plagiarism Self-plagiarism is re-submitting something you have already submitted for another assignment, another class, or another academic year. For professionals, using work they have previously published without attribution is a more serious offense. That’s why it is appropriate for professional academics, writers, or researchers to cite themselves as sources. For students, self-plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty because, even though you are the writer and you came up with the ideas, you are getting credit twice for the same work. Self-plagiarism is still plagiarism.

33. Accidental plagiarism Accidental plagiarism can mean different things: You wrote a quote wrong You forget a citation You cited a source incorrectly