WORLD CLASS FREELANCERS GUIDE PART 3

 3. Plagiarism

its consequences for students

Academic communities, demand that writers credit others for their work, and that the
source of their material clearly be acknowledged. Not to do so is to plagiarize, to intentionally or
unintentionally appropriate the ideas, language, key terms, or findings of another without
sufficient acknowledgment that such material is not one’s own.
Plagiarism encompasses a range of errors and violations. Though the charge of
plagiarism can be leveled against writers who incorrectly or neglect to cite borrowed materials, it
most often tempts students who find themselves in the dire straits of having to complete a
written assignment without previously having undertaken the laborious and time-consuming
process of research, reading, note-taking, interpretation, and analysis.
Plagiarism is a serious offense that can result in a variety of sanctions like failure of the
course in which the plagiarism occurred and suspension from the University.

A. Types of plagiarism:
 
Plagiarism.org gives an interesting and comprehensive list of types of plagiarism. We decided
to take this marvelous classification due to its versatility and humorous style.
Sources Not Cited :

● The Ghost Writer - The writer turns in another's work, word-for-word, as his or her own.

● The Photocopy - The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single
source, without alteration.

● The Potluck Paper - The writer tries to disguise plagiarism by copying from several
different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together while retaining most
of the original phrasing
.
● The Poor Disguise - Although the writer has retained the essential content of the
source, he or she has altered the paper's appearance slightly by changing key words
and phrases.

● The Labor of Laziness - The writer takes the time to paraphrase most of the paper from
other sources and make it all fit together, instead of spending the same effort on original
work.

● The Self-Stealer - The writer "borrows" generously from his or her previous work,
violating policies concerning the expectation of originality adopted by most academic
institutions.
Sources Cited (But Still Plagiarized):

● The Forgotten Footnote - The writer mentions an author's name for a source, but
neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced. This
often masks other forms of plagiarism by obscuring source locations.

● The Misinformer - The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the sources,
making it impossible to find them.

● The Too-Perfect Paraphrase - The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in
quotation marks text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it. Although
attributing the basic ideas to the source, the writer is falsely claiming original
presentation and interpretation of the information.

● The Resourceful Citer - The writer properly cites all sources, paraphrasing and using
quotations appropriately. The catch? The paper contains almost no original work! It is
sometimes difficult to spot this form of plagiarism because it looks like any other wellresearched
document.

● The Perfect Crime - The writer properly quotes and cites sources in some places, but
goes on to paraphrase other arguments from those sources without citation. This way,
the writer tries to pass off the paraphrased material as his or her own analysis of the
cited material.