Question

Select the correct answer.

Which scenario is an example of plagiarism?

A.
Josie is making a poster to present her argument against school uniforms. She finds a study that describes the negative effects of school uniforms and paraphrases it, including the author’s name in parentheses at the end of her sentence.
B.
Paul is composing a summary of his history research project. He identifies five good sources to use in his summary and lists them all in his Works Cited page.
C.
Steven is preparing a presentation on emperor penguins. He finds a book on penguin behavior and quotes it in his slideshow, with the author’s name in parentheses.
D.
Erin is writing an essay about Emily Dickinson’s poetry. In one of her body paragraphs, she uses the ideas from a poetry analysis she found in a literary journal but puts them in her own words.

Answer 1

D. Erin is writing an essay about Emily Dickinson’s poetry. In one of her body paragraphs, she uses the ideas from a poetry analysis she found in a literary journal but puts them in her own words

Explanation:

Although Erin put these ideas into her own words, this is not enough. The ideas are still from Emily Dickinsons poetry, and the credit needs to be given, even if a few words are changed around. How Josie did this would be what Erin needed to do. Although Josie paraphrased, the core ideas came from someone else, so she gave credit. Erin plagiarized, therefore option D is correct.