Types of Plagiarism: Know Them to Avoid ThemPosted by Shaheen Shaikh on December 15th, 2020 Plagiarism made its way into the English language in the 1600s. Since then, the concept of lifting someone’s work and passing it off as your own has seen many evolutions. Authors can copy content unintentionally, rather than with purposeful intent. Further, students might not be fully aware of what constitutes plagiarism. In fact, many copy part of the content and expect to get away with it. Mosaic Plagiarism Accidental Plagiarism Direct Plagiarism Self-PlagiarismReusing your own work and trying to pass it off as new content is called self plagiarism. For example, submitting your high school work as a part of a college project. This is one of the most common types of plagiarism, since one feels it is acceptable to recycle their own previous work. Debunking the myth, you can only do so if you have the explicit permission for the same. However, you can cite your old work or make new contributions to it, so that it becomes unique. Paraphrasing PlagiarismThis act is usually common in the academic circles. Students paraphrase a few parts of the content and add new examples in an attempt to produce “genuine” work. They keep the sentence structure or the tenses as it is. This plagiarism occurs not by accident but due to deliberate intent. Plagiarism checkers are able to pick such plagiarism quite easily. Stitching sources, bibliography plagiarism and secondary source plagiarism are also a few other major types of copyright violation. Make sure to learn exactly what constitutes academic theft to be able to submit fresh and original work to your institution. Like it? Share it!More by this author |