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Plagiarism? It's Your Call! Here's the test. As you know, plagiarism ranges from copying word-for-word to paraphrasing a passage without credit and changing only a few words. Below is a sentence from a book. The original source is followed by its use in three student papers one at a time. For each student's version try to guess if the passage would be considered plagiarism. Original Passage
"Still, the telephone was only a convenience, permitting Americans to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before" (Boorstin, 1973, p 390). Boorstin, D.J. (1973). The Americans: The Democratic Experience. New York: Random House. Excerpt, examples, and commentary are from McCrimmon, J.M. (1972). Writing With A Purpose. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. |
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