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Plagiarism: Example #1

What's considered Plagiarism

  1. Turning in someone else's work as your own
    • Example: Jayden buys a research paper from a student in his class. He puts his name on it and turns it in as his.

John buys a paper

person buying another person's research paper

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The image bottom left shows Jayden purchasing a paper from another person. Jayden intends to turn in the paper to his instructor as his own paper. This is CHEATING. Otherwise known as plagiarism. 

 

In addition, money does not have to change hands. A paper can be freely given to another for use in a class, and it would still be considered plagiarism.