11 Misrepresentation: Copying and Pasting

Plagiarism due to copying and pasting includes:

• The Clone: directly copying and pasting everything (from one or from multiple sources–including Artificial Intelligence) without citing
  • For example, imagine you are writing a small blurb on the power of positive thinking,
    • You find three quotes from a website:
      • “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.”- Michael Phelps
      • You can’t beat the person who never gives up.”- Babe Ruth
      • Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”- Thomas A. Edison
    • You write your blurb:
      • “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”

• The Mosaic: directly copying and pasting passages (from one or from multiple sources) without citing and adding some original thought. For example,

• • You find three quotes from a website:
    • “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.”- Michael Phelps
    • You can’t beat the person who never gives up.”- Babe Ruth
    • Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”- Thomas A. Edison
  • You write your blurb:
    • “Life is not always easy, but a positive outlook can help you get to your goal. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. It pays to stick it out. For sure, there will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work.”

• Copy, Paste, Replace: copying and pasting everything or passages (from one or from multiple sources) without citing, then replacing a few words to make it sound different; maybe adding some original thought too. For example,

• • You find three quotes from a website:
    • “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.”- Michael Phelps
    • You can’t beat the person who never gives up.”- Babe Ruth
    • Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”- Thomas A. Edison
  • You write your blurb:
    • “Life is not always easy, but a positive outlook can help you get to your goals. Many of life’s failures happen to people who gave up because they did not see how close they were to success. There will be doubters and mistakes. There will be challenges. But if you work hard, there are no limits. You…”