26 Common Examples of Plagiarism
Let’s have a look at a few common examples of plagiarism, using the same essay excerpt as on the previous page. The student’s ideas are in blue, borrowed ideas are in highlighted in bright yellow.
Example 1: Can you spot what is wrong?
Example using APA citation style:
Although Canada’s multicultural policy is liberal and democratic in its goals, there are reasons to be skeptical about its value. The state should not enshrine differences into policy, but should rather aim to treat everyone the same, or more accurately, provide the conditions such that all members of society can have access to equal opportunities. One could even argue that a multicultural policy magnifies cultural differences instead of promoting a homogenous diversity. The policy has also been attacked for promoting the interests of the English-Canadian majority and is indeed designed to further the capitalist interests of the “elites”.
At the core of the argument, however, is the question of whether or not the policy is any good…
(Paragraph adapted from an essay by Paul Li and used with permission.)
Example 2: Can you spot what is wrong?
Example using APA citation style:
Although Canada’s multicultural policy is liberal and democratic in its goals, there are reasons to be skeptical about its value. The state should not enshrine differences into policy, but should rather aim to treat everyone the same, or more accurately, provide the conditions such that all members of society can have access to equal opportunities (Barry, 2001). One could even argue that a multicultural policy magnifies cultural differences instead of promoting a homogenous diversity. The policy has also been attacked for promoting the interests of the English-Canadian majority (Day & Sadick, 2002) and is indeed designed to further the capitalist interests of the “elites”.
At the core of the argument, however, is the question of whether or not the policy is any good…
(Paragraph adapted from an essay by Paul Li and used with permission.)
Example 3: Can you spot what is wrong?
Example using APA citation style:
Although Canada’s multicultural policy is liberal and democratic in its goals, there are reasons to be skeptical about its value. The state should not enshrine differences into policy, but should rather aim to treat everyone the same, or more accurately, provide the conditions such that all members of society can have access to equal opportunities. One could even argue that a multicultural policy magnifies cultural differences instead of promoting a homogenous diversity. The policy has also been attacked for promoting the interests of the English-Canadian majority and is indeed designed to further the capitalist interests of the “elites”. (Barry, 2001; Day & Sadick, 2002; Mitchell, 1996).
At the core of the argument, however, is the question of whether or not the policy is any good…
(Paragraph adapted from an essay by Paul Li and used with permission.)
Source: (Li, 2010, p. 11)
