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Assignment Unit 4 (Week 7)

The document discusses various academic situations to determine if they constitute plagiarism, emphasizing the importance of proper citation and academic honesty. It includes examples of actions deemed as plagiarism or not, such as copying text without citation and using one's own previous work without acknowledgment. The document serves as a guide for students to understand how to appropriately use sources in their writing.

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Assignment Unit 4 (Week 7)

The document discusses various academic situations to determine if they constitute plagiarism, emphasizing the importance of proper citation and academic honesty. It includes examples of actions deemed as plagiarism or not, such as copying text without citation and using one's own previous work without acknowledgment. The document serves as a guide for students to understand how to appropriately use sources in their writing.

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Assignment Unit 4 (Week 7)

Heidy Stefania Vega Amaya

Programa de Ingeniería Multimedia, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD)

English Composition II

Tutora. Adriana Orejarena

29 de marzo de 2025
Introduction

In this task, we look at different academic situations to decide if they are plagiarism or
not. The goal is to understand the correct way to use information from other sources and
avoid plagiarism in schoolwork. We check examples like copying text without citation, using
ideas from classmates, self-plagiarism, and mistakes in citations. By doing this task, we learn
about the importance of honesty in academic work and how to use sources correctly in
writing.
Consider the following academic situations and decide if they are plagiarism.

Situation Yes/No
1 Copying a paragraph, but changing a few words and giving a citation. Yes
2 Cutting and pasting a short article from a website, with no citation. Yes
3 Taking two paragraphs from a classmate’s essay, without citation. Yes
4 Taking a graph from a textbook, giving the source. No
5 Taking a quotation from a source, giving a citation but not using quotation marks. Yes
6 Using something that you think of as general knowledge, e.g. large areas of rainforest No
have been cut down in recent years.
7 Using a paragraph from an essay you wrote and had marked the previous semester, Yes
without citation.
8 Using the results of your own research, e.g. from a survey, without citation. No
9 Discussing an essay topic with a group of classmates and using some of their ideas in Yes
your own work.
10 Giving a citation for some information but mis-spelling the author’s name. Yes
Bibliographic references

Garofalo, V. (2018, May 5). How to Avoid Plagiarism in 5 Easy Steps - YouTube. YouTube.
March 29, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2-cmi19sg

Bailey, S. (2011). Academic writing: A handbook for international students (3ª ed.). Taylor &
Francis.

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