Question 1:
Example 1: This example is plagiarism. The words are used verbatim and there are no quotation
marks, citations, or even mention of the original author.
Example 2: This example is plagiarism even though they gave the author credit, there was no use
of quotation marks to differentiate whose work or words belonged to whom.
Example 3: This example is not plagiarism. The author is directly credited and there are
quotation marks that separate the author's words from the cited author’s words.
Example 4: This is plagiarism. The author is cited and the words are changed somewhat, but not
enough. They changed a few words but failed to use their own words to paraphrase.
Example 5: This is plagiarism. This example again only has a few words changed. It’s an attempt
at paraphrasing, but they failed to use their own words.
Example 6: This is not plagiarism. This example credits the original author but uses different
language with the same idea therefore it is considered paraphrasing.
Question 2:
Plagiarism seems to be something that can happen at any time and with any person. One place
you’d never think would be a professional politician, but it happens. One example is Joe Biden
during the 1988 presidential election. He was accused of mimicking a speech by Neil Kinnock.
The speech was fairly recent as well which caused even more backlash. The incident caused so
many problems that it ultimately led to Biden being forced to withdraw from the presidential
race after being exposed.
Citation:
Fawzy, F. (2016, July 19).
From speeches to Ph.d.’s: Politicians called out for copying | CNN
politics
. CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/politicians-
plagiarism/index.html
