Plagiarism: Defined & a Contract
1. Plagiarism includes the literal repetition without
acknowledgment of the writings of another author. All significant phrases,
clauses, or passages taken directly from source material must be enclosed in
quotation marks and acknowledged in the text.
Student
AÕs paper:
ÒJane
is aware of other passionate feelings that she still has for Rochester. She is
not a woman who would deny herself any emotion she has. Jane would never sacrifice her own
integrity for the sake of emotional gratification.Ó
Sparknotes
commentary:
ÒJane
believes that ÔmarryingÕ Rochester while he remains legally tied to Bertha
would mean rendering herself a mistress and sacrificing her own integrity for the sake of
emotional gratificationÓ
2.
Plagiarism includes borrowing anotherÕs ideas and representing
them as oneÕs own. To paraphrase the thought of another writer without
acknowledgment is to plagiarize.
Example
2:
Student
B's paper:
"In
anger, Jane cries out, 'You are like a murdererÑyou are like a slave-driverÑyou
are like the Roman emperors' (Bronte 43). Jane's reference to John as a
slave-driver is very fitting because Roman slave-drivers would suppress their
slaves while also depriving them of an education. Mrs. Reed physically contains
Jane after this whole incident by locking her up in the 'red-room.'"
Paper
by Adam S., submitted February 22, 1996 in an English class at Vanderbilt
University, stored in the databases at "Turnitin.com," a plagiarism
prevention and detection resource to which Professor Umbach subscribes through
John Jay:
"In
anger, Jane cries out, 'You are like a murdererÑyou are like a slave-driverÑyou
are like the Roman emperors' (Bronte 43). In this passage, Jane compares John
Reed to a slave-driver because, like a slave-driver, he deprives Jane of her
attempt at education and keeps her suppressed. Afterwards, Jane is blamed for
the entire incident and experiences true physical containment as she is locked
up in the 'red-room.'"
(This
discussion of plagiarism has been adopted from Chip Rogers, Department of
English, The Citadel )
PLEASE READ
AND SIGN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BELOW
I have read
the above definition of plagiarism and understand it in its entirety. I have no further questions regarding
what constitutes plagiarism. I
understand that even a single act of plagiarism in this course will
automatically result in a failing grade for the semester as well as potential
disciplinary action from John Jay College.
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