Plagiarism? It's Your Call!
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Original Passage taken from The Americans: The Democratic Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin : "Still, the telephone was only a convenience, permitting Americans to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before" (Boorstin 390).
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Abbie The telephone was a convenience, enabling Americans to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before. Comments on Abbie's passage: This is plagiarism in its worst form. Abbie does not indicate that the words and ideas belong to Boorstin, leaving her readers to believe the words are hers. She has stolen the words and ideas and attempted to cover the theft by changing or omitting an occasional word.
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Brian The telephone was only a convenience, permitting Americans to do more casually and with less effort what they had already been doing before (Boorstin 390). Comments on Brian's passage: Even though Brian acknowledges his source, this is plagiarism. He has copied the original almost word for word, yet he has not supplied quotation marks to indicate the extent of his borrowing.
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Chad Daniel J. Boorstin has noted that most Americans considered the telephone to be an instrument of convenience which allowed them simply to do what they had already been doing but more effortlessly (390). Comments on Chad's passage: Chad has done a good job. He has identified his source at the beginning of the paragraph, letting readers know who is being quoted and has provided a parenthetical citation for the exact page location. He has paraphrased Boorstin's words, but makes it clear to the reader that the ideas belong to Boorstin.
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