This case study clearly demonstrates a form of plagiarism known as paraphrasing.
Although Teresa claims she changed around the words of the text to make it her own; she still used “someone else’s ideas” (Junyk) and thoughts without citing accordingly. Many examples of paraphrasing exist within Teresa’s work. Throughout Teresa’s paragraph, many of her sentences consist of the same patterning sequence that the original passage follows. Her introductory sentence to the paragraph also reflects the same ideas presented in King Lear. Therefore, Teresa’s work not only follows similar sentence structure that is parallel to the original passage, but uses the same ideas and thoughts expressed in the academic source without properly citing reference to the author.
Teresa has “failed to take into consideration the concepts of justice and human dignity that apply to sources in academic writing” (Junyk) through her lack of understanding of producing an essay using imitation. Essentially, she compromised her academic integrity as she knowingly took a passage from an academic source, altering it to make it her own. It is unclear whether this was done through intention or a lack of understanding. Many students may understand that copying and pasting from a source is an obvious form of plagiarism, but may not consider paraphrasing to be as well. Paraphrasing can also become challenging to acknowledge as a form of plagiarism, because it can sometimes be hard to distinguish between what you consider genuine thoughts and thoughts learned through other sources. As Mark Twain stated (1903), “For substantially all ideas are second-hand consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources” ("All Ideas Are Second-Hand: Mark Twain On Plagiarism And Originality, In A Letter To Helen Keller").
There are many tips Teresa can take into consideration the next time she writes an essay. First, one should always leave themselves sufficient time when completing an assignment. When working within tight deadlines this is when assignments become rushed and errors are more common. When rushing to finish an assignment, students may also lose track of their sources and therefore citing becomes more difficult and frustrating. When you are doing research on any topic, Harvard College’s Writing Program (2016) recommends students to, “keep track of your sources and print the relevant pages from any websites you use, making sure you note the complete URL and the date on which you printed the material” (“How to Avoid Plagiarism and Harvard Guide to Using Sources”). Other tips Teresa could take into consideration when writing an academic paper is trying to use your own thoughts as much as possible with minimal use of outside sources and always citing even when you are unsure of how to do so appropriately (Junyk). There are many sources that can be used to assist students in learning how to cite a variety of sources accurately and are readily available.

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