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A book entitled *Superheroes: a modern mythology” by Richard Reynolds, published

in 1992 by B.T. Bastford Limited, the main office of which is in London.

References:

Reynolds, Richard. Super heroes: A modern mythology. Univ. Press of Mississippi,

1994.

Reynolds, R. (1994). Super heroes: A modern mythology. Univ. Press of Mississippi.

1. List the three main types of plagiarism described by the author?

There are different types of plagiarism and all are serious violations of academic
honesty. We have defined the most common types below and have provided links to
examples.

1. Direct Plagiarism
Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else’s
work, without attribution and without quotation marks. The deliberate plagiarism of
someone else's work is unethical, academically dishonest, and grounds for disciplinary
actions, including expulsion.
2. Self Plagiarism
Self-plagiarism occurs when a student submits his or her own previous work, or
mixes parts of previous works, without permission from all professors involved.
For example, it would be unacceptable to incorporate part of a term paper you
wrote in high school into a paper assigned in a college course. Self-plagiarism also
applies to submitting the same piece of work for assignments in different classes
without previous permission from both professors.

3. Accidental Plagiarism
Accidental plagiarism occurs when a person neglects to cite their sources, or
misquotes their sources, or unintentionally paraphrases a source by using similar
words, groups of words, and/or sentence structure without attribution. Students must
learn how to cite their sources and to take careful and accurate notes when doing
research. Lack of intent does not absolve the student of responsibility for plagiarism.
Cases of accidental plagiarism are taken as seriously as any other plagiarism and are
subject to the same range of consequences as other types of plagiarism.

2. Are there any form of examples of plagiarism that you can give

Mosaic Plagiarism
Mosaic Plagiarism occurs when a student borrows phrases from a source
without using quotation marks, or finds synonyms for the author’s language while
 keeping to the same general structure and meaning of the original. Sometimes called
“patch writing,” this kind of paraphrasing, whether intentional or not, is academically
dishonest and punishable – even if you footnote your source!

3. Write any questions you have about what might constitute plagiarism. Ask your teacher
about these cases.

What is the standard form of plagiarism?

4. Why is plagiarism often easily spotted by fellow academics? What are its telltale signs?

I would disagree with the premise. There is a whole lot of plagiarism out there,
precisely because people got away with it again and again.

The most common kind that is nearly impossible to detect is self-plagiarism, except
that you plagiarize a co-author. Unless that co-author happens to read it and happens to
remember what he wrote, there is no way this is going to be detected and since you stole
from someone you knew, you may get away with a dinner invitation and a sincere apology.
Or a wry smile, if you happen to be that person’s boss.

Another way that is impossible to detect is plagiarism of related work. You basically
copy out someone else’s related work instead of doing your own and change a couple of
words or shuffle around the sentences. When you are slightly less lazy and rewrite the
text to fit your application area better (again without actually reading the material), this is
virtually undetectable.

These types of plagiarism is impossible to detect by peers, because they do not

diminish the quality of the work. They are impossible to detect by machines, because they
either look like a legitimate self-citation or use different words.

The type of plagiarism that is easy to spot is made by amateurs. Bad writing
interlaced with good writing. Usually the good writing is plagiarism. Especially, if it is
slightly off the point.

If you know what you are doing, and just use plagiarism to cut corners and save
time, it is very hard to detect.

That doesn’t mean you should do it.

5. According to the author, why do students plagiarize? Can you think any other reasons
for students plagiarism or for plagiarism outside the academe?
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