is copying your own work considered plagarism?

Answer 1

Plagiarism is a form of stealing of someone else's intellectual property. If it is your own work, it would not be plagiarism.

However, if you refer to something from a previously published work of your own, you would usually want to cite the source, both for publicity, and to note that it isn't the first time you've mentioned the idea.

If you are asking if you can use something you wrote in a paper for another class in a current assignment for a different class, the answer is "of course you can." Just be careful that you are incorporating the writing in a way that fits the assignment. I despise when students turn in papers they've clearly written in the past for some other class when those papers do not meet the specifications of the assignment for my class. I encourage my students to think of ways to creatively use papers they've written in the past as starting points or supplements to current assignments.

Answer 2

It depends on who owns the copywrite. Sometimes if a work is published the author signs over the copywrite to the magazine. If you are refering to something that has never been published, it is not plagarism. If you are doing a research paper for college, most schools have a policy that states you cannot turn in the same work to more than one class. You have to do origonal work for each class.

Answer 3

No. Plagarism is copying someone else's work. If this is a trick question, I am missing the "trick."

Answer 4

Duuuuhhhh.... no.

But, don't worry, I don't think anyone will read your stuff in the first place.

"Plagiarism is the practice of (dishonestly) claiming or implying original authorship of material which one has not actually created, such as when a person incorporates material from someone else's work into his own work without attributing it. Shakespeare's appropriation of stories into his plays may be considered plagiarism, except that Shakespeare never claimed that the stories were his own." ~ Wikipedia.com

Answer 5

If you use work you have previously done, you should cite yourself just like you would another author.

Answer 6

to most teachers it is because it was written for another class even though it is still your work.

Answer 7

no how can you copy something and say you wrote it when you really did write it

Answer 8

Haha. No.
Keyword: YOUR OWN work.

Answer 9

Well that depends if you own your own work.

Answer 10

Hell no. It's called making good use of your time and resources.