I had a writing partner personalize an alliterative essay from a textbook. She duplicated the essay and used alliteration. It was all paraphrased but the style and tone were an exact copy of the original. I think my partner committed plagiarism, even though she got an "A".
Is it okay to copy a document style, if it's paraphrased with one's own experiences?
2007-12-11 09:59:06 · 4 answers · asked by muppetkiller_2000 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
well, if you are paraphrasing you admit you are using an existing source to paraphrase from; therefore you should cite the source. If not, you are plagiarizing.
2007-12-11 10:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by make_it 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duplicating the style and tone of a document is not plagarism. It isn't particularly original, but writers do it all the time. However, if, when you say she paraphrased, you mean that her contained exactly, or pretty close to exactly, the same information as the essay in the text book, just reworded, then I would say yes.
2007-12-11 10:11:13 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WOW! You ask a tough question. My answer is that the person acknowledges where she got the material from. It seems that she took original material, but by putting her own creative slant on it, made it her own. Or so she thought.
I am thinking of two musical compositions, "Variations on a Theme by Haydn," by Johannes Brahms, and "Variations on a Theme by Paganinni," by Sergei Rachmanninov. (I urge you to buy records and listen to these, by the way!) Each composer created an original work, but told where he got it. Your friend should have done the same.
Let her experience guide you in the way that you live your life and pursue your career.
2007-12-11 10:17:34 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Your friend is a blithering idiot. Too stupid or lazy to come up with her own work so she steals another's and tweaks it to her own. Lame. It's plagiarism through and through. What nerve.
2007-12-11 10:07:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋