Question

Sara is an avid player of video games. For a class speech, she takes the position that video games can actually be beneficial to kids. Sara found three sources that support her argument. She cuts and pastes large sections of those sources to form the bulk of her speech and doesn't cite them. Is Sara guilty of plagiarism'

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes. She is guilty of patchwork plagiarism.

Explanation:

According to the text in the question, Sara has used large sections of three different sources by cutting and pasting them. She does not cite the sources and does not make an effort to use her own words or to use only a couple of lines from each source. When someone copies large portions of two or more sources and presents the result as their own work, we have a case of patchwork plagiarism. Therefore, Sara is guilty of that kind of plagiarism.