Lab 5

Plagiarism and Academic Honesty

February 24, 2019

This week in Professor Waits English 1302 1st Period class, we did not have class on Monday, therefore, we worked on our rough draft of the Visual Rhetoric Paper at home. On Wednesday, we began to work on the Paper Mill Rhetorical Analysis Presentation as a group of two – four people. Lastly, on Friday we watched several groups present their Paper Mill Rhetorical Analysis Presentation. With our Paper Mill Rhetorical Analysis Presentation, we learned more in depth about Plagiarism and Academic Honesty. Paper mill sites allow students to pay someone else online to write their papers for them. However, not only do they provide underwhelming work, this is considered to be plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is defined as “an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the original author” (“Plagiarism”), which is exactly what people who use paper mill sites are actively doing.

This week I noticed rhetoric and argument in these paper mill sites, as they are trying to persuade people to purchase their work, with each separate site arguing that their work is the best and most affordable.

Constructing my own Rhetorical Piece: Question/Problem: Does Technology Make Us More Alone? Solutions/Answers: Yes, because we are more focused on our phones than we are of other people in our surroundings. No, because we are more connected through calling, texting, and social media sites/apps (“Does Technology Make Us More Alone?”).

Work Cited:

“Plagiarism.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, http://www.dictionary.com/browse/plagiarism.

Gonchar, Michael. “Does Technology Make Us More Alone?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Oct. 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/learning/does-technology-make-us-more-alone.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Flearning-student-opinion&module=inline%5C.

“Business Concept Image of a Hand Holding Marker and Write Plagiarism with Cross Sign Isolated on White.” City Of Forks City Limit Sign – FORKS / WASHINGTON. APRIL 13, 2017 Stock Footage Video 28374238 | Shutterstock, The Shutterstock Blog, 10 May 2015, http://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/business-concept-image-hand-holding-marker-276487529?src=5DO1-kIeXM3aE3bw8NDONQ-1-28.