In English, you are studying the same novel that you studied in Year 10 with a different teacher. You realise that the assignments are so similar that you will be able to copy and paste most of your Year 10 assignment and resubmit it as your new assignment to save some time.

Question

This is an example of

collusion.

plagiarism.

self-plagiarism.

contract cheating/significant contribution of work.

Answer 1

This is an example of self-plagiarism. Self-plagiarism occurs when a student submits their own previous work (or parts of it) for a new assignment without permission or acknowledgment. In this case, reusing your Year 10 assignment for the new one qualifies as self-plagiarism.