Item 2 In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sam

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Item 2 In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button. Original Source Material Student Version Cobbling together elements from the previous definition and whittling away the unnecessary bits leaves us with the following definitions: A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome. This definition structurally resembles that of Avedon and Sutton-Smith, but contains concepts from many of the other authors as well. References: Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2004). Rules of play: Game design fundamentals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Salen and Zimmerman (2004) reviewed many of the major writers on games and simulations and synthesized the following definitions: "A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome" (p. 80). They contended that some simulations are not games but that most games are some form of simulation. References: Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2004). Rules of play: Game design fundamentals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Which of the following is true for the Student Version above? Word-for-Word plagiarism Paraphrasing plagiarism This is not plagiarism

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First let's break the question in part and understand what it requires.

The question gives us two statements: one of them is ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL and the second one is STUDENT VERSION. We have to study these cases and then choose among the three options given to us, which are:

1 - Word-for-word plagiarism

2 - Paraphrasing Plagiarism

3 - This is not plagiarism

After understanding the questions now we should know what plagiarism is

Plagiarism - A person's work is said to be plagiarized if he or she took ideas or work of some different person without giving the reference or citing the authors of the original work. This is a criminal offence.

So, what is Word-to-Word Plagiarism and Paraphrasing Plagiarism?

Word-to-word plagiarism is when a writer takes a sequence of 7 or more words from another source, but fails to identify the quoted passage, fails to provide the full in-text citation crediting the author(s), and fails to provide the bibliographic reference.

Paraphrasing Plagiarism is committed when a writer summarizes an idea taken from another source and fails both to cite the author(s) and to provide the corresponding reference.

Okay, so lets head forward and see the text The Student has presented.

-- ORIGINAL WORK --

"A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome. This definition structurally resembles that of Avedon and Sutton-Smith, but contains concepts from many of the other authors as well. References: Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2004). Rules of play: Game design fundamentals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press."

-- STUDENT WORK --

"Salen and Zimmerman (2004) reviewed many of the major writers on games and simulations and synthesized the following definitions: "A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome" (p. 80). They contended that some simulations are not games but that most games are some form of simulation. References: Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2004). Rules of play: Game design fundamentals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. "

It may seem like it but the work of student will be considered original and not the plagiarism because he or she have cited the authors and he mentioned the reference to each author, not only he started his piece of work by mentioning the author he also mentions the page number and quoted the important lines.

CONCLUSION - This piece of work is not plagiarized. Hence option 3.

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