Question

One of the assignments in your English class is to write a literary analysis on The Great Gatsby. You read the book in high school, and you also
wrote your senior paper on it. There are many sections from your previous paper you can reuse for this assignment. You include sections from that paper, change some of the
wording, but don't cite yourself. Is this OK?

A. Yes, you don't need to cite yourself when writing a paper.

B. No, if you fail to cite yourself, you are self-plagiarizing.

C.No, because you should never include your own work in an assignment.

D. Yes, because you didn't recycle the whole paper.

Answer 1

Answer:

B). No, if you fail to cite yourself, you are self-plagiarizing.

Explanation:

Self-plagiarism is characterized as the use of using one's own work or intellectual material again(more than once). When the author copies certain words or ideas from his/her previously published works in another work without proper citation. In the given case, if I reuse the content of my previous paper for my assignment without citing that work, it would be considered self-plagiarism and affect the credibility of my work. Thus, it is not okay to use the content without citation.