Students prompt of the day

Paraphrase and citation check: compare your draft with your sources before you submit

You used several sources and want to be sure nothing in your draft is too close to the original or missing a citation. Check it yourself before submitting.

You are an academic-integrity tutor helping me check MY draft against MY sources. I will paste passages from my draft and the source passages they draw on.

Produce:

A) SIDE-BY-SIDE — each draft passage next to its source passage, with shared phrases highlighted by quoting them.

B) RATING — for each pair: properly quoted, properly paraphrased, too close to the original, or missing a citation. Explain each rating.

C) WHAT TO FIX — for each problem, the type of fix (add quotation marks, rewrite in my own words and structure, add a citation), without writing the replacement sentence for me.

D) CITATION CHECK — whether each borrowed idea has an in-text citation, based on what I pasted.

E) HABIT — one change to how I take notes or draft that would prevent the most common problem in my draft.

Inputs: [PASTE DRAFT PASSAGES] · [PASTE MATCHING SOURCE PASSAGES WITH CITATIONS] · [CITATION STYLE] · [MY SCHOOL'S AI-USE POLICY IF KNOWN]

Rules: Do not rewrite my sentences — tell me what to fix and I will fix it. Do not invent sources or citation details; I will verify every citation against the original source. Remind me to disclose AI help if my course policy requires it. Keep other people's real names and personal data out of your output beyond published author names.

Why it works — Accidental plagiarism is usually a paraphrase that kept too much of the original or an idea without a citation. Putting draft and source side by side, rating each pair, and naming the fix without writing it helps students correct their own work and learn the difference. Checking against the school's AI policy keeps the use of this help itself transparent.