Which of the following situations is an example of plagiarism?
A. A student writes an original story, noting her favorite science-fiction author as an inspiration.
B. A student quotes a favorite author verbatim as part of his class paper, including correctly formatted citations.
C. A student includes verbatim sections of text from her own previously published work without citation.
D. A student includes a common-knowledge statement such as "the earth is round" in his paper without citation.
Using previous submitted work is plagiarism on itself even when that work belong to the student in question.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is C.