Margaret o'connor is an upcoming poet from georgia who recently updated her blog with her piece of writing titled, "shadows." one of her readers copied her piece onto his own blog and passed it off as his original work. this is an example of

Plagiarism

Explanation:

Plagiarism is the "unfair apportionment" and "taking and distribution" of another writer's "language, considerations, thoughts, or articulations" and the portrayal of them as one's own unique work.  Plagiarism is viewed as scholarly deceptive nature and a break of journalistic morals.