- What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is stealing and is not, whether it is deliberately or not.
- Types of plagiarism
There are different types of plagiarism,one of it is when somebody is writing what he has written before again as if is something new, that one is self plagiarism.
Another one is direct plagiarism, that is when you know that what you are writing is not your own but still you write it without mentioning the person name, you write it as if it is your own
How to avoid plagiarism
One way to to avoid plagiarism is to mention the author name and put the link of the tesxt to show that is not your own.
Another way is to read and study very well, anything that you don't know, you ask question to understand it,not claim as if you know it.
What is citation
Citation means that there are some part of your text that is not your own, like when i want to start this Achievement3 I cited an image of plagiarism and the link to show that am not the person who designed it.
What is quote
Qoute is to say what somebody said with out changing anything, and you must add the person name and a sign to show it for example
Every moment is a fresh beginning. – T.S Eliot
How to cite a text
When you want to cite a text, you will type the name of the text or the authors name , even if it is object, you will type the name on Google to search fo it, when you do that you will see is and read or download it
Conclusion:
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