ASALAMUALIKUM Greetings to everyone who has taken the privilege to read my article and I am really grateful for that .In this article I will be sharing the knowledge I have regarding PLAGIARISM
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
Copying someone's work or copying from the internet and writing it done as if it is your own without citing is known as plagiarizing. Copying passages from multiple sources ,cutting them down and writing it down as your own is called plagiarizing as well . It is also considered essentially theft and fraud committed purposely . The person involved in plagiarism in known as a Plagiarist.
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
There are four types of plagiarism.
1.Direct plagiarism
2.Mosaic plagiarism
3.Self-plagiarism
4.Accidental plagiarism
DIRECT PLAGIARISM:
Direct plagiarism is copying or adopting a part of someone's work without citing the source and also adding quotation mark to indicate that is was adopted from someone else's work.
MOSAIC PLAGIARISM:
Mosaic plagiarism is most of the time not unintentional. This happens when the person has cited the source but fails to add quotation marks correctly to the adopted part.
SELF-PLAGIARISM:
Self-plagiarism is one of the most common type of plagiarism. This happens when an author repost a part or a full article of what he had already posted. This type of plagiarism disturbs the readers because humans get tired of seeing the same thing over and over.
ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM:
This happens when a person misquotes a part of the article adopted, cites the wrong source or does not cite the source properly.
HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM?
HERE ARE SOME WAYS THROUGHT WHICH THE PERSON CAN AVOID BEING PLAGIARIZED
- Immediately quote any other person's written or spoken phrases in the essay or article whatever you are writing.
2.Paraphrase another person's spoken or written words in the essay or article.
3.Use theories, thoughts, critiques, studies, and so on.
4.Use ancient, statistical, or scientific information or facts that are not your own but verified or proven.
CONCLUSION:
Wrapping up the article by saying that we must always cite or refer from where the fact , incident or the quote is taken or written by as it is the best way to be safe from plagiarism .
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