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What is plagiarism

Plagiarism to me, is a process in which we take data from other peoples article, picture, or research paper and present that work as our own data with our own name and not the name of the owner.

The word plagiarism has come from the Latin word ‘plagiarius,’ which means to kidnap. As the plagiarism definition suggests, when someone uses the work of another artist without properly citing the source or giving credit, then that will be an instance of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a punishable offense, and it is a form of intellectual theft. source

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Types of plagiarism

Global plagiarism : Presenting another persons text or picture as your own work.
Paraphrasing plagiarism : rewriting someones ideas without referencing the person who initiated that idea.
Verbatim plagiarism : this happen often, when people copy an entire work belonging to another person and refuses to add citation.
Patchwork plagiarism : compiling text and ideas gotten from different sources, without referencing them.
Incremental plagiarism: using a content from other peoples works in a post without citing .
Self-plagiarism : Reusing your own work, multiple times.
Incorrect citation: sometimes people are used to putting a wrong source in their work which is wrong.

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There are many forms of plagiarism

1. Making use of ideas, pictures, or even words of other people.
2. By ultering the words made by other people
3. By using words similar in meaning to what the author used so that they don't look alike.
4. By repetition of your own idea into different community in steemit.

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Disadvantages of plagiarism

1. It is an offence with punishment attached to it
2. Your reputation constantly reduces as you keep plagiarising
3. Your followers will unfollow you
4. Reduces your self confidence
5. In steemit plagiarism you won't earn anything from plagiarising
6. The community will mute you from posting

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How to avoid plagiarism

1. Make use of the online plagiarism checker
2. Believe in your self first, never feel that you can't do an assignment or make a post by your self.
3. Make sure to always add the source of any content in your work that doesn't belong to you.
4. Always make use of the quotation mark
5. Always give your self enough time to be able to achieve a good work.
6. Never be in a hurry to submit your post
7. Go over your post 2-3 times before posting

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