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What is plagiarism?

• It is also the representation of another man works or language, thought, ideas or expression as one's own original work. It is not original context anymore.

Types of plagiarism

• Direct Plagiarism: It is adopting part from another writer without proper mention of the source. The plagiarist can also change part's of some sentence or replace some of the words with his/ her own, It also comes under the crime of plagiarism. So direct plagiarism is the most harmful one, when the copies and pasts the text from someone else's work and neglects to cite the source or remove quotation Mark's, then it is direct plagiarism. It is unethical, and the writer of the original context can take disciplinary Actions against the plagiarist.

• Mosaic Plagiarism: This is unintentional, in this case, the plagiarist may have mentions the source of the content he has referred to, but, if he/ she dose not acknowledge the quoted part or put Name under the quotation mark's correctly, then the writer commits the crime of plagiarism whether intended or unintended, plagiarism is a serious crime as it ensure writing to be the property of a writer. It is unintentional paraphrasing someone else's work without proper also leads to Mosaics Plagiarism.

• If the student submit the paper for two different class projects without asking the concerns Teacher, then that is considered as self plagiarism. But self plagiarism dost not end with serious Legal Action, that can affect the presentation for Academic papers.

• Accidental Plagiarism: If the plagiarist misquotes the phrases or parts of the texts he/ she taken from the source material or dost not cite the source even or adequately or cites a wrong source, things that is considered as plagiarism. The original writer can take disciplinary action's against the plagiarist, even though accidental plagiarism is no way intended.

How to avoid plagiarism?

You can avoid plagiarism by using plagiarism checker.

By reading and understanding something in your own word.

What is citation?

What is citation is act of showing your reader that some of the word used in your writing are not yours.

Example of citation

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela

How to cite a text?

You go to google typed in the word or picture you want to use, then you click download after downloading you copy the link.

Conclusion

I have read and understand the content etiquette of steemit community on steemit platform I will do all my best to abide by it.

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