According to the Cambridge Dictionary Plagiarism is “The process of using another person’s work and pretending it is your own”. It is seen as a very cruel and considered “fraud” when you use someone’s ideas or work that isn’t your own and portray it as if it is yours. It is seen as “stealing” other people’s work. You are turning in work that is not yours to gain a high mark. To avoid plagiarism you need to learn to cite your work and ideas correctly and give adequate credit to the person’s work you are using i.e. Using quotations. Plagiarism isn’t just considered stealing words from a paragraph it is also considered stealing ideas from a writer without giving them the credit they deserve. Instead of trying to plagiarize another writer’s work try to examine their work and paraphrase it into your ideas and use that instead of plagiarizing other people’s work. There are heavy consequences for plagiarizing that can result in failing that course, assignment. In some places like university plagiarizing isn’t tolerated and can have huge consequences like being kicked out of the university and being kicked out of the class as well. As you may see plagiarism isn’t taken lightly and it has serious effects when it is done.
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