How to Avoid Plagiarism
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According to plagiarism’s definition, it means stealing phrases and ideas from another writer and using it without citing the source. It is when a student steals the article, essay, or other writing ideas from another author and represents this as their work. Plagiarism is a sort of academic dishonesty, and students can be punished for it with serious penalties. When students create their papers in college, writing without plagiarism is one of the main requirements they get from teachers. Plagiarism is a type of academic dishonesty. Students have to avoid it when they create documents for college. Every teacher checks students’ articles for uniqueness, and if the paper isn’t original, the student can be punished or even expelled from the college if this is not their first act of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism takes various types and it’s important to avoid plagiarism in your texts to make the articles 100% unique.
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CHAPTER 1
Types of Plagiarism
According to Psychological Record survey, 36% of undergraduates have admitted to plagiarize written material.
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There are at least seven types of plagiarism: Direct plagiarism (or verbatim plagiarism). This is when someone copies the part of the text from another author and uses it in their paper without quotation marks and attribution. Direct plagiarism is a dishonest act that is quite simple to find out. Global plagiarism. Sometimes the whole article or even a book can be stolen from its writer and published under another name. This is what we call global plagiarism. Mosaic plagiarism. When students write their paper by finding the synonyms for the written by another author article, plus keeps the same meaning and structure of the original paper, this is “patchwriting�, or mosaic plagiarism.
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Self-plagiarism. When a person includes in their new work some part of previous papers. For example, it happens when a student takes some parts of their term paper made in high school and include them in the college assignment. Paraphrasing plagiarism Sometimes the whole article or even a book can be stolen from its writer and published under another name. This is what we call global plagiarism. Accidental plagiarism. According to this type of plagiarism, if a person accidentally forgot to cite the sources and make references, this could be defined as accidental plagiarism. Incorrect citing or citing a non-existent source. When you cite a source incorrectly, this also can lead to plagiarism because it looks like you represent other writer’s sentences like your own phrases.
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CHAPTER 2
Methods on How to Avoid Plagiarism
Plagiarism should be avoided by all the authors, including beginners, professional writers, students, etc. There are useful methods that will help you to avoid plagiarism and create original texts for your needs:
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CITE YOUR SOURCES TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. This will help you cite all the sources you have used in your paper and avoid plagiarism. You can use MLA, APA, or Chicago style citations depending on your teacher’s demands. Make sure you follow all the guidelines of the chosen style.
USE A PLAGIARISM CHECKER TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. You can find many online plagiarism checkers (free and paid) that will help you to find potential plagiarism. Thanks to checkers, you will be able to see plagiarized sentences and phrases. You should look at how much plagiarism the checker can find, and how much it costs to check the paper.
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PARAPHRASE OR QUOTE TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. When you have checked the written text and found out its not 100% original, it’s possible to paraphrase phrases taken from other authors or quote them to avoid plagiarism.
PARAPHRASE. When you read an idea in another source, write it down by other words into your work to avoid plagiarism. Remember it is acceptable to paraphrase another author only if you cite the source properly.
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QUOTE. When you want to put someone’s idea into your writing, feel free to include a direct quotation following the main rules. Direct quotes help the author to provide evidence and support the information.
PARAPHRASING VS QUOTING. Depending on the paper you are writing, you can quote or paraphrase. For example, in a literary analysis paper or research paper, it’s better to make quotes. And it’s better to paraphrase when you can represent the idea in fewer words compared to the source, without using the specific language of the author.
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Frequently asked questions about avoiding plagiarism
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- WHAT ARE THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF PLAGIARISM? Plagiarism means stealing or theft but the concept doesn’t exist legally. Both civil and criminal statutes do not mention the plagiarism. We should notice that copyright infringement and plagiarism are two different things. Both these terms may look similar but when it comes to the law, the important aspect is the material copyright protection. It’s understandable when someone uses the written text protected by copyright, the law defines it as a copyright infringement. Plagiarism is a moral offense that means stealing someone’s ideas that were written even without copyright protection.
- WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM? Plagiarism is an indicator of academic laziness and no respect for other authors, that’s why colleges and schools use penalties. For students, it’s better to avoid plagiarism because it leads to serious consequences like failing the course, suspension from the college, and copyright infringement. Some students can be expelled, and this can ruin their future potential career.
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- CAN YOU PLAGIARIZE YOURSELF? No, because this is self-plagiarism. The writer cannot use someone else’s words in their papers, including their own words written in other articles and publications. When you use phrases and sentences from previously written documents, they must be cited properly.
- WHAT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE? “Common knowledge” is well-known ideas or phrases that shouldn’t be cited. For example: Donald Trump is the president of the USA. Water boils at 212F. You don’t have to cite these phrases when using them in your writing because this is well-known information for everyone. By the way, if you include idioms into your text, there are no needs to cite them too.
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