What is plagiarized and what is plagiarized?

Answer 1

Plagiarism is using someone else's words or ideas and presenting them as your own. When I was teaching college, I had some students cut and paste websites word-for-word and turn them in as a paper. I also had students buy papers online. Those are the bad cases. With most people, it is accidental. You copy a few sentences from a website and forget that you put in it, and so you don't acknowledge your source. Or you read an article and put it into your own words, and don't realize that what your are doing is wrong. To avoid plagiarism, make sure you copy down the information about any sources you use while writing... including websites, articles, or people that you interview. Make it VERY clear in your paper which words are yours and which are someone else's... and which IDEAS are someone else's as well. Even when you put it into your own words, you need to show where it came from originally. Even if you paraphrase (reword or rewrite) something from another source such as a book or website it's still plagiarism. On the other hand, if something you write is in some vaguer sense 'inspired' by something you've read, that isn't plagiarism, but it's good manners to acknowledge the debt. A few weeks ago I assigned a simple research paper to my high school science class. They were to write a single page, double spaced about one aspect of the coconut. For example they might choose to write about growing coconuts. An assignment such is this should always be in you own words. You read and take notes regarding the topic of research then you tell what you learned. Here is a sample of the work I got: "The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly leaving the trunk smooth. The term coconutrefers to the fruit of the coconut palm. " This is plagiarism. The student came to Wikipedia, highlighted and copied the information, pasted it in a word document and turned it in as his own work. Here's an example of putting this information in your own words: "The Coconut Palm is a tree found in the tropical regions of the world. It's scientific name is Cocosnucifera and it comes from the Arecaceae family. This is a family of palm trees. There are many different types of palm trees, but only one species has the genus Cocos. The Coconut Palm can grow as high as 30 meters. It's leaves are called fronds and they might be between 4-6 meters long. The coconut palm bears a fruit known as the coconut. " As you can clearly see, I have used the information found in the paragraph copied and pasted from Wikipedia, but I've changed up the sentences and added words creating my own report. Of course, I will also add a "Works Cited" page at the end of my paper giving Wikipedia credit for the information I used.

Answer 2

Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work or ideas without proper attribution. It can include copying text, images, or ideas without permission or giving credit to the original source. Plagiarism is considered unethical and can have serious consequences.

Answer 3

It means you steal another's written work and you say it is yours.