Achievement 3, by @westbenji: Content Etiquette

Hello beautiful steemians, it's a pleasure to bring out to you my task 3 work on Plagiarism. I will start by giving a definition on Plagiarism, bring out types of plagiarism (forms), consequences of plagiarism, and suggest ways to limit plagiarism and a little conclusions.

What is Plagiarism?.

Plagiarism is an act of copying, pasting, rewriting or posting an original text including ideas, language, expressions and thoughts of an author's work without his or her consent and full acknowledgement or without rewarding the author of the original work.

The Different types of Plagiarism will be explained and expatiated below

Direct Plagiarism:

Most commonly, the crime of plagiarism involves adopting parts from the writing of another writer without proper mention of the source. Often the person copying from the text does not change even a single word. The plagiarist can also change parts of sentences or replace some of the words with his/her own. However, it also comes under the crime of plagiarism.

Among the different forms of plagiarism, direct plagiarism is the most harmful one. When the plagiarist copies and paste the text from someone else’s work and neglects to cite the source or remove quotation marks, then it is direct plagiarism.

The identical copying or cloning of a text is a severe offense. This duplicate content falls under the category of deliberately plagiarized content. It is unethical, and the writer of the original content can take disciplinary actions against the plagiarist. Source

Unintentional Plagiarism:

There is another type of plagiarism which is unintentional. In this case, the plagiarist may have mentioned the source of the content he has referred to. But, if he/she does not acknowledge the quoted part or put them under the quotation marks correctly, then the writer commits the crime of plagiarism.

Whether intended or unintended, plagiarism is a serious crime as it ensures writing to be the property of a writer.Source

Mosaic Plagiarism:

It is essential to refer to certain source materials to enrich writing. If a writer uses the internet as a source, he must know what not to do, so that he can avoid plagiarism. The most important thing for it is to properly mention the source of the work he has referred to.

If he/she has used word by word, then he should use quotation marks. A writer must be careful about mosaic plagiarism.

This type of plagiarism occurs when the writer borrows phrases or even parts from a particular source material without using quotation marks or substitutes some of the words from the content without changing the original structure of the source.

Unintentionally paraphrasing someone else’s work without proper also leads to mosaic plagiarism. Sometimes, the plagiarists do “patch-writing” by paraphrasing certain parts and then copy and paste the text or parts from it. It is another form of mosaic plagiarism.

These two ways can be an assignment help for the writer who needs and to avoid the most common types of plagiarism. Source

Self-Plagiarism:

Self-plagiarism is one of the common types of plagiarism, where high school students copy and paste part of their previously submitted academic paper. If the student submits the same paper for two different class projects without asking the concerned teacher, then that is considered as self-plagiarism.

Though self-plagiarism does not often end with serious legal action, that can affect the presentation for academic papers, research papers. Source

Accidental Plagiarism:

Another common form of plagiarism involves accidental plagiarism. When the plagiarist misquotes the phrases or parts of the text he/she has taken from the source material or does not cite the source even or adequately or cites a wrong source, they that is considered as plagiarism.

Accidental Plagiarism
For incorrect authorship, even though the name of the work gets cited, the original writer can take disciplinary actions against the plagiarist, even though accidental plagiarism in no way intended.
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Consequences of plagiarism

. Plagiarism is a form of theft. Presenting borrowed words and ideas without acknowledging the author is unethical.

. The plagiariser benefits from this act of stealing another person's intellectual property.

. Plagiarism is considered as an act of misdemeanor or a felony and punishable by law with fines and or a jail term.

Ways to limit plagiarism:

.Procastination should be probably prohibited

. Doing your own without borrowed words and ideas gives a good research and assignment

. Good paraphrasing, source citing and having an antiquate note taking gives credit in your work.

Conclusion

Dear beautiful Steemians, lets say NO!!! to plagiarism to become reputable bloggers and keep steaming with the aim of sustaining the steemit platform.

NB: "I have read and understood the steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them".