Achievement 3 by @darrellbass: CONTENT ETIQUETTE

Hello steemworld
I'll be talking on plagiarism.

Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition." ^Source

Cases of plagiarism have been noticed in journalism, speeches, motivational talks, academics, in steemit as well and many more.

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WAYS IN WHICH PLAGIARISM IS PRACTICED

SELF PLAGIARISM: This refers to another form of plagiarism whereby republishes a new work or the writer reuses some parts of an already published text meanwhile he is writing a new piece. We should also take not that self plagiarism involves the reuse of an already published work of the same author." ^Source

ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM: This often occurs when a person ignores, neglects or doesn’t make an effort to Cite their sources or the person intentionally paraphrases a source by using similar words,misquotes their sources. One of the main cause of accidental plagiarism either being disorganized or just being confused. For example not knowing or even understanding how to paraphrase or use quotations properly.ready published work of the same author." ^Source

DIRECT PLAGIARISM: this is another kind of plagiarism which involves word for word transcription of the portion or a section of someone else’s without adding attributes or even quotation marks. This usually invites sanctions and suspensions especially when it involves academics.ready published work of the same author." ^Source

MOSAIC PLAGIARISM: This kind of plagiarism occurs when a student borrows words , statements or phrases from a source without assigning quotation marks on the borrowed words or finds related words or synonyms for the borrowed word while staying in line with the same structure as in the original.ready published work of the same author." ^Source

HOW CAN YOU AVOID PLAGIARISM?
-Paraphrase or quote from your sources and then you can add your own ideas
-keep track of the sources which you consult in your research.
-Show a sign of recognition or credit the original author in an intext citation and reference list
-Use a plagiarism checker before you submit." ^Source

I have read and understood the Steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them
Thanks for reading...Peace 😎✌️