What is Plagiarism ?

Plagiarism is when a person uses someone's idea without his or her approval and also posting it as the author which you aren't thereby taking the glory of another person's work

When a writer acts like he is author of a content or write up or copies another persons article just to take all the glory to himself by claiming to have done the work without acknowledgement from the right source or citation to show it was copied. To prevent this, a direct quotation should cite the source so that people will know the original author.

Why plagiarism is unprofessional?

Plagiarism is unprofessional because it's an act of using and taking someone's exact words, ideas and write up as if it's yours, it's just using someone additional write up without acknowledgment.

Why should you avoid plagiarism?

A writer who submits replicated phase is committing a wrongful act with the mindset of profiting from it.This is the same as cheating in an examination.

How To Avoid Plagiarism?

i. Avoid procrastination
Avoid procrastinating cause when over procrastinating you procrastinate until it's dead line also you just copy and bury others work to cover up lost time.

ii. Avoid being lazy
try being hardworking cause hard work pays a lot. If you're hardworking you'll lose interest in dupe and paste.
The harder it goes, the higher you go and the better you become.

iii. Tone confidence
Believe in yourself, do not underrate yourself you can do it so just patiently sit, suppose and write.

iv. Show your source
Concerning an idea or writeup that’s not yours , add a reference in your jotting that says the name of the source, the date it was posted.

v. Using of citations mark ("")
one of the simple and sure ways to avoid plagiarism is by using citation marks around the textbook used to show that the words are not yours, If you fit a source’s words into your article. A direct quotation should also cite the source so that compendiums know who the quotation is from.

vi. Rephrasing
Rephrasing is rewriting a source’s ideas into your phrase without changing its meaning. Avoid using numerous suggesting words or expressions from the source. Best thing is to do so without changing the meaning of the idea itself. Remember that you are using another person's idea so you’ll need to include a reference to the source.

vii. Write out your ideas
State what your personal reason for writing it down, you can contribute in your jotting cause that’s entirely your own. Bear in mind that if you ’re working on a source’s work adding your own point, you will still need to follow the rules and regulations above to avoid replication.

#Types of Plagiarism.
i. Plagiarism made by oneself known as self plagiarism.
Self-plagiarism occurs when a author replicates from his or her former write ups, without approval from all professors and authorities involved.
Self-plagiarism also applies to sharing the same piece of work for test or assignment in different classes without former authorization from both instructor and involved authorities.

ii. Plagiarism made directly
Direct made plagiarism is an act of copying an author's work exactly.
It's the the word for word copying of a part or all of someone different work, without editing and without quotation marks.

iii. Made by accident Plagiarism
This occurs when a person forget to indicate their sources, by using like sentence, words, or text without authorization.
People must learn how to indicate their origins and to take exact notes when wrting an article.

Methods of Citing

•Sentence or quote indication
By adding a link to the source thereby showing its being copied or adding of > in quotes e.g ''I am not coming'' as copied sentence, >jesus wept - jesus is a quote from the bible.
In cases where the sentence is rephrased, a reference should be added to show its original source.

•Image sourcing
When citing an image which can be sourced from websites and apps like canva or pexels. There is need to add the image source link or to use the markdown to add the page links into the content.

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