Achievement 3 by @hibrighto // task: CONTENT ETIQUETTE
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PLAGIARISM:
Plagiarism is the representation of another person's work, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work. Plagiarism is a violation of set rules be it in academic or an organised institution and a breach of principal ethics.
HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism can be avoided through the following ways:
-Citations
-By Paraphrasing of your text
-By using quotation marks
-By getting the help or by using plagiarism checker
By presenting your own ideas.
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM:
The following are the four types plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Direct plagiarism is the most obvious form of plagiarism. This means taking someone else's ideas or work and claiming them as your own, without citation. Even if you delete or change a couple words here and there, it is direct plagiarism if the majority of the structure and words are the same.
Self Plagiarism
Plagiarism often involves using someone else's words or ideas without proper citation, Self-plagiarism means reusing work that you have already published or submitted for a class. It can involve: Resubmitting an entire paper. Copying or paraphrasing passages from your previous work.
Mosaic Plagiarism
Mosaic Plagiarism occurs when a student borrows phrases from a source without using quotation marks, or finds synonyms for the original owner's work while keeping to the same general structure and meaning of the original.
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.
CITATION METHOD
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I have read through and understood the steem etiquette on steemit community and i will do my best to put them into practice.
Please provide an example of a citation with its respective source, as explained in achievement 3: Achievement 3 : Content Etiquette
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