Title; Achievement 3 by@otoobong task; content Etiquette

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What is plagiarism?

In my own way, I would define plagiarism as the act of copying other peoples work or idea from A-Z and paste without making any referencing.
Let me break down what plagiarism mean for easy understanding. For instance, am writing an article about my self, I start by writing my name, location, hobbies and age, all these about me. Suddenly another writer showed up and copy exactly what I put down from the beginning to the end, including copying my name and paste it else where, that is what plagiarism is all about.
It is an illegal act of using someone else's idea or thought without any reference.

Citation:

Citation is the way you make your reader understand that some certain materials in your content belong to another source or came from another source or is been borrow from another author.

Example of citation

When a force is acted on two object in opposite direction, the size of the force acting on one object is equal to the size of the force acting on the other object.
According to Newton's third law.
"To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction".
The first sentence there shows the original post
WHILE
The second sentence with quotation mark is the copy/pasted work from it's source.

Examples of plagiarism:

1. Direct plagiarism:- These type of plagiarism involve copying another person work word to word without changing any single thing.

2. Mosaic plagiarism:- This is the process whereby the write copy another persons work unintentionally. Maybe the writer may have mentioned where the original source is but fail to acknowledge quotation mark.

3. Self-plagiarism:- This type of plagiarism involve copy and paste part of the already done project.

4. Accidental-plagiarism:- This type of plagiarism is when the writer refer the wrong source thinking is the right source.

Ways to avoid plagiarism

1. Take time and make good research.

2. Be committed to doing your own work, ask questions if you don't understand better

3. Make research about already done project and know how to make your own article.

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Thanks to @cryptokannon for helping me all this time.