Achievement 3: Steemit Content Etiquette

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism can be defined as the act of using another authors words, language, thoughts, expressions or ideas as ones personal work.

Plagiarism has different definitions in the educational context depending on the institution. Plagiarism can also be seen as a violation of academic integrity and a breach of journalistic ethics, when plagiarism is done or committed one can be sanctioned such as penalties, suspension, expulsion from school or work and even imprisonment, as there have been cases of people being imprisoned in India, Poland etc

WAYS TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

1. To avoid plagiarism we should keep track of the sources used in our research work
2. Paraphrasing i.e writing in your own words
3. We should also create a reference list where the original author is credited
4. Use a plagiarism checker e.g Turnitin before submitting

Below is an example of how to site someone's work

family, a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a single household and interacting with each other in their respective social positions, usually those of spouses, parents, children, and siblings.
The family group should be distinguished from a household, which may include boarders and roomers sharing a common residence.
It should also be differentiated from a kindred (which also concerns blood lines), because a kindred may be divided into several households.
Frequently the family is not differentiated from the marriage pair, but the essence of the family group is the parent-child relationship, which may be absent from many marriage pairs.
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