Achievement 3|| content etiquette by @glopy
PLAGIARISM AS A FOCUS
What is plagiarism? ----it a practice of mimicking another person"s work or ideas and presenting them as if they where our own,it is locally called expo or copy,copy.
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
COMPLETE PLAGIARISM
DIRECT PLAGIARISM
SELF OR AUTO PLAGIARISM
SOURCE BASED PLAGIARISM
PARAPHRASING PLAGIARISM
INACCURATE AUTHORSHISP
ACCIDENTAL
DELIBRATE PLAGIARISM: This kind of plagiarism is common among students and some times workers, for example l have watch on the television a medical doctor who was operating with another doctors certificate and was latter caught,so just as the name implies delibrate plagiarism is an act of presenting another persons work or ideas as our own.Anyone who engange in this form of plagiarism is a dishonest person and such a person has to work on his conscience
PARAPHRASING PLAGIARISM ----This type is also common in schools, its a system of changing few words but while the main point remains the same .Those who practice this type of plagiarism thinks they are smart enough to decieve their lecturers .Any how they might put it the facts remains that this is a delibrate act so long as it does not occur accidentally.
SELF PLAGIARISM -- This one has to with repeating an old work and then and presenting it as a new work,in a sense trying to decieve the teacher as if that work was a new one.
MOSAIC PLAGIARISM ---- This type of plagiarim refer to system where by a group of persons does something together but the glory is taking by just one person who claim to be only one that does it.
HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
Quote from your sources and then lnclude your own ideas.
Try giving credit to the original author or sources you quoted from
Before you pass your work if you are a student check it using a plagiarism checker.
WHAT IS CITATION
Citation is letting those who read your work know that some ideas in the material was gotten from some where and also provide them that source material for easy reference
AN EXAMPLE OF CITATION
We can give the authors full name,the tittle of the publication and page even the year it was published eg
If you are planning fora year, sow rice, if you are planning fora decade, plant trees,if you are planning for a lifetime,educate people_chinese proverb
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*CUNCLUTION
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