ACHIEVEMENT 3 BY @peacejoh:MENTOR BY @cryptokannon|| TASK: CONTEST ETIQUETTE.
Here is my achievement 3 task talking about plagiarism please come with me as we explore.
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What is plagiarism?
Definition
"To steal and pass off (the ideas or
Words of another) as one's own:to
use (anther's production) without
crediting the source"
Types of plagiarism
Plagiarism takes various forms. It ranges from reading an entire documents to rewriting a single paragraph. In the end,all types of plagiarism come down to passing off someone else's ideas or words as your own.
Common types of plagiarism
- Copy and paste plagiarism
Copy and paste plagiarism, also know as direct plagiarism, means using a paragraph from another source without a citation.
If you really want to include a passage from another source word for word, you should learn how to quote it. - mosaic plagiarism
Copying and pasting different pieces of text together to create a kind of "mosaic" or "patchwork" of other researchers ideas is plagiarism. - Self-plagiarism
When you use parts of your previous work ( e.g. a paper , a literature review or a dataset) without properly citing it. you commit what's called self-plagiarism.
Although it sounds a bit crazy to be penalised for plagirazing gour own work, you should know that it is done because it goes against the exceptions of the readers of your paper. They expect the work to be original.
- Global plagiarism
When you use someone else's paper. you are commiting plagiarism because you are pretending that the words and ideas are yours.
Using someone's else's work includes, for example, having a friend or family write the text for you or buying an essay from a so called essay mill.
Consequences of plagiarism.
The consequences of plagiarism depend on the type of plagiarism and whether you're a first ye student, an experienced academic or a working professional.
These are some possie consequences of plagiarism.
*. Falling the course
*. Expulsion or suspension from your university
*. Copyright infringement.
*.Ruined reputation and potentially the end of
your career.
How to avoid plagiarism.
To avoid plagiarism, simply follow these two steps:.
- Quote, paraphrase or summaries the words or ideas from someone else.
- Give credit to the original source by including a citation in the text and the reference list.
Thanks for reading through.
@cryptokannon here is my achievement 3
Greetings @peacejoh.
I am pleased to see that you have published to fulfill achievement 3, however, it is my duty to inform you that the content you have submitted is 100% from another source, so I invite you to develop your own content, using only the internet references to give an example about quoting a source.
Any doubt you may have, you can let me know.
I'll be looking forward to it.
Hello @peacejoh, its good that you're working hard to complete your achievement task but its seems your content has a similar content that readers might be interested in.
So i will invite you to develop this task again or better still, you can edit the post, Giving reference or citation to content that you copied from other site is very important, it will help you to understand how steemit Etiquette works. You can check out this post by @cryptokannon for better understanding. Thanks and keep steeming.