Achievement 3 @victorudefi task:Content Etiquette

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Greetings to my fellow steemians,in this publication I will like to write on plagiarism in response to the completion of the task achievements 3. But before I proceed,I will like us to understand and know the definition and meaning of plagiarism
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
Plagiarism as the name implies is the act of making use of someone's idea or publications without making proper refrencing of the original authors idea. In some developed countries like the United States of America ,United kingdom,France and Nigeria plagiarism is a crime and victims of plagiarism are seriously punished for it. so I will advice to abstain from plagiarism.
TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
There are several types of plagiarism,here is a detailed explanation on some of the types of plagiarism

1. Self plagiarism:This is simply the act of repeating your already published work or publishing your already existing article.
2. Verbatim plagiarism: This is copying an already published article word by word thus copying exactly the same thing already published.
3. Source based plagiarism: This is a situation where a writer phrased a wrong source or a misleading reference hence providing a wrong source.
4. Paraphrasing: paraphrasing is another type of plagiarism in which there is a slight change in the original sentence or idea thus rewording the real sentence to suit the second authors idea,hence maintaining the original concept.
5. Accidental plagiarism: As the name implies accident,this type of plagiarism is rare. It is as a result of mistake, that is the when the author forgets to cite his reference.
   CITATION

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Citation is simply the reference to a book
Quotations are used to show that we cited that idea

Example

"To be a man is not a day job"

CONCLUSION
The bottom line of this matter is that plagiarism or making use of someone's idea without proper referencing is an act of theft which can attract punishment or a voke.
So it is advisable to abstain from plagiarism .

I have read and understood the steemit protocol of the Steemit Community and I will try to comply with it to the best of my ability.