Hello guys!! Soo nice to meet you all once again. I hope you are all doing good as am doing great my self. Today i will be talking about plagiarism;
* _What is plagiarism_
* _Some forms of plagiarism_
* _And how to avoid plagiarism_

![E82AF347-AFEC-48C9-82BA-69A8E484B6B9.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmV5CFpasL1gLJBceCZQUcko8RbrfuWeKTstdCXcckggD5/E82AF347-AFEC-48C9-82BA-69A8E484B6B9.jpeg)
<center>[source](http://cargocollective.com/samtarpey/filter/Craft/Thinking-Type-Sagmeister-on-Miedinger)
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**_WHAT IS PLAGIARISM_**
Plagiarism according to the oxford university“_is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement_”<center>[source](https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism)
</center>But basically in my own words I would say that plagiarism is stealing and using someones work for your own personal gain. Plagiarism is actually similar to copyright but differ in a sense that plagiarism is an offense to the author whiles copyright is an offense to the copyright holder.
![8FB5DA5D-C490-484D-9414-DA5542AC0290.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmda8aK4jyDfqTe5Cj5AfnrDJfp6uGqWThkZBijVvj8YcQ/8FB5DA5D-C490-484D-9414-DA5542AC0290.jpeg)
<center>[source](https://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/6129967310)
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**_FORMS OF PLAGIARISM_**
There are many forms forms of plagiarism but i will be explained some of the most basic and common forms of plagiarism.
* _Complete plagiarism_
* _Direct plagiarism_
* _Paraphrasing_

**COMPLETE PLAGIARISM**
This form of plagiarism is where a person copies an authors work and decides to label it as his own. I will say this is just a complete stealing of ideas and works.

**DIRECT PLAGIARISM**
_Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else’s work, without attribution and without quotation marks. The deliberate plagiarism of someone else's work is unethical, academically dishonest, and grounds for disciplinary actions, including expulsion_<center>[source](https://www.bowdoin.edu/dean-of-students/judicial-board/academic-honesty-and-plagiarism/common-types-of-plagiarism.html)
</center>As i have done in the above explanation,i have copied the explanation without quotation marks, you can find the real text in the source. It is similar to complete plagiarism but it refers to sections rather than the whole thing.

**PARAPHRASING**
“_Paraphrasing means rephrasing a piece of text in your own words. Paraphrasing without citation is the most common type of plagiarism.
Paraphrasing itself is not plagiarism so long as you properly cite your sources.However, paraphrasing becomes plagiarism when you read a source and then rewrite its key points as if they were your own ideas.
Additionally, if you translate a piece of text from another language, you need correctly cite the original source. A translation without a source is still plagiarism, as you’re using someone else’s ideas._”
<center>[source](https://www.scribbr.com/plagiarism/types-of-plagiarism/)
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Example of paraphrasing
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<center>[source](https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/english-for-study-intermediate/0/steps/35241)
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**_HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM_**
Plagiarism is a great offense deemed everywhere in the world and most especially bu steemit. You can avoid this by using _CITATIONS_ in your post.
 “Citation is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source.”<center>[source](https://www.marian.edu/docs/default-source/marian's-adult-programs-documents/what-is-citation.pdf?sfvrsn=2)
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You can also use the source code below on steemit to to source pictures that you have gotten from a site without having your content being flagged as plagiarism. The website should be kept in the brackets in the source code below .

![761CDDC9-4BB2-4886-A53D-92AEBDC76969.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcVhp6gCmN76fBQUTeKrfoWnc39FHG9dTXfqEwvkjDNVA/761CDDC9-4BB2-4886-A53D-92AEBDC76969.jpeg)

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Thank you all for going through my blog and this what I understand by plagiarism.
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