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How to Avoid Plagiarism Plagiarizing, or representing someone else's ideas or words as your own, will cause problems for people in any stage of life. Students get flunked for it and it even cost Joe Biden a shot at becoming the US President in 1988. [1] Here is how you can make sure you don't plagiarize on purpose or by accident. 1 2 3 Understand what plagiarism is. The American Heritage dictionary defines plagiarism as: "the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work." [2] Thus plagiarism not only includes the wordforword copying of another piece of work, but close imitation of it also. Using synonyms and other word choices is not an excuse to justify plagiarism. You should write a piece of text strictly in your own words and then cite your sources. Original source: "The law of the land prohibited slaves from seeking remuneration from their masters for even the most heinous crimes." Plagiarizing: "The law of the land forbade slaves from seeking damages from their masters for even the most vile crimes." Not plagiarizing: "Even injured, tortured, or taunted slaves could not press for remuneration from their masters according to United States law at the time. (Jefferson, 157)" Plagiarism can also apply to: [3] Downloading a paper from the internet. Hiring someone to write something for you. Attempting to make the ideas of others appear like they are your own. Be familiar in the area that you are talking about. By understanding the subject, you are more likely to write in your own words, rather than restate someone else's definition of this subject. Look for information on the topic you want to write about. This can be on the Internet or in books, although books are almost always more authoritative than the Internet. The trick here is to grab several different sources of information. If you're relying on just one source — a book about slavery — the chances are higher you'll inadvertently copy or plagiarize. If you rely on three books about slavery, one documentary, and two original sources, the chances are much lower that you'll inadvertently plagiarize. Restate the subject to yourself a couple of times. The key is to understand the material and be able to express its meaning in your own words. Try to avoid Steps

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    HowtoAvoidPlagiarismPlagiarizing,orrepresentingsomeoneelse'sideasorwordsasyourown,willcauseproblemsforpeopleinanystageoflife.StudentsgetflunkedforitanditevencostJoeBidenashotatbecomingtheUSPresidentin1988.[1]Hereishowyoucanmakesureyoudon'tplagiarizeonpurposeorbyaccident.

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    Understandwhatplagiarismis.TheAmericanHeritagedictionarydefinesplagiarismas:"theunauthorizeduseorcloseimitationofthelanguageand

    thoughtsofanotherauthorandtherepresentationofthemasone'sownoriginalwork."[2]

    Thusplagiarismnotonlyincludesthewordforwordcopyingofanotherpieceofwork,butcloseimitationofitalso.Usingsynonymsandotherwordchoicesisnotanexcusetojustifyplagiarism.Youshouldwriteapieceoftextstrictlyinyourownwordsandthenciteyoursources.

    Originalsource:"Thelawofthelandprohibitedslavesfromseekingremunerationfromtheirmastersforeventhemostheinouscrimes."

    Plagiarizing:"Thelawofthelandforbadeslavesfromseekingdamagesfromtheirmastersforeventhemostvilecrimes."Notplagiarizing:"Eveninjured,tortured,ortauntedslavescouldnotpressforremunerationfromtheirmastersaccordingtoUnitedStateslawatthetime.(Jefferson,157)"

    Plagiarismcanalsoapplyto:[3]

    Downloadingapaperfromtheinternet.Hiringsomeonetowritesomethingforyou.Attemptingtomaketheideasofothersappearliketheyareyourown.

    Befamiliarintheareathatyouaretalkingabout.Byunderstandingthesubject,youaremorelikelytowriteinyourownwords,ratherthanrestatesomeoneelse's

    definitionofthissubject.Lookforinformationonthetopicyouwanttowriteabout.ThiscanbeontheInternetorinbooks,althoughbooksarealmostalwaysmoreauthoritativethantheInternet.

    Thetrickhereistograbseveraldifferentsourcesofinformation.Ifyou'rerelyingonjustonesourceabookaboutslaverythechancesarehigheryou'llinadvertentlycopyorplagiarize.Ifyourelyonthreebooksaboutslavery,onedocumentary,andtwooriginalsources,thechancesaremuchlowerthatyou'llinadvertentlyplagiarize.

    Restatethesubjecttoyourselfacoupleoftimes.Thekeyistounderstandthematerialandbeabletoexpressitsmeaninginyourownwords.Trytoavoid

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    readingfromanotherauthor'smaterialtoomuch,asyouwillbemoreinclinedtorestatethatauthor'sexactstatement.

    Originalsource:"Slavesworkedgrueling12hourdays,fromsunuptosundown,survivingonlittlemorethan1,200caloriesofstarchesandtheirownblood,sweat,andtears."

    Reworked:"Survivingonabouthalfofwhatwetodayconsiderthesuggestedcaloricintake,slavesinthe19thcenturyworkedbitter,backbreakinghours.(Jefferson,88)"Reworked:"Inthe19thcentury,slavesworkedforaslongastherewaslight,receivinglittleinthewayofnutrition.(Jefferson,88)"

    Referenceyourquotesandsources.Youshouldincludeabibliographyorworkscitedinyourpaper.Ifyouuseadirectquotefromanotherauthor'swork,thenyou

    shouldquoteitandciteitproperly.ManyteachersacceptthestandardMLAformat,unlessotherwisespecified.

    Whenindoubt,givecredit.Therearealotofwaystodothisinordertoavoidplagiarism.Hereareafew:

    Mentionthesourceinsideyourparaphrase:"AccordingtoRichardFeynman,quantumelectrodynamicscanbedescribedusingpathintegralformulations."Putquotationmarksarounduniquephrasesyouthinkcouldbeinterpretedasbeingcopied:"A'paradigmshift'happenswhenonescientificrevolutionforcesthecommunitytothinkoftheworldinafundamentallydifferentway."

    Understandsomebasicsaboutcopyright.Plagiarismcanbemorethanabadacademicpractice,itcanbeaviolationofthelawifyoubreakcopyright.Hereis

    whatyouneedtounderstandtostaylegal:

    Asageneralrule,factscannotbecopyrighted.Thismeansthatyouareabletouseanyfactsyoufindtosupportyourwriting.[4]

    Althoughfactsarenotsubjecttocopyright,thewordsusedtoexpressthemare,particularlyifthewordingisoriginalorunique(copyrightcoversoriginalexpression).Youarefreetouseinformationfromothermaterialsinyourarticles,butyoumustuseyourownwordstoexpressit.Toavoidthis,youcantaketheexistingfactsandputthemintoyourownwords.Thereisagraceonhowdifferentthephrasecanbeaddingacommaisnotenough.However,changingthegrammararoundis.[5]

    Understandwhatdoesn'tneedtobecited.Noteverysinglethinginacademicresearchneedstobecited,orelseresearchwouldbetoopainfulforpeopleto

    undertake.Thefollowingthingsdon'tneedtobecitedinyourresearchandfinalpapers:

    Commonsenseobservations,folklore,urbanlegends,andwellknownhistoricalevents,suchasthedateofthePearlHarborAttacks.Yourownexperiences,insights,creations,andmusings.Yourownvideos,presentations,music,andothermediacreatedandoriginatedbyyou.Thescientificevidenceyougatheredafterperformingyourowntests,polls,etc.

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    ratearticles?Canyoutellusabout

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    referencerequests?

    Someschoolsofferprograms/servicesthatscanpapersforplagiarizedcontent.Ifyouarehighlyconcerned,thenyoumightwanttoconsidersuchservices.Here'sonesuggestionforgettingthingsintoyourownwords.UseGoogle'slanguagetoolstotakeanarticleandtranslateitintoanotherlanguage:forexample,EnglishtoGerman.ThencopyandpasteGoogle'stranslationbackintoGoogle'slanguagetoolsandtranslatethatintoanotherlanguage:inourexample,GermantoPortuguese.ThentranslatethatbackintoEnglish.YouwillendupwithextremelybrokenEnglishthatisbarelyunderstandable.Usingtheknowledgeofthesubjectthatyou'vegainedfromreadingthearticlesandresearching,nowyoucanfixthebrokenEnglishandwillhaveanarticlethathasyourowninfluenceplacedonit.Ifyoumustcopy,donotcopywholepagesorparagraphs!Instead,putmostofitintoyourownwords,andquotethecopiedpart.Then,citeyoursourceusingtheproperBibliographyformat.UseEasyBib.comtociteyoursourcesintheproperformat.Ifyouarehonestlywritingapaperoressay,thechancesofyouplagiarizinganotherperson'scontentareveryslim.Ifyouareconsciousofthefactthatyouarecopyingsomeoneelse'swork,thenchancesarethatyouwillbecaught.Ifyou'reworriedsomethingthatyouhavemightsoundlikesomeoneelse's,it'sprobablybecauseitdoes.IfyouthinkSomethingisplagiarized,goonGrammarly.comoranyotherPlagiarismsite.

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    Don'ttaketheriskofattemptingtoplagiarize.Notonlywillitcostyouyourgrade,butalsoyourrespectandreputationwithmostteachersandcolleagues.Manycollegesanduniversitieswillexpelstudentswhodeliberatelyplagiarize.

    1. http://mediamatters.org/research/2008/08/23/mediaoutletsreportedallegationsbidenplagia/144547

    2. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plagiarism3. http://plato.mercyhurst.edu/writingcenter/pdf/Avoiding_Plagiarism.pdf4. U.S.SupremeCourtDecision:HARPER&ROWv.NATION

    ENTERPRISES,471U.S.539(1985)5. U.S.SupremeCourtDecision:FEISTPUBLICATIONS,INC.v.

    RURALTELEPHONESERVICECO.,499U.S.340(1991)

    Thankstoallauthorsforcreatingapagethathasbeenread243,087times.

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    Inotherlanguages:

    Italiano:EvitareilPlagio,Portugus:EvitaroPlgio,Espaol:evitarelplagio,Franais:viterleplagiat,:,Deutsch:VermeidePlagiatsvorwrfeunderfahremehrberdenDiebstahlvongeistigemEigentum,:,BahasaIndonesia:MenghindariPlagiat,Nederlands:Plagiaatvoorkomen,etina:Jaksevyhnoutplagitorstv

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