Plagiarism

Plagiarism in simple terms is a form of dishonesty and even a form of theft, when you complete a paper for school or publish a work of literature the work you submit is intended to be your own. Plagiarism is when someone turns in a paper or publishes someone else's work as their own, and is something that can be committed on accident. Plagiarism can even be using a quote out of something for your own story or paper and not giving proper citation or credit to that author. It is something that again you might not even realize you are doing or did. One of the best ways to make sure that you do not commit plagiarism is to never copy and paste whole articles or stories from the internet and use them as your own story or article. The other very easy way to get away with using a quote or excerpt from someone else's work is to use citation. Give credit where credit is due and don't steal someone else's work, even if it was by accident.