Many people think plagiarism is copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But, those terms can disguise the seriousness of the offense. According to U.S. law, this can be stolen and falls under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way.

The following is considered plagiarism:

turning in someone else's work as your own
copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

Most cases can be avoided by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.

This can also apply to images, videos, and music.

Notes based on https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism.

	Created by Ladybug Studies almost 6 years ago

Notes from day 3 of Easy Peasy All-in-One High School's Literature and Composition course.