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Plagiarism

Paraphrasing

It happens when taking anothers persons ideas to rewrite it with synonyms or your own words

it can happen by reckless as well

People do not know how to cite, or think that many citations are an idea of lack of professionalism

Steps to avoid it:

Read carefully, then when you understand the main idea, you can use it, and then cite correctly

Take notes: when you take notes, you are having a conversation with the author.

Locate the appropiate style manual for your academy.

Seek instruction

Using the idea of the author without quoting the source material

Expressing your own interpretation of the idea by your own words

It is a more detailed statement , than a summary

It helps stop quoting too much

It includes

authors ideas

accurate and fair

own words

properly cited