Plagiarism is the act of using another person's ideas, information, words, sounds, music, and more, as your own.

This would mean that if you used someone else's work and played it off as your own, you are plagiarizing.

Plagiarism may get you expelled, a 0 on your work, permanent expulsion, and can result in legal actions such as fines or penalties.

If you do use someone else's work in an essay or on a project, be sure to cite that source. Citing sources will keep you out of trouble, if you do not cite your work then you are looking at trouble.

Paraphrasing is the most common type of plagiarism. This is when you take paragraphs or chunks out of someone else's paper or website article and use it as your own. You must cite your work even if you only use a small portion of someone else's idea.

If you are caught plagiarizing you need to explain why, if it is a mistake on the teacher's end explain how and why.

You can avoid plagiarism by keeping track of all your citations, paraphrase and use your own ideas, and/or use a plagiarism checker before turning in your work.

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