10- Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism came from the root word “plagiarize” which means “to copy”. Nowadays plagiarism is one of the major problems in terms of schooling since we tend to copy the work of someone without crediting the author of the work or we tend to forget to site the sources. Another problem that arises is the accidental plagiarism, a type of plagiarism, in which you accidentally copied someone’s paragraph or work without you knowing about it. I remember asking one of my teachers in the English term about this plagiarism cases.  I told him that what if a student accidentally wrote the same paragraph from another work. He answered that the professor always assume that a student would research on his/her topic very carefully which means that the student has the responsibility not to copy a paragraph from another work and they also have the responsibility to site the sources.

And to avoid plagiarism I listed four tips that you must remember in order to avoid plagiarism.

1. Paraphrase

                Paraphrase helps a lot since all you have to do is read and understand the work of someone and make your own by your own words.

2. Site your sources

                If you are not good in paraphrasing then you can site your sources since it makes your work would credible enough to impress your reader and at the same time giving credit to the person who made that idea.

3. Research the topic very well

                Some would agree that research is a boring thing to do but it will help you a lot in order not to plagiarize because if you know your topic well enough you can easily make ideas and transitions for your work.

4.  Socialize

                Socialize is another thing that you can do to avoid plagiarism. How does socializing helps in avoiding plagiarism? It helps us in a way that you would be able to know more about your topic and you would be able to get more feedback or ideas from others.

These are the four tips to remember. Some of them may look common or may sound legit to you but I can definitely say that these four tip would be able to help you avoid plagiarism and at the same time learn more about your topic.