• Plagiarism is the unauthorized use of someone else's work. Words, ideas, charts and pictures are all considered the creator's intellectual property and may not be legally reproduced or reused by another person unless that person acknowledges the creator by citing the source of the material.

• 1. Punishable by law, even if unintentional
  2. A type of fraudPlagiarism.org: Plagiarism Learning Center
  3. Can easily be avoided with proper citationsPlagiarism.org: Plagiarism Learning Center
  4. From Latin word plagiare, meaning "to kidnap"
  5. Any material that has been recorded is protected by copyrightPlagiarism.org: Plagiarism Learning Center
  6. Different from copyright infringement
  7. A 2005-2006 study showed that 58% of high school students admitted to committing plagiarismCSMonitor.com: What is the price of plagiarism? (May 11, 2006)

• Not Just Direct Copying

  Although the most obvious, copying someone else's exact words is not the only type of plagiarism. Using a similar sentence structure to the original source, rearranging the words in the original sentence or replacing some of the words with synonyms still constitutes plagiarism. If a paragraph, sentence or phrase contains more borrowed than original content and does not properly cite the source from which it was taken, it has been plagiarized.Plagiarism.org: Plagiarism Learning Center

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