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Plagiarism

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is when you copy someone’s work without asking or saying who did it.

Copying and pasting

Copying and pasting

  • It is very easy to copy text using a computer and to paste it into your own document.
    • If you copy and paste someone’s text and don’t say who wrote it, you are plagiarising.
Plagiarism

Plagiarism

  • Plagiarism is NOT allowed in schools, colleges, university or the workplace.
    • It is quite easy to find out if someone has plagiarised something.
Avoiding plagiarism

Avoiding plagiarism

  • You can avoid plagiarism by:
    • Using different sources of information - not just one.
    • Using your own words.
    • Always saying where your information comes from.
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  1. 1
    Which three things can you do to avoid plagiarism?True / false
  2. 2
    Marta has copied a text from a book for her English assignment. <br><br>What is Marta doing?Multiple choice
  3. 3
    Choose the correct statements:True / false
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Interrogating Data

Copyrighted Content