What is plagiarism?
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Plagiarism is presenting another person's ideas or works as your own. Here are several common examples of plagiarism:
Quoting a source without acknowledging the author
Paraphrasing a source without acknowledging the author
Not documenting all the sources you've used
Creating fake sources
Copying large portions of another person's paper or work
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT to write a portions or an entire paper
Purchasing a paper instead of writing it
Having another person write a paper or complete a project for you
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