What’s plagiarism?

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What’s plagiarism?

Explanation:
Plagiarism means taking someone else’s work or ideas and presenting them as your own, without giving credit to the original author. This lack of attribution is what makes it dishonest in an academic setting. If you paraphrase someone’s ideas and include a proper citation, that can be acceptable and not plagiarism, because you’re crediting the source even though you’ve rewritten it in your own words. The other options describe things that aren’t about taking credit for someone else’s work: protecting something you created, or using material that’s free to use because it’s in the public domain. So the description that captures plagiarism is the one that emphasizes not giving credit for others’ work.

Plagiarism means taking someone else’s work or ideas and presenting them as your own, without giving credit to the original author. This lack of attribution is what makes it dishonest in an academic setting. If you paraphrase someone’s ideas and include a proper citation, that can be acceptable and not plagiarism, because you’re crediting the source even though you’ve rewritten it in your own words. The other options describe things that aren’t about taking credit for someone else’s work: protecting something you created, or using material that’s free to use because it’s in the public domain. So the description that captures plagiarism is the one that emphasizes not giving credit for others’ work.

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