Which statement best aligns with plagiarism as described?

• A. Copying someone else's work and presenting it as your own
• B. Quoting with proper citation
• C. Paraphrasing using proper citation
• D. Summarizing with citations

Answer: (A)

Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, without giving proper credit. That’s exactly what the statement describes when it says you copy someone else’s work and present it as your own. It ignores attribution and misleads others about who created the work.

The other practices shown—quoting with proper citation, paraphrasing with proper citation, and summarizing with citations—are ethical ways to use sources. They all involve giving credit to the original author and, in doing so, show how you engaged with the material without claiming it as your own.