Link to faculty, to me, and then to English 110. From a purely pragmatic perspective, those who choose not to attend place themselves at a disadvantage. Most of the important interaction between students and classmates and between students and teacher occurs during class meetings. Invariably students who miss the point of an assignment have also missed the class meeting in which the point was made. Plagiarized papers count as negative grade points for the first occurrence, and failure in the course from the second leading to the possibility of dismissal from the college.
Plagiarism is viewed as a serious academic offense.
A fine line exists between what is legitimate in getting help with a paper and having someone else write it. Be aware that English professors are by training sensitive to writing styles and detect variations almost as a matter of instinct. Variability between in-class compositions and outside work will be called to question. If you have identified the author once in your text, you are free to mention any number of ideas drawn from that source. In upper level courses you will learn various footnoting techniques.