Some examples of plagiarism include:
Copying and pasting a Wikipedia article into the body of an assignment
Quoting a source without including a citation
Not paraphrasing a source properly, such as maintaining wording too close to the original
Forgetting to cite the source of an idea
The most surefire way to avoid plagiarism is to always cite your sources. When in doubt, cite!
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