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Global plagiarism:
Plagiarizing an entire text
Global plagiarism means taking an entire text
by someone else and passing it off as your
own.
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Verbatim plagiarism:
Copying words directly
Verbatim plagiarism, also called direct
plagiarism, means copying and pasting
someone else’s words into your own work
without attribution.
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Paraphrasing plagiarism:
Rephrasing ideas
Paraphrasing means putting a piece of text into
your own words. Paraphrasing without citation
is the most common type of plagiarism.
Example of paraphrasing
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Patchwork plagiarism:
Stitching together sources
Patchwork plagiarism, also called mosaic
plagiarism, means copying phrases, passages,
and ideas from different sources and putting
them together to create a new text.
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Self-plagiarism:
Plagiarizing your own work
Self-plagiarism means reusing work that you’ve
previously submitted or published. It amounts
to academic dishonesty to present a paper or a
piece of data as brand new when you’ve
already gotten credit for the work.
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Raimo Streefkerk
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since 2017. His areas of expertise are
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What Is Self-Plagiarism? |
Definition & How to Avoid It
Self-plagiarism means reusing work that you have
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Consequences of Mild,
Moderate & Severe Plagiarism
The consequences of plagiarism vary from grade
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