Week 2 Discussion. What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism copy word to word of someone elses work and claiming it.

1. Week 2 Discussion Post 1
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarismiswhenyoucopywordto wordfrom somebodyelseandcallingityourown.Whenyoupass
workon or an assignmentoff usingwordtowordwithoutthe propercitationorgivingcreditsdue tothe
rightful ownerof the workiscalledPlagiarism.If youcopy,use orborrow otherwords,imagesandor
anythingwithoutthe propercitationcanbe a seriousoffense.
“Accordingto the Merriam-Websteronline dictionary,to“plagiarize”mean:
 To steal and passoff (the ideasor wordsof another) as one'sown
 To use (another'sproduction) withoutcreditingthe source
 To commitliterarytheft
 To presentasnewand original anideaor product derivedfromanexistingsource
In otherwords,plagiarismisanact of fraud.It involvesbothstealingsomeoneelse'sworkand
lyingaboutitafterward.”
When did Plagiarism come into effect?
The Romans wrote inthe NewTestamentyouwill notice manyof hascopiedinspotsfromthe Old
Testament.FamousShakespeare hasusedandborrowedtonsof wordsor ideasfromotherwriterssays
“by Katie Brynn”
Before plagiarismcame intoeffectitwasonce calleda complimentsays‘Katie Brynn”Duringthe biblical
timespassingonpastimitationwascalledcompliment.”
The turningpointhappeninthe 17th century,whenwe heardof plagiarism.As“ThomasMallon“seenit
as a problemwhenmanystartedtowrite for occupation.Plagiarismbecome acriminal offenseinthe
18th century.
References
Brynn,K. (n.d.).
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/569
What isPlagiarism?(2017, May 18). RetrievedfromThe TurnitinPlagiarismSpectrum:
http://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism