A GENERAL GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING WRITTEN PLAGIARISM

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Are these my own words?

Now What?

Are these my own ideas? Have I used quotation

marks or placed the words in a block quote?

You’re plagiarizing

Yeah, You’re not plagiarizing?

Yeah, You’re not plagiarizing?

You’re plagiarizing

YES NO

YES YES NO NO

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