Question

Choose the very best answer to fully explain plagiarism... don't just pick an example of plagiarism.

Question 1 options:

Using someone else's words or ideas (even if I put them in my own words) and failing to give credit to the source.


Using someone else's words


Copying from the internet and using it as it is my own.


Taking someone else's writing and claiming it as my own.

Answer 1

D). Taking someone else's writing and claiming it as my own.

Step-by-step explanation:

Plagiarism is defined as the 'copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own by not acknowledging the source. This academic dishonesty is considered as an intellectual theft and a violation of journalist ethics. It is a fraud as someone's thought is not only copied but presented as one's own without providing due credit to the original work and it may result in the expulsion of your writing and damage one's reputation and credibility as a writer. Thus, option D is the correct answer.