ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own • to use (another’s production) without crediting the source • to commit literary theft • to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source. In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plagiarism is defined as “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plagiarism is essentially theft and fraud committed simultaneously. It is considered theft because the writer takes ideas from a source without giving proper credit to the author.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plagiarism is defined as literary theft, where one steals the writing of someone else and publishes it as their own. It can be on a student level, where students steal or copy someone else’s assignments. It can be on article writing; one writer steals someone else’s words and submits it as their own.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plagiarism means using someone else’s words or ideas without properly crediting the original author. Some common examples of plagiarism include: Paraphrasing a source too closely. Including a direct quote without quotation marks. Copying elements of different sources and pasting them into a new document.