

And just in case you don’t know the definition of plagiarism, let me hammer it home for you right now (don’t you forget it!): When you get to college or university, the plagiarism talk ramps up a notch or ten (when I was in high school, we could get by without referencing (?)). BUT none of this is ever an excuse to plagiarise. Or maybe you’re writing a term paper on a horrifically difficult topic, and the research you’re reading might as well be written in hieroglyphics. Sometimes you’re pressed for time with an assignment and need some last-minute ideas to help you out. It took months for people to put together that this had happened.’ – Megan McCafferty About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. In fact, I had a poem published in ‘Seventeen’ magazine when I was 15 years old. ‘Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. Get started now Check for Plagiarism: Why You Should Care!

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