Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of representing someone's words, facts, or ideas as your own.
In practice
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you may not
turn in anything written in whole or in part by someone else as your own;
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you may not
consult a complete paper on a topic like “Witchcraft in Harry Potter” and make
the same points
on this subject,
even in your own words
;
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you may not
use your computer to “cut and paste” part of someone else's writing into your own without paraphrasing or using quotes, and identifying the source.