PLAGIRISM

1st: Plagiarism is the act of using another person’s ideas without acknowledgment.

2nd: It is considered acceptable as long as you change the synonym of words.

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1st: Academic integrity promotes honesty, fairness, and respect.

2nd: It allows students to copy classmates’ work if they cite it afterward

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Answer explanation

for statement #2: The appropraite terms is PARAPHRASE not copy.

1st: Self-plagiarism happens when students reuse their own previous work without permission.

2nd: This practice is acceptable in academic writing if the topic is the same.

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1st: Collusion involves unauthorized collaboration between students.

2nd: It is still considered academic dishonesty.

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1st: Word substitution means changing key words with synonyms but keeping the same structure.

2nd: It is a proper and acceptable way of paraphrasing.

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1st: Mosaic plagiarism is also called patchwriting.

2nd: It happens when ideas or phrases from different sources are combined without citation.

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1st: Contract cheating occurs when a student pays someone else to complete an assignment.

2nd: This can make students vulnerable to blackmail.

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1st: Accidental plagiarism is not punished because it is unintentional.

2nd: It can still have consequences even if it wasn’t intentional.

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1st: APA style is used mainly in the humanities such as literature and arts.

2nd: MLA style is common in the humanities, while APA is used in the social sciences.

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1st: In APA style, three or more authors are cited using et al.

2nd: In MLA style, the in-text citation includes the author’s last name and page number.

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