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Question: What is plagiarism?

Answer: Using a direct quotation without quotation marks or a citation
Example: Historian Jane Doe argues that most Americans believed the war would end quickly.
In this example, the writer has not quoted or cited the historian’s words. Instead, consider this revision: Historian Jane Doe argues that, “most Americans believed the war would end quickly” (23).

(Source: University of Illinois Springfield, 03 Sep 2021)

Source Link: https://www.uis.edu/academicintegrity/students/plagiarism/