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I learned that plagiarism is “ Submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one’s own work with out attributing those same portions to their correct source”, as defined by the second article. After reading the articles I was shocked to find out all the many aspects of plagiarism and found my self-guilty of multiple acts of plagiarism with out even realizing. I never knew that plagiarism is not just defied as copying sentences with out citing them but by the use of another person’s phrases as well. I also learned that paraphrasing with out citation is also considered plagiarism. I found it useful to know that it is better to turn in poor work then risk getting caught plagiarizing because one poor grade will harm you a lot less than being labeled for academic dishonesty. The most important thing I took out of the articles is that if you are accused of plagiarism and you are certain you did not do it you must be able to provide your professor with drafts and notes to prove it is your work. This was important to me because I am extremely paranoid about false plagiarism because I feel like now days so many ideas have been thought of that sometimes we may accidently have to same idea of someone else and not have actually plagiarized them. After having a discussion with my hall mate Cassie I realized that MLA portion of the article was outdated.