Plagiarism TaskPlagiarism is the act of using someone else's words as your own without citing or crediting the author. Plagiarism can take many forms and it can be as simple as failing to properly cite a document or phrase. Plagiarism is wrong because it is a form of cheating and you are essentially stealing someone else's thoughts, ideas, or words and presenting them as if they were your own. Not giving credit to an author or the original author is not only ethically wrong, but it also violates U.S. copyright protection laws. Plagiarism is a serious problem and can even get a person kicked out of college. It is therefore extremely important to recognize that you risk plagiarizing something if you do not cite it correctly. Plagiarism is not only bad because you are stealing someone else's words, but it is also a sign of disrespect for your teacher and your school. Paraphrasing is when you take someone else's original thoughts and put them into your own words and then into a new statement. . You need to change the sentence structure and...