Plagiarism can be unintentional or intentional when ideas, text, and creative work are used
but not cited in academic, professional, and personal work. Common forms of plagiarism can include:
How will you know if something is common knowledge? Consider:
Use your common sense — when in doubt, ask!
Read the entire text, underlining key points and main ideas.
In your own words, write a sentence about the main idea of the text (i.e. summarize). Also, write key points in the text.
Highlight any words, phrases, or key passages that you would want to quote directly.
Combine the above into a new paraphrased paragraph, using your own words.