Referencing
plagiarismWhen someone does not show where they have used someone else’s ideas or words, thereby passing someone else’s work off as their own. is when someone directly copies the work of other people and tries to pass the work off as their own. It essentially means stealing someone else’s work.
It is essential to make reference to other people’s words or ideas in any piece of written work.
Exam boards and universities regularly use software to identify plagiarism within students' work.