The Second One Is Unintentional Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the action of using materials, whether they are in any form of communication, without giving credits to the authors. There are two kinds of plagiarism: the first one is intentional plagiarism and the second one is unintentional plagiarism. Intentional plagiarism happens when students using materials of another person without proper citing to that person. Restating other ideas without proper citing is also count as intentional plagiarism. The second king of plagiarism is unintentional plagiarism, which occur when students fail to distinguish whether the ideas are common knowledge and need not to be cited or they are uncommon knowledge and need to be cited properly. Ethically, unintentional plagiarism is less severe than intentional …show more content…
(Channell and Crusius 456-457) To avoid plagiarism, students need to cite their works properly. In MLA style, citing is required when quote from, summarize, or paraphrase other person ideas which are not common knowledge. Citing need to provide author last name, if available, and the exact page number(s) where the citing materials are found. All in-text citations must match the citations in your works cited list. In MLA format, there is nothing between the name of the author and the page number, for example the correct way of citing is (Johnson 118) not (Johnson, 118) or (Johnson, page 118). When dealing with a source without any page or paragraph number like only source, students do not need to cite the page. This also applies when the source is only one page long or the students are referring to it in its entirety. For the sources that have two to three authors, students need to list all authors last names. For sources that have four or more authors, students can list the last name of first authors follow by the word “et al.”; for example, “(Maier et al. 481)”. When citing multiple works of a same author, students must specify which work they are referring to by using