To plagiarize is to use someone else's work, whether published or unpublished, thru direct quotation or paraphrase, without giving credit to the author. Copy-pasting directly from the Internet or from online works is also plagiarism
Check Page 108 of Swataney (the Ship Student Handbook) f (or find on page (ctrl+F) plagiarism) or the definition of plagiarism and its repercussions.
Remember, your professor has access to plagiarism detection software.
This page from Purdue University should help you avoid plagiarism:
Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing
And several more pages from Purdue University to hone your skills at paraphrasing:
The Goblin Threat game was created by Mary Broussard with assistance on question writing from Jessica Urich.
Some content on this Course Guide was adapted from Dr Clevenger's course guide collaboration with librarian Brian Sacolic at Wilkes University.
