Plagarizing

Plagarism is a widespread crime that has been underestimated for its level of reprecussions. Unfourtunately, many kids plagarize without knowing the true depth of it. This situation occurred with a writer that plagiarized pieces of a text called "A Brief Understanding of the Starry Night Paintings." 
What did the student do wrong? What could he/she have done to include the source correctly?
The student took someone else's work and re-named it as their own. This is plagiarism. The used the exact pieces of the text, word for word, with out citing or acknowledging the original writer. To include the source correctly, the student could of put the text in quotations or citing where the source was from in parenthesis after the text.  

Write a sentence using the original source correctly; use a quotation or paraphrase. Also, make sure to cite correctly. "There is the night sky filled with swirling clouds, stars ablaze with their own luminescence, and a bright crescent moon. Although the features are exaggerated, this is a scene we can all relate to, and also one that most individuals feel comfortable and at ease with. This sky keeps the viewer's eyes moving about the painting, following the curves and creating a visual dot to dot with the stars. This movement keeps the onlooker involved in the painting while the other factors take hold"

("A Brief Understanding of the Starry Night Paintings").

What are at least three ways to avoid plagiarizing?

 A writer can avoid plagiarism in many ways. Including:

1. Correctly citing the text in a works cited page.

2. Paraphrasing the texts into your own words.

3. Correctly citing the text with quotations.