Rephrasing someone else’s ideas will not make them yours.
“Plagiarism is the act of using someone else’s ideas, words, or thoughts as your own without giving credit to the other person. When you give credit to the original author (by giving the person’s name, name of the article, and where it was posted or printed), you are citing the source. Plagiarism is when you do not include this information in your paper. There are other forms of plagiarism, as well, such as reusing a paper and having someone else write for you.”1)
These are all examples of plagiarism:
In most cases, yes you do. If you are not sure, then see this flowchart.
Read the following articles to understand what paraphrasing is and IS NOT:
You can find chapters of an online book that explains the details of citation here
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