What is verbatim plagiarism?
Verbatim plagiarism means copying text from a source and pasting it directly into your own document without giving proper credit.
Even if you delete a few words or replace them with synonyms, it still counts as verbatim plagiarism.
To use an author’s exact words, quote the original source by putting the copied text in quotation marks and including an in-text citation.
If you’re worried about plagiarism, consider running your work through a plagiarism checker tool prior to submission, which work by using advanced database software to scan for matches between your text and existing texts.
Scribbr’s Plagiarism Checker takes less than 10 minutes and can help you turn in your paper with confidence.