The Art of Plagiarism

The rules for plagiarism are the same as they are for any other discipline: it takes hard work, talent and perseverence to plagiarize successfully. And as with all endeavors, if one is going to plagiarize, one may as well do it right.

The first step to plagiarizing successfully is to take stock of common sense rules. If, for example, you intend to plagiarize for your course on, say, Medieval Europe, it makes sense that the paper you intend to filch be on Medieval Europe. However, Medieval Europe, like most worthy paper topics, is a...