text: The best way to avoid plagiarism is to paraphrase or summarize documents in your own words.  But even though you make them into your own words, you still need to cite your sources in a "Works cited" page (look for the link below to get help with works cited).  \n\nIf you don't want to paraphrase, you can quote something word for word, as long as you clearly cite your source (in text as well as in a works cited page).