Question

is it plagiarism if you were asked to write down articles that you thought could have helped back then and you copied them

Answer 1

As a rough rule of thumb, it's plagiarism whenever you present someone else's work as your own.

There is just a little grey space when you were not aware that by chance you were duplicating someone else's work. As in, if you posted the question "When was Napoleon born?" not knowing that it was, for example, an exam question on a test someone had copyrighted.

And some very strict people consider it plagiarism if you don't properly cite your sources with all the periods and commas in the right place.

I'm not so picky. Just indicate that it is someone else's work and provide a way (a link, a reference, whatever) to the original. And you should be fine.

Answer 2

If you use piece of text directly from someone's work, then you should put it in quotes and cite the source. It is better to be careful and cite the source than to not cite it.

Answer 3

what if its my teacher asked me to pick 3 declaration of human rights