is it already plagarism?

Question

well im making a book review about Tuesdays with Morrie
(its a school project)

ive seen alot of reviews online
is it already plagarism when i just copy it and just change the words/lines in it?

like for example: (from the internet)
For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

(my version)
for the author mitch, that person is his prof. Morrie, his menthor for almost 2 decades ago.

is this already plagarism????

Answer 1

Yes, it is indeed plagiarism. You are still stealing. That is what it comes down to. If you reword something it is called a Paraphrase. You still must cite your source.

Answer 2

That would indeed be plagiarism unless you credit the author.

You can change it to something like:

"According to (reviewer's name), for the author mitch, that person....."

That would keep you from plagiarising and still enable you to use your own wording.

Answer 3

Instead of copying it just take notes on what you read and then re-write to prevent from plagarizing. To me, it sounds like plagarizing. I hope your teacher/professor doesn't use turnitin.com. I'd work on it a little bit.