Replacing that for this plagiarism

This type of plagiarism might be accidental or it might just be sneaky. But it is something to avoid doing, either way. What it looks like is this ... a person likes a particular sentence from an author and tries to "put it in your own words" by replacing certain words with synonyms (words that mean the same thing). For example, let's say the original sentence went like this: Bell bottoms were the most popular pants in the 1970's. Replacing that for this plagiarism would look like this: Wide-legged trousers were the most favored pants in the 70's. This type of plagiarism stands out in a paper because the word choices sound forced and the sentence changes in style compared to those around it. Also, people sometimes argue that if they just put the original author's name in in-text citation after the sentence, then it is not plagiarized -- but that's not true. The sentence is plagiarized even with in-text citation because its structure and general wording were copied. I've seen entire paragraphs plagiarized in this way; one look at the original source and it is obvious that every single sentence is in the same position and has a few words replaced with similar ones. For information on how to truly "put it in your own words" see my other plagiarism posts.