Mexico also makes chorizo sausage, but theirs is only the fresh kind, plus it doesn't include paprika, but instead has pepper flakes. (Spanish pronounce the z in chorizo as a th or ts sound, Latin Americans pronounce the z.). Cooking with chorizo is amazing.
plagiarism(noun) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work. plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation, piracy(noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.
Plagiarism does not mean that you cannot quote from others' work. After all, academic work has to be built on existing knowledge. You are free to quote the work of others to strengthen your arguments provided that the quote is properly identified and the source is acknowledged.