A dependent clause is a clause or group of words that cannot stand on its own as a sentence. They need to be part of another clause, an independent clause, to be in a sentence. They contain a subject and a verb but cannot function as a complete sentence or thought.
In the given clause "if you follow these guidelines", the presence of the conditional adverb "if" makes it a dependent clause.
Robert has copied all the words from someone else's speech and he has placed himself in the role of the real author. He has not used quotations or any attribution, so this sort of plagarism is known as direct. Robert has taken someone else's words an ideas as if these were his own. This is acdemically wrong and unethical.
