Avoiding Plagiarism
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Avoiding PlagiarismAvoiding
Plagiarism& Editorial Outlines& Editorial Outlines
ObjectivesObjectivesUnderstand mLA formatting & how to do it
understand plagiarism’s definition & How to avoid it
Learn the basics of citation & incorporating sources into essays
Exam DebriefExam DebriefMLA formatting: no one did this perfectly...
WHy did i get a 50?
You attempted to cite sources, but did not do it correctly or thoroughly;
you relied too heavily on quotations from sources without providing much of your own analysis.
MLA FORMATMLA FORMAT1 inch margins; 12 pt font; no bold; times new roman; double spaced
wall 1
briana wall
professor doodle
English 12
22 april 2014
original title
Fix me!Fix me!how would you change this to comply with mla format?
ObjectivesObjectives
understand plagiarism’s definition & How to avoid it
Learn the basics of citation & incorporating sources into essays
QuizQuizWhich of the following DO NOT constitute plagiarism (more than one may apply):
A) summarizing information learned from the internet without citing.
B) Paraphrasing a web source without citing.
c) using a quotation from a source without quotation marks.
d) None of the above
plagiarismplagiarism1) turning in someone else's work as your own
•2) copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
•3) failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
•4) giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
•5) changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
•6) copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not
plagiarismplagiarism1) turning in someone else's work as your own
•2) copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
•3) failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
•4) giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
•5) changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
•6) copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not
Which of the Which of the previous previous
definitions of definitions of plagiarism apply plagiarism apply
to me?to me?
Which of the Which of the previous previous
definitions of definitions of plagiarism apply plagiarism apply
to me?to me?
How to avoid How to avoid •2) copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
•*CITE SOURCe right after you are finished discussing/quoting it.
•*If you switch to a new source and come back to the first one, RE-CITE It.
•*if you start a new paragraph referring to the previous source, you must re-cite.
•*create a works cited.
when not to citewhen not to cite
•use common sense and knowledge of your audience to know what constitutes ‘common knowledge.’ familiar proverbs and well-known quotations also do not need to be cited.
•-owl purdue mla formatting & Style guide
how do i cite my source?
how do i cite my source?
quote: “blah blah blah” (AUTHOR PG. #).
paraphrase: bleh bleh bleh (Author pg. #).
Summary: Blech (Author pg. #).
varying your citation: you can reference information within the text & anything not referenced still goes in parentheses:
in jeremy renner’s article “looking pretty,” he states, “blah blah blah” (4).
when not to citewhen not to cite
•use common sense and knowledge of your audience to know what constitutes ‘common knowledge.’ familiar proverbs and well-known quotations also do not need to be cited.
•-owl purdue mla formatting & Style guide
what to do when you can’t find an authorwhat to do when you can’t find an author
No pg. #? Just put the author. (BURKE).
no author? look for the article/pg. title. Put the three first words of the title in quotes: (“searching for organic” 8).
No article/pg. title? Put the name of the book/website.
Multiple names? list them all (smith, yang, and moore 76) or if more than four names (Smith et. al).
when do you need a works cited?
when do you need a works cited?
A) only when you use more than one source
B) only when your instructor asks
C) Whenever you are asked to follow mla format
D) What is a works cited??
E) only for essays, not for powerpoints or other projects.
works citedworks cited•use bibme or son of citation machine to format
your works cited
how to avoidhow to avoid• copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not
DO BUTDevelop a topic based onwhat has already been said and written
Write something new and original
Rely on experts’ and authorities’ opinions
Improve upon and/or disagree with those same opinions
Give credit to previous researchers
Make your own significant contribution
Improve your English to fit into a discourse community by building upon what you hear and read
Use your own words and your own voice
how to avoidquotation mishaps
how to avoidquotation mishaps•*is it in the same wording as the source? put it in
quotes.
•*did you delete a small part of it? use ...
•“After the war... hemingway spent much of his time exploring the ideas of war & death in his writing.”
•*did you change the tense or pronoun to make the quote blend in with your writing? use [[ ]
•Hemingway’s experiences affected him greatly, and “after the war... [he] spent much of his time exploring the ideas of war and death in his writing”
making the best use of your space
making the best use of your space
•*only use quotes if absolutely necessary!
•*do not use a bunch of block quotes (quotes over four lines)
block quote example:
bottom is a character in the middle of a nervous breakdown which is expressed in his nonsensical words and mutterings. In act 1 scene 5 for instance, he says:
“upon the branches/blah blah blah/under the trees/ yada yada/ tum tum tum/ bleh bloop bloop/ floop floop flup ffjdkslfdsjklfdsjkflds
jkdsljfkdslfjdkslfjdksljkdsljfkdsljkdsljdskljjfdkslfjdkslfjdsk
ljfkdslfjkdsljfkdlsjfkdsljfkldsjfkldsjfkldsj” (35).
the juxtaposition of branches and blah shows that he is transitioning between states of lucidity and insanity as he begins his mutterings. all
using sourcesusing sources
when do i quote?
when do i paraphrase?
when do i summarize?
to argue with/extend to argue with/extend argument; lend argument; lend
authoritative support; add authoritative support; add eloquence/power eloquence/power
when a lot of information is when a lot of information is needed, but you want to retain needed, but you want to retain voice; you already used a lot of voice; you already used a lot of
quotesquotes
when readers don’t need when readers don’t need all the detailsall the details
paraphrase exampleparaphrase example“once the food industry saw there was a profit to be made, ‘organic’ stopped being a guarantee of attention to flavor or individual care” -Corby kummer’s back to grass
Unfortunately, when big business realized how much interest was developing in ‘organic’ beef, the emphasis turned away from health and reverted back to making a profit (123).
portland state university writing center. “quotes, paraphrases, and summaries: What they are and how to use them.” http://www.writingcenter.pdx.edu/resources/library.php?step09_detail_1.htmlhow not to paraphrase: Once businesses saw that they could make
money, “organic” became less of a promise of taste or quality.
Paraphrase the following...
Paraphrase the following...
Paraphrase and cite the following quote:
“In a June 1, 2009 study by the New Teacher Project, 86% of school administrators said, ‘they do not always pursue dismissal’ of poorly performing teachers because of the costly and time consuming process.”
Daniel Weisberg, Susan Sexton, Jennifer Mulher, David Keeling, "The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness" (5.8 MB) , The New Teacher Project website, www.widgeteffect.org, June 1, 2009
what to do when format isn’t specified
what to do when format isn’t specified
CHOOSE ONE! Especially one that is commonly used in your discipline.