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PLAGARISM. IS NOT COOL SERIOUSLY NEVER DO IT. Plagiarism: Big Word, Bad Meaning. Plagiarism is taking someone else’s original work and claiming it as your own.
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PLAGARISM IS NOT COOL SERIOUSLY NEVER DO IT
Plagiarism: Big Word, Bad Meaning • Plagiarism is taking someone else’s original work and claiming it as your own. • For example: Taking a paragraph from an article and putting it directly into your research paper. Basically, if you do this, you’re just stealing somebody else’s words. • Plagiarism isn’t just about writing: people can plagiarize art, inventions and other things too!
Did You Know? Disney plagiarizes.
More Plagiarism! Why, Disney? WHY?!?
Use Direct Quotes The mysterious Altamaha-ha is a river or sea monster that some say lives in the coastal marshes and twisting channels around the mouth of the Altamaha river.
Use Direct Quotes “The mysterious Altamaha-ha is a river or sea monster that some say lives in the coastal marshes and twisting channels around the mouth of the Altamaha river” (exploresouthernhistory.com/altamahaha.html).
Paraphrase It The mysterious Altamaha-ha is a river or sea monster that some say lives in the coastal marshes and twisting channels around the mouth of the Altamaha river.
Paraphrase It Deep in the misty swamps and deltas where the Altamaha river meets the ocean lurks the fabled Altamaha-ha, Georgia’s own Loch Ness Monster.
Paraphrase AND Quote It The mysterious Altamaha-ha is a river or sea monster that some say lives in the coastal marshes and twisting channels around the mouth of the Altamaha river.
Paraphrase AND Quote It The Altamaha-ha is Georgia’s own marine cryptid “that some say lives in the coastal marshes and twisting channels around the mouth of the Altamaha river” (exploresouthernhistory.com/altamahaha.html).
More Tips • Copy/Pasting from the Internet is easy, but wrong. • When in doubt, ask Mrs. Dorn. • Use as many sources as possible. • If you’re still not sure, just cite it anyway.
One Last Tip… You’ll be fine