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Avoiding Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism. A How to Guide. What is plagiarism?. According to Diana Hacker, plagiarism is: Not citing borrowed words and ideas. Not using quotation marks to identify direct quotations. Not putting summaries and paraphrases in your own words. General information.

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Avoiding Plagiarism

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  1. Avoiding Plagiarism A How to Guide

  2. What is plagiarism? • According to Diana Hacker, plagiarism is: • Not citing borrowed words and ideas. • Not using quotation marks to identify direct quotations. • Not putting summaries and paraphrases in your own words.

  3. General information • Everything you borrow must be cited • EXEPT: Common knowledge that can be found in a multitude of sources. • Example: Canada won the gold medal for men’s hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

  4. (continued) • MLA recommends these guidelines for in-text citations: • 1. The citation is introduced with a signal phrase that includes the author. • EXAMPLE: • Chaucer states, “A worthy woman from beside Bath city was with us, somewhat deaf, which was a pity” (25). ---Direct quotation • Chaucer states that there was a slightly deaf but noble woman from the city of Bath that was travelling with them (25). ---Paraphrase

  5. (continued) • 2. If there is no signal phrase, the author appears at the end of the quotation. • EXAMPLE: • “A worthy woman from beside Bath city was with us, somewhat deaf, which was a pity” (Chaucer 25). --- Direct quotation • There was a slightly deaf but noble woman from the city of Bath that was travelling with them (Chaucer 25). --- Paraphrase

  6. (Continued) • 3. The page number appears at the end of the citation. • EXAMPLE: • Chaucer states, “A worthy woman from beside Bath city was with us, somewhat deaf, which was a pity” (25). ---Direct quotation • Chaucer states that there was a slightly deaf but noble woman from the city of Bath that was travelling with them (25). ---Paraphrase

  7. 2. Citation types • 1. In-text citations • Quotes incorporated in the text that are less than 4 typed lines. • EXAMPLE: “A worthy woman from beside Bath city was with us, somewhat deaf, which was a pity” (Chaucer 25). • The end punctuation comes AFTER the citation information in parentheses.

  8. (Continued) • 2. Block quotations • Quotations that are longer than 4 typed lines • Block quotations are introduced by an informative sentence followed by a colon. • They are indented one inch from the left margin. • Do not use quotation marks. • The end punctuation comes BEFORE the citation information in parentheses.

  9. (continued) • EXAMPLE: From the very beginning, Hinton gives us a good physical description of the main character: I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have. (1)

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