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Avoiding Plagiarism: Improving Students' Ability to Reference Sources A complementary presentation

Avoiding Plagiarism: Improving Students' Ability to Reference Sources A complementary presentation. Direct Quotes & Paraphrasing. When is it appropriate to quote a source directly and when is it appropriate to paraphrase?. Direct Quotes & Paraphrasing. Use a direct quote when ...

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Avoiding Plagiarism: Improving Students' Ability to Reference Sources A complementary presentation

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  1. Avoiding Plagiarism: Improving Students' Ability to Reference Sources A complementary presentation

  2. Direct Quotes & Paraphrasing When is it appropriate to quote a source directly and when is it appropriate to paraphrase?

  3. Direct Quotes & Paraphrasing • Use a direct quote when... • The author has insightful phrasing or a brief description of an idea that you want to use word-for-word • Write a paraphrase to... • Improve the quality of your paper by explaining another person’s thoughts in your own writing style, improving the flow and readability Make sure to put direct quotes in quotation marks! Unless the quote runs on for 4+ lines, then use a block quote. Either way, cite your sources!

  4. Effectively Paraphrasing • Paraphrasing is explaining another person's thoughts in your own words. • Tips when paraphrasing: • Make a short list of the quote’s main ideas and important words • Use these ideas and synonyms for these words in your paraphrase • Add a citation or reference Make sure that the paraphrase is in your own writing style, not like the author’s or anyone else’s!

  5. Sources We Will Use • Articles • Magazines • Books Read and analyze these sources. What information would be good to use as a direct quote? What would be better for a paraphrase? Practice giving credit – create citations for these sources.

  6. Summarize Use the EasyBib notebook to summarize these sources. Specify direct quotes and paraphrases.

  7. Exchange Articles with Peers Swap your resource with a classmate and read it. Then, read your classmate’s summarized notes.

  8. GroupDiscussion • Was there any key information left out? • Was it paraphrased correctly? • What are the differences among the sources? • How is the information presented in those different source types?

  9. Class Discussion • What are the challenges of paraphrasing? • When should you quote a source directly? • When should you paraphrase a source? • How is information presented in different source types? • How do you use that information?

  10. Questions?

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