Friday, October 9, 2009

Paraphrasing/Plagiarism

Paraphrasing- to put something in your own words in the same amount of space as the original.
Summary- boils down information into a smaller version highlighting main points

Plagiarism- using someone elses words or ideas without permission; "the act of taking ideas and/or expression of ideas of another person and representing them as one's own. It is nothing less than an act of theft"
(http://users.edinboro.edu/warren/AntiPlagiarismhandbook.htm)


How to prevent and avoid plagiarism:
  • change both the words and the sentence structure
  • identify the source and signal phrase
  • Include parentetical phrase, footnote, provide documentation
  • when in doubt, cite it anyway
  • double and triple check!

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