Plagiarism Are you doing it?

Plagiarism in a nutshell... def: taking and passing off the writings and/or ideas of others as one’s own it is illegal and results in legal prosecution of the offender when using quotations/paraphrasing=document source be sure that each quotation is quoted exactly. The best place for a quotation is w/in a paragraph to illustrate a point Make a sandwich Lead in Quote Wrap up

Can you tell?? original: Among the novel objects that attract my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck us more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people. I readily discovered the prodigious influence that this primary fact exercises on the whole of society. Alex de Tocqueville Democracy in America, 2 Vol. (New York; Vintage Books, 1959), 13. Student: Among the new things that attracted Tocqueville during his visit to the United States, nothing impressed him more than the equality of the people. He easily discovered the stupendous influence that this equality had on the whole course of society, lending a particular direction to public opinion, special meaning to the laws new principles to those who governed, and distinctive habits to the governed.

Hit me with your best shot! How should it look? original: Among the novel objects that attract my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck us more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people. I readily discovered the prodigious influence that this primary fact exercises on the whole of society. Alex de Tocqueville Democracy in America, 2 Vol. (New York; Vintage Books, 1959), 13. Hit me with your best shot!

Paraphrasing... Def: express the thoughts of someone else in your own words Must still document and give credit to person who originated the thought Might be as long as the original passage. it’s the phrasing that’s important, not the length Your style of writing is as distinctive as your handwriting. Be true to yourself. Do not try to sound like someone else. Must contain all the main ideas of the original, and must not include any new ideas. Never use a word of which you do not know the meaning.

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