1. Plagiarism is:
“The practice of taking someone else’s words or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.”
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This is also called cheating.

2. How can I avoid plagiarism?
Answer: CITE EVERYTHING

3. When you need to cite:
When you quote, paraphrase, or reference someone else’s words or ideas
Citations must appear after each source

4. In-Text Citations
Parenthetical citations, author-page method (for every paper):
(Lastname #)
Example:
(Link 65)
There is no punctuation inside the parentheses!

5. In-Text Citations If the work doesn’t have page numbers: (Lastname)
If you don’t know the author’s name:
(Title #) for books, movies, long work
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
(“Title” #) for stories, poems, short work
“The Wizards of Perfil”

6. What’s wrong with each one?
(Link, 51)
(51)
(51 Link)
(Link)
(Link 51)
(“The Wizards of Perfil”)
(Link pg. 51)
(Wizards 51)

7. Works Cited Page For larger (research) papers Last page of your paper
Include full citations for every work you reference in your paper
Entries must be in alphabetical order
If an entry takes up more than one line:
Indent the second line 5 spaces (or half an inch)

8. How should my paper look?
MLA Formatting in all its glory

9. Setting up Your Document
Margins: one inch on all sides
Spacing: everything is double-spaced
NO additional spacing after paragraphs
Font: 12-point, serif
Header: top right corner of the page
Include: last name, page number

10. On the first page Heading: left aligned, double-spaced Title: Name
Instructor
Course Title
Date
Title:
Centered
No additional formatting

11. Paragraphs
Left aligned
First line indented half an inch