Plagarism Tutorial

What is a work cited page?

A works cited page, also known as a bibliography or reference list, comes at the end of your paper listing all the works (books, articles, Internet sites, etc) you've quoted, paraphrased or otherwise used to create your paper.

unique phrase: Does it need an internal citation?

Yes

Where is this citation referenced?

at the end of your paper

paraphrasing and summarizing are ways to _______ plagiarism.

avoid

summarizing includes

condensing the source material into a few lines,

paraphrasing or summarizing-

credit is always given to the author.

Common Knowledge includes

information that is considered a well-established fact verifiable in five or more sources.

How to avoid plagiarism: quoting

involves using exact words, phrases, and sentences from a source, setting off with quotation marks, citing where the information was taken from.

"Common Knowledge"

need no internal citation in a paper.

Internal citations are called

parenthetical citations

Also includes common:

sayings and proverbs and historical dates, places and events

For every ____, ____, or______ you must "tag" it

sentence, phrase, or idea

Other forms of "borrowing" considered as plagiarism

structure, format, or style without giving credit

paraphrasing and summarizing both involve

taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting new sentences within your writing.

Plagiarism

the act of taking another person's writing, conversation, song, or even an idea and passing it off as your own.

"internal, in-text, or parenthetical citation" refers to

the practice of giving credit to an author, singer, or speaker by citing their words/ideas within your paper.

Plagiarism includes

web pages books songs television shows email messages interviews articles or any other medium

Whenever you use someone's words you have to:

write them exactly as they appear