Citation words

Citation

A line or short section taken from a piece of writing or a speech. (Learner's Dictionary)

Source

A provider of information. This could be a person, book, article, website, or journal entry among other possibilities.

Summary

Brief explanation of a longer text, using your own words. (Purdue OWL)

Paraphrase

Putting an author's writing in your own words but keeping the original meaning. (Purdue OWL)

Defer

a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

Criteria

a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based

Ethics

a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

Verbatim

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

Intellectual property

law : something (such as an idea, invention, or process) that comes from a person's mind

Frown

look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Stringent

marked by rigor, strictness, or severity especially with regard to rule or standard (m-w.com)

Published

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

Offence

something that is wrong or improper (m-w.com)

Lift

steal; plagiarize m-w.com (this is a lesser known definition of lift, but is applicable to plagiarism)

Punishable

subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)

Plagiarism

the academically dishonest practice of using another's words or ideas as your own. Purdue online writing lab

Copyright

the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, and sell a book, musical recording, etc., for a certain period of time

Title

the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.

In-text

within the content of a paper

Copy

something that is or looks exactly or almost exactly like something else; a version of something that is identical or almost identical to the original (m.w-com)

Reference

A book, website, article or other reliable source to which you can refer for authoritative facts

Quote

Using the exact words of another person. (Purdue OWL)