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| Three times it is acceptable to use the word "you" in writing |
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1. Direct Quote
2. A work of Fiction
3. A letter |
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| The act of presenting the words, ideas, images, sounds, or the creative expression of others as your own. |
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| What are the two types of plagiarism? |
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| Intentional and Unintentional |
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| What is considered intentional plagiarism? |
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| Copying a friend's work, buying or borrowing papers, cutting and pasting blocks of text from electronic sources without documenting, media "borrowing" without documentation, and web publishing without permission of creators |
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| What is considered unintentional plagiarism? |
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| Careless paraphrasing, poor documentation, quoting excessively, failure to use your own voice |
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| Facts that are widely known and information or judgements considered "common knowledge |
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| How is a fact considered 'common knowledge'? |
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| If you see it in three or more sources and you are fairly certain your readers already know this information. |
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| The exact words of an author copied directly from a source. |
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| Do quotes have to be cited? |
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| Rephrasing the words of an author, putting his/her thoughts into your own words. |
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| Rework the sources ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures with your own. |
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| How do you cite paraphrasing? |
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| Follow with in-text citations and cite in your works cited page. |
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| Putting the main ideas of one or several writers into your own words, including only the main point(s). |
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| How are summaries different from the original material? |
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| They are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material. |
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| What should you do to quotes when you are taking notes? |
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| Use quotation marks or mark with a big Q |
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| What should you do with paraphrased material when you are taking notes? |
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| Note that it is a paraphrase and mark it with a big P. |
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| Where are parenthetical citations placed? |
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| Usually placed at the end of a sentence, before the period, but they may be placed in the middle of a sentence. |
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| How are book titles written in MLA? |
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| How are the titles of shorter works written in MLA? |
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| In what order are citations listed on the works cited page? |
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