Preventing Plagiarism Guilt

What  did the Roman who first used the term "plagiarism" have in mind?

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Thinkwrite: Do you agree or disagree with this short? Explain.

But you "Always give credit where...."

How do we all do better than German former Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg? Not only do you need to quote accurately, you must avoid this tricky problem:

Student paraphrase: He is scarcely able to hold a knife to a raw chicken, let alone someone’s throat.

Staples' essay:  As a softy who is scarcely able to take a knife to a raw chicken -- let alone hold one to a person' throat -- I was ....

How would you fix this situation? Many of you did refer to this statement in your paper.

Now we see what TurnItIn can do to help you check that you are citing your sources clearly.

You have time to do some final proofreading/editing and create your bibliography page using EasyBib.

Homework:

1. The Final Version of Summary/ Evaluation/ Response is due tomorrow. Bring ALL drafts/ comment sheets to turn in.

2. TWFTD:  to steal (VERB) in OED