Monday, August 24, 2015

Preventing Plagiarism Guilt

First off, grammar review...Ex. 25.1?

Copy into your daybook an example of coordination and subordination from your current draft.

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

 But what about this: http://questioncopyright.org/minute_memes   

Notice the web site: http://questioncopyright.org/about

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

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

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?

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

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