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Make It Your Own

• Avoiding Plagiarism

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Dictionary Definition

• According to The American Heritage Desk
  Dictionary, 4th ed., 2003, 643
• Plagiarize v. rized, rizing. To use and
  pass off as ones own (the ideas or writings of
  another.) ltLat. plagiarius, kidnapper.
  plagiarism,
• plagiary n.-- plagiarist, plagiarizer n.

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How To Avoid Plagiarism

• Learn exactly what plagiarism is.
• Practice taking notes so that you never
  mistakenly use another authors words or ideas as
  your own.
• For every idea taken from another writer make a
  citation giving credit.
• Never use anything found on the web without the
  specific permission of your teacher.

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MLA Definitions of Plagiarism

• Definition 1 You took notes that did not
  distinguish summary and paraphrase from quotation
  and then you presented wording from the notes as
  if it were all your own. (MLA Handbook, 6th ed.
  75)

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MLA Definitions of Plagiarism

• Definition 2 While browsing the web, you copied
  text and pasted it into your paper without
  quotation marks or without citing the source.
  (MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Definitions of Plagiarism

• Definition 3 You presented facts without saying
  where you found them. MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Definitions of Plagiarism

• Definition 4
• You repeated or paraphrased someones wording
  without acknowledgment.MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Definitions of Plagiarism

• Definition 5 You took someones
• unique or particularly apt phrase without
  acknowledgment. (MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Definitions of Plagiarism

• Definition 6 You paraphrased someones argument
  or presented someones line of thought without
  acknowledgment. (MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Definitions of Plagiarism

• Definition 7 You bought or otherwise acquired a
  research paper and handed in part or all of it as
  your own. (MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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Avoiding Plagiarism

• Tips Directly from MLA Handbook

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MLA Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism

• Tip 1 Make a list of the writers and viewpoints
  you discovered in your research and use this
  list to double-check the presentation of material
  in your paper.
• (MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism

• Tip 2 Keep the following three categories
  distinct in your notes your ideas, your
  summaries of others material, and exact wording
  you copy. (MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism

• Identify the sources of all material you
  borrowexact wording, paraphrases, ideas,
  arguments, and facts. (MLA Handbook, 6th ed. 75)

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MLA Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism

• Check... with your instructor when you are
  uncertain about your use of sources. (MLA
  Handbook, 6th ed. 75)