Tuesday, October 18, 2011

quick write 10/18

I really liked the section about plagiarism. Although I already know a lot about it, it was interesting to read and see helpful tips on how to avoid it. Sometimes you may be plagiarizing someone unintentionally, just because you did not cite correctly or you though you didn't need it there. I think the most helpful tip was for paraphrasing. Even if you word something slightly different, you need to give credit to the person who thought the idea up. I will make sure that I am constantly citing material I am using just to be careful because it is really easy to plagiarize, especially during research papers.

1 comment:

  1. Paraphrasing is a useful tool to convey other people's ideas and have it not be considered plagiarism.

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