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APA Basics
How to Avoid Plagiarism
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APA BASICS
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OWL Purdue APA; manual pages
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Common errors and Formatting
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Writing style
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concise, clear, short sent. & para., avoid flowery,
anthropomorphism
Grammar
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past tense
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Italicize for for use, research terms, this shows that it is not your term
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Avoid, don’t, won’t, can’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t
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Citations/references
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scholarly website;
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cite all sources, every sentence; quotations, is it your idea;
citations in references-alternate, peer review
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Why Doesn’t My Opinion Matter?
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Become a better writer…(web)
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College level writing is evidence based
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Your opinion matters as long as…
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It’s backed up with evidence
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Present the evidence first then,
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sum up the evidence in your own words
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your opinion based on the evidence
Will help you in all of your remaining courses
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Grades will improve, sometimes dramatically
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What is Plagiarism
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Is it intentional? Not most of the time, unless,
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Copy and past
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Directly type exact sentences into document
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How to Avoid Plagiarism
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How to avoid?
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Do not immediately write after only reading a couple of sentences or
paragraph.
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Read several paragraphs or pages at a time. Practice paraphrasing out
loud as if you were explaining the information to a young child.
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This is the level of understanding you should have of info
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If you cannot explain at this basic level, get another source
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This is the level I will be grading your papers; I will grade on your
level of basic understanding, not use of research terms;
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again, where at all possible avoid using research language when
writing