PLAGIARISMANDPARAPHRASING

 PARAPHRASING AND PLAGIARISM INFO

 PLAGIARISM WORKSHOP - WSS LIBRARY   **I. HAZARDS OF PLAGIARISM:**  A. In a college or university you run the the risk of expulsion from a course, or from University. At the least you will get a Zero on your assignment.  B. When you use someone else’s words you often end up writing something down that you do not understand. If your teacher questions you about what you have written you cannot explain what you meant. You also run the risk of using information incorrectly - you do not really know what it says so you put it in the wrong spot or use it to argue the opposite of what the information actually says.  C. You have not really learned anything about the topic because you not really understood it.

**II. DEFINITION AND LEVELS OF PLAGIARISM:** 

“Unacknowledged use of somebody else’s words or ideas”  A. Using someone else’s report (off the Internet, copying a paper written by another student this year or another year.)  B. Printing information straight from from the Internet  or other resources and turning it in as your own work.  C. Cutting and pasting information directly from the Internet or other source to put your report together.  D. Instead of using information sources to make proper notes you copy information in complete sentences and use those sentences word-for-word in your report.
 * LEVELS OF PLAGIARISM: **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS OF PLAGIARISM: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one’s own
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To appropriate for use as one’s own passages or ideas from another
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To put forth as original to oneself the ideas or words of another
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">To steal from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgment.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;"> II. PARAPHRASING: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Paraphrasing IS an important skill that helps us to avoid Plagiarism <//https://lib-serve.tccd.edu/resources/tutorials/plagiarism/source/images/plag04.jpg>// <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;"> A. What is paraphrasing? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: left;">Young, Michele. " FoodShare reaches landmark //." The Daily News// 25 February 2010: A3. Print
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Paraphrasing IS **your** own version of useful information and ideas that someone else has written - presented in a new way.
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Paraphrasing __is__ NOT rearranging or replacing a few words.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">One legitimate way (when accompanied by accurate documentation) to borrow from a source - i.e.: <span style="font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;">According to Kamloops Food Bank Director, Heather Brandon, Kamloops' Food share program has many benefits to the community. It recycles dated or bruised food items from stores and keeps them from going into the local landfill. It has also provided food for many individuals and social aid programs throughout the community. Even the SPCA rabbits have benefited from this program. Any food that is left over goes to local pig farmers. We are very fortunate to have this program in our city.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-A more detailed restatement than a summary, which focuses concisely on a single main idea. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">B. Why is Paraphrasing a valuable skill to learn? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> i) it is better than simply quoting huge amounts of information from a book or other source. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; text-align: left;"> ii)the steps that you have to go through to successfully paraphrase help you to make sure that you completely understand what the original information means. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; text-align: left;"> iii) if you know how to paraphrase properly you will not be nearly as likely to plagiarise. It is easy to just change a few words and sentences around and convince yourself you have NOT plagiarized.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal;">C. What steps should I take to successfully paraphrase information I read
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card or sheet of paper
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you plan to use the information. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Check your work against the original to make sure that your version accurately gives all the essential information in a new form.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phrases that you have borrowed exactly from the original.
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; text-align: left;">Record the source (including the page) on your note card so that you can credit easily if you decide to use the material in your paper.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal;">EXAMPLE OF A CORRECT AND INCORRECT PARAPHRASE: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-style: normal; text-align: left;">Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-style: normal; text-align: left;"> Lester, James D. //Writing Research Papers//. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-4 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim. (Lester 46-47). <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only about 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted material. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes.
 * **ORIGINAL PASSAGE:**
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">**LEGITIMATE PARAPHRASE:**
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">**A PLAGIARISED VERSION:**