How to avoid plagiarism, put things in your own words, and give credit where credit is due

1. Honesty in academic writing
Or “How to avoid plagiarism, put things in your own words, and
give credit where credit is due”
(G re e ne , D. 2012)
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2. Thoughts, feelings, questions?
How do you feel about honest academic writing? What are the
consequences?
How do you feel about plagiarism? What are the consequences?
Do you enjoy writing about what you learn in this class about the
linguistics of ASL? Do you have any questions about how to write
your chapter reviews?
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3. Why cite, quote, and reference?
Lends authority
Shows respect
Traces lineage
Encourages learning
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4. Why use your own words?
Demonstrates comprehension
Demonstrates synthesis
Helps reader understand
It’s the law.
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5. What is plagiarism?
“the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing
them off as one’s own” (New Oxford American Dictionary).
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6. “WRITING (1h)RETRIEVE-rt PUT-palm MINE++”
(Handspeak.com)
“ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin plagiarius ‘kidnapper’ (from
plagium ‘a kidnapping,’ from Greek plagion)” (New Oxford
American Dictionary).
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7. When to cite (parenthetically)
After you’ve said something in your own words that you learned
from someone else
After you’ve quoted someone else’s exact words
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8. When to quote
“Choice” words; e.g., “What happens when a language that was de-
signed for a visual mode is used in a tactile mode?” (Collins &
Petronio, 1998, p. 18)
Exact language use; e.g., The sign YOU prefaced the question “Why
did the girl want to visit the seventh floor?” like so: “YOU WHY
VISIT 7 FLOOR, GIRL WANT VISIT 7 FLOOR FOR++” (p. 30)
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9. Parenthetical citations
Paraphrase or “Quote” (Last & Last, Year, p. #).
Paraphrase or quotation immediately following previous from
same source (p. #).
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10. Last, Init. & Last, Init. (Year). Article title. In
Init. Last (Ed.) Book Title. City, ST: Publishing
Company.
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11. Collins, S. & Petronio, K. (1998). What happens
in tactile ASL. In C. Lucas (Ed.) Sociolinguistics
in Deaf Communities. Washington, DC:
Gallaudet University Press
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12. For further reading…
American Psychological Association (APA). (2010). Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Paiz, M. Angeli, E., Wagner, J., et al. (n.d.). APA formatting and
style guide. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). Retrieved from
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
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