Monday, September 17, 2012

                                           Ben Miller and Dhurgham Alsaffar                      

the topic we are going to present to the class is about plagiarism. the definition of plagiarism is the an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own.


when do you need to reference someone for using thier ideas and work?

-when you copy someone's exact words.
-when you take an image or work someone else made.
-when you paraphrase or summarise someone's ideas.


how do you avoid plagiarism?

-cite your source's. you can use MLA which stands for modern language association or APA which stands for American Psycological Association.
-take note's on the topic you are trying to present. do not copy and paste someone's exact words
-when using a quote, image or other work that's not yours use quotation marks at the start and end of the work. and use parenthesis at the end of a quote and write the author of the documents last name in them.
-make sure you put your citations in a bibliography. this should be in alphabetical order and have al cited sources you used in your document.


some helpful tools you can use to avoid plagiarism are

-easybib.com or bibme.org to cite your sources correctly in MLA, APA and other forms of siting
-or grammerly.com to check your text for any plagiarized work


examples-

quote-
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." (Washington)

citation-
Washington, George. "Presidential Quotes — Infoplease.com." Infoplease — Free Online Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, and More — Infoplease.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/presquotes1.html

we took a quote from a website that albert einstien said and put quotation marks around the idea he said and at the end we put his last name in parenthesis. and cited the web address in a work cited page or bibliography.




work cited-

LEO: Plagiarism." Welcome to LEO: Literacy Education Online . N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012.



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