Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing vs. plagiarizing.

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Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing vs.
plagiarizing.

• What you will learn
• what each one is,
• why they are important and
• how to do each one.

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Why are they important?

• Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing are all
  important because writers need to support their
  thesis statement with relevant and credible
  details, facts, and examples.

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What is plagiarism?

• Definition-Plagiarism is the act of taking
  another person's writing, conversation, song, or
  even idea and passing it off as your own. This
  includes information from web pages, books,
  songs, television shows, email messages,
  interviews, articles, artworks or any other
  medium.

• So what, no one will find out? Right?
• -Students have been kicked out of college for
  being found guilty of plagiarism.
• -Schools, including East High, use turnitin.com,
  which automatically runs your essay against every
  other essay on the web.

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Example of plagiarizing-What line was
plagiarized?

• Original Source Material Technology has
  significantly transformed education at several
  major turning points in our history. In the
  broadest sense, the first technology was the
  primitive modes of communication used by
  prehistoric people before the development of
  spoken language. Mime, gestures, grunts, and
  drawing of figures in the sand with a stick were
  methods used to communicate -- yes, even to
  educate. Even without speech, these prehistoric
  people were able to teach their young how to
  catch animals for food, what animals to avoid,
  which vegetation was good to eat and which was
  poisonous.

• Plagiarized Version In examining technology, we
  have to remember that computers are not the first
  technology people have had to deal with. The
  first technology was the primitive modes of
  communication used by prehistoric people before
  the development of spoken language.

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How to avoid it.

• 1. Plan out your essay using an organizer.
• 2. Select credible sources to reinforce your
  thesis statement.
• 3. Learn how to quote, paraphrase, and summarize.
  If you didnt write it, you need to cite it.

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Verbs to introduce summaries, paraphrases, and
quotes (backside of paper)

• Why? Verbs can be used to introduce summaries,
  paraphrases, and quotations that indicate the
  authors point of view on the topic.
• Fill in the blank-Write this sentence down, then
  choose a verb from below to fill in the blank.
• Joe Smith__________ that the flood might
  have been disastrous.
• Verb choices when the author is neutral about
  your thesis-comments, describes, explains,
  illustrates, notes, or observes.
• Verb choices when the author implies something
  that agrees with your thesis-finds, predicts,
  proposes, reveals, or suggests.
• Verb choices when the author agrees with your
  thesis-admits or agrees.

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Quoting

• Choosing a small word for word portion from a
  source that supports your thesis statement and
  still gives credit to the original author.

• Example quotation According to Roger Sipher, a
  sociologist at Harvard, a solution to the
  perceived crisis of American education is to
  "Abolish compulsory-attendance laws and allow
  only those who are committed to getting an
  education to attend.

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How to quote

• 1st read the passage.
• 2nd decide if anything from the passage would
  support your thesis statement or main idea.
• 3rd introduce the material by stating your point.
• Example-Although pit bulls have a bad reputation,
  they can be trained to be friendly.
• 4-Finally, add your quote for support. This does
  not need to be the whole sentence. You have to
  introduce the person who wrote the quote by
  stating what their job or title is, then use one
  of these words on the next page to help introduce
  the quote.
• Paul Tullis, an columnist at Time magazine,
  states that, Outreach efforts at decidedly
  gentle settings like schools and nursing homes,
  these advocates are making the case that pit
  bulls are no more dangerous than any other furry
  friend.

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Use a quote from this passage to back up this
thesis statement. Put on the back of the paper.

• Thesis Statement Although pit bulls are thought
  to be dangerous, they can be friendly if raised
  correctly.

• Find a quote from the website to back up the
  thesis. Dont forget to include the authors name
  and job title. If there is no author, include the
  company or association that wrote it.
• http//www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behavior
  ist/dog-behavior/truth-about-pit-bulls

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Paraphrasing

• Putting a passage into your own words, still
  giving credit to the original author.

• Example paraphrase-Write the paraphrase only.

Original Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay
and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.
Paraphrase A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of
Acacia leaves and hay everyday. 
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How to paraphrase

• 1st read the passage
• 2nd write down the main ideas.
• 3rd use the same ideas, but change it into your
  own words and sentence structure. You must still
  give credit to the original author.

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Paraphrase this examples on the back of your
paper.

• Annie Oakley's life spanned years of tremendous
  change for American women. By the time of her
  death in 1926, Americans were celebrating the
  liberated, urban focused, modern times of the
  Jazz Age. Women had won the right to vote, wore
  less restrictive clothes, and followed a changing
  ideal that was loosening some of the restrictions
  on women's roles and behavior that had reigned
  through the nineteenth century.

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Summarizing

• Putting the main idea and supporting details into
  your own words while still giving credit to the
  original author.

• Example summary-For an example of a summary,
  write down this website.
• Purdue OWL Quoting, Paraphrasing, and
  Summarizing
• Then go to it to see an example on school
  attendance.

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How to summarize

• 1st-read the passage.
• 2nd-determine what the thesis statement is.
• 3rd-figure what the 3 supporting details are.
  Usually the body paragraphs are the topics for
  the supporting details.
• 4th-organize your ideas into a paragraph without
  changing the authors original meaning.

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Summarize this example.

• Knowing how to argue is a useful skill. We use it
  on ourselves in order to arrive at decisions we
  use it with others as we discuss business
  strategies or policy changes on committees, as
  members of the local PTA, a law office, an
  environmental action group we use it as
  fundraisers for a cause, like saving whales, we
  use it in applying for foundation grants and in
  drafting a letter to the editor of our hometown
  paper we use it when we discuss child abuse,
  toxic waste, tax cuts, pothole repair, working
  mothers, and university investment policies. Our
  ability to express opinions persuasivelyto
  present our views systematically as
  argumentswill allow us to make some difference
  in public life. If we lack the necessary skills,
  we are condemned to sit on the sidelines. Instead
  of doing the moving, we will be among the moved
  more persuasive voices will convince us of what
  me must do. (pp. 222-223)

• Thesis Statement-
• Detail 1
• Detail 2
• Detail 3

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What do I do next?

• Use a combination of at least 3-5 citations,
  summaries, and paraphrases in your expository
  essay.
• Remember to use relevant and credible sources.
  You need to complete the source credibility sheet
  for each source. If you need more spaces for
  sources, print off another sheet from my website.