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ONCE YOUR TEACHER SEES YOU

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OR ANY OTHER MEDIUMOR ANY OTHER MEDIUMOR ANY OTHER MEDIUMOR ANY OTHER MEDIUM

WHEN YOU USE WHEN YOU USE INFORMATION GAINEDINFORMATION GAINED

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WHEN YOU USE WHEN YOU USE IDEAS OTHERS GAVE YOUIDEAS OTHERS GAVE YOU

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original textoriginal text

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accuracy and accuracy and mistakenly borrowed mistakenly borrowed

phrasesphrases

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too many direct quotes may lesson too many direct quotes may lesson your credibility and interfere with your credibility and interfere with

your writing styleyour writing style

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YOU MUST GIVE YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT CREDIT

WHENEVER:WHENEVER:YOU USE ANOTHER YOU USE ANOTHER PERSON’S OPINION OR PERSON’S OPINION OR THEORYTHEORY

YOU MUST GIVE YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT CREDIT

WHENEVER:WHENEVER:YOU USE QUOTATIONS YOU USE QUOTATIONS OF ANOTHER PERSON’S OF ANOTHER PERSON’S ACTUAL SPOKEN OR ACTUAL SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS.WRITTEN WORDS.

YOU MUST GIVE YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT CREDIT

WHENEVER:WHENEVER:YOU PARAPHRASE YOU PARAPHRASE ANOTHER PERSON’S ANOTHER PERSON’S SPOKEN OR WRITTEN SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS.WORDS.

YOU MUST GIVE YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT CREDIT

WHENEVER:WHENEVER:YOU USE ANY FACTS, YOU USE ANY FACTS, STATISTICS, GRAPHS, STATISTICS, GRAPHS, DRAWINGS—ANY PIECES DRAWINGS—ANY PIECES OF INFORMATIONOF INFORMATION– THAT – THAT ARE NOT COMMON ARE NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

WHAT DOES IT WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE?INCLUDE?

Plagiarism includes copying homework, copying lab reports, copying computer programs, using a work or portion of a work written or created by another but not crediting the source, using one’s own work completed in a previous class without permission, paraphrasing another’s work without giving credit, borrowing or using ideas without giving credit, and purchasing or copying an entire paper, perhaps making some alterations in the introduction and conclusion of the paper, and presenting the work as your own.

Plagiarism: Plagiarism: http://www.csupomona.edu/~phoikkala/PHH_plagiarism.htmlPlagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It It :http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.s:http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtmlhtmlThe Owl at Purdue:The Owl at Purdue:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/IMAGES:IMAGES:www.morguefile.comwww.flickr/creativecommons

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