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The document discusses best practices for incorporating sources into academic writing, including summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. It recommends that summaries be concise while still capturing the key points, and that paraphrasing should translate a source's words into the writer's own words while maintaining the original meaning. Quotes should be enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to the original author. Avoiding plagiarism is also covered, recommending the writer understand sources fully before incorporating them.
Week 7 thurs (2)
- 1. Source Integration and Academic Writing
- 2. Using Summary Can be as short as a single sentence and as long as a paragraph Make sure the summary is concise You are free to summarize parts of a work Avoid summarization in literature reviews and analysis of others’ works Avoid summarizing too much Any specific evidence from the text must be cited
- 3. Paraphrasing Translates a short passage of a source’s words into the writer’s own words Must be cited Often used when the source is overly technical Consider the vocabulary of you audience Avoid reusing the original writer’s syntax and grammatical structure
- 4. Quoting Exact wording must be enclosed in quotation marks Gives the reader the flavor and style of the original author Do not quote anything you do not entirely understand You must use the exact wording, grammar, and tense that the author used Do not change the author’s meaning by taking the quote out of context or changing the quote
- 5. In class discussion Turn to pare 373 Let’s review the mechanics of direct quotes
- 6. In-class Discussion Turn to page 371 Let’s review Table 16.1 to understand how to incorporate sources into your own work
- 7. Avoiding Plagiarism Most plagiarism occurs unwittingly Please, turn to page 379 and review table 16.3 Please, turn to page 380 to review table 16.4
- 8. Peer Review Switch papers with your peer and review it. Consider your MLA Checklist and circle/underline/highlight any major errors.
- 9. DUE: 10/13 FINAL DRAFT OF MLA SHORT ESSAY TO DROP BOX Writing Mechanics Midterm 10/13 Option extra credit due