Sunday, October 25, 2009
Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 31 contains lots of helpful tips on using sources and avoiding plagarism. The most useful bits of information is the tips on quotations and paraphrasing. I knew how to use ellipses, but not brackets and that can really come in handy for forming a coherent quote. Another quoting tip is how not to position a quote so as to not break the flow with contrary logic, style, and grammar. The most helpful bit of information in this chapter is the difference between an exceptable paraphrase and an unacceptable one. It shows how an acceptable paraphrase requires a change in sentence structure while keeping its "original language" rather than just a trip through the thesaurus.
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I'm glad this was helpful. It takes careful work to incorporate some quotations gracefully, without interrupting the flow of your own writing or changing the meaning of the quotation.
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