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Discuss three immigrants' views on immigration in the US.
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Roll the Credits: Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
I. Introduction
A. Filmgoers expect to see credits after a movie.
B. Like filmmakers, essay writers use research to support their own ideas, so they have to use documentation to give credit to sources.
C. The essay writer who understands plagiarism, the basic requirements of documentation, and techniques such as paraphrase and quotation can use sources ethically and avoid plagiarism.
II. First, understanding what plagiarism is can be the best way to avoid unintentionally plagiarizing a source, and most universities have clear definitions and policies.
A. Examples of plagiarism include using the exact words of an article, book, or web site without using quotation marks and proper citation, cutting and pasting large sections of a source and representing these sections as one's own writing, or buying a paper from a "paper mill" (Villano, 2006).
B. Many educators realize that students accidentally plagiarize because these students do not know they are breaking the rules (Landau, Druen, & Arcuri, 2002).
III. After one understands plagiarism, learning to document according to professional standards is the next step in giving credit to sources.
A. According to the APA Publication Manual (2001), APA style includes two basic components: in-text citation and a references page.
B. These two parts of an APA-formatted essay both must be present for a writer to give credit to sources ("What You Need," 2006).
C. A printed book with an author and a library-database article with no author listed will have different information in their in-text citations and reference-list entries ("About APA Style," 2006).
IV. Finally, the nuts and bolts of avoiding plagiarism exist in creating cited paraphrase and quotation that fit into an essay without taking over the voice of the essay's author.
A. Paraphrasing a source means that a writer has completely changed the words and sentence structure of a source ("What You Need," 2006).
B. Summary is another kind of paraphrase, but summary, unlike regular paraphrase, seeks to make the ideas of the original source briefer (Landau, Druen, & Arcuri, 2002).
C. In general, direct quotation is appropriate only when the essay writer cannot express an idea more clearly that the original source ("What You Need," 2006).
V. Conclusion
A. Rewording or using distinctive direct quotation establishes the need for documentation style to avoid even unintentional plagiarism.
B. When a scholar uses the ideas or words of another in an essay, the credits roll in the form of in-text citation and a list of references.
C. Acknowledging the contributions of others to one's work is the right thing to do; in addition, this acknowledgement is the professional and academic way to avoid plagiarism.