Avoiding Plagiarism
6-8th grade EAVIA’s students:
Guide questions:
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is «the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.» (Oxford Dictionary, 2019).
Our school forbids plagiarism.
How to avoid?
Avoid it by: writing the same as other person idea or write and create a citation (Author, year), paraphrasing, and write a list of references at the end of the project.
How to paraphrase?
Paraphrase is a «rewording of something written or spoken by someone else». Restatement, rewriting or a new version. (Oxford Dictionary, 2019).
How citing sources?
Copy the information using quotation marks » » and create the citation using parenthesis, if it is less than 40 letters. Indent whole information when there are more than 40 letters.
Basic citation formats:
MLA format: (Author Last Name, page where your found the information). (Title, page).
APA format: (Author Last Name, Year). (Title, Year).
Write the bibliography at the end of the document.
APA = References or Bibliography
MLA = Works Cited
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