Everything's an Argument Chapter 20

This chapter focused on Plagiarism and finding your Academic Identity. Plagiarism is best known in the reading as "claiming as your own words, research, or creative work of others (pg.436)." It's very simple to cite your sources, as described in 3 easy steps: 1. placing quotation marks around anything you quote directly, 2. citing your sources according to the documentation, 3. Identifying all the sources and having a reference or work cited page. You can paraphrase and use direct quotation as long as you give information about where you got the information at the end of the statement. It it very important to make sure that you cite correctly and use the appropriate quotation marks when necessary.

Annoying Ways that People Use Sources

It is not okay to know the right way to use your sources and still not do it the right way! Your readers are just as annoyed that you aren't using your sources properly as you are when someone is going incredibly slow on the freeway. Follow different conventions for different audiences while you are writing. Don't drop a quotation without introducing it first. Don't start or end a paragraph with a quotation. Don't use the encyclopedia. Make sure to integrate the quote from the previous sentence with the right grammar. Make sure there is a connection between the work cited and the in text citation. Don't use a citation without the proper format.