...each of these and why properly citing is important; and finally, the consequences of improper citations. Quotations, according to Purdue Owl, “must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. They must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author” (Driscoll). These are not to be overused, as they are directly lifted from the original text. They should be in quotes – which indicate that the words are attributed to an author other than the paper writer – and the name of the author should follow in parenthesis if operating in MLA format. Either way, the author must be credited on a bibliography or works cited page. Paraphrasing is the smallest departure from the original quote. It is basically putting one’s own spin on the material. Purdue Owl calls defines paraphrasing as “putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly” (Driscoll). In this case, parenthesis are still necessary so that readers can refer to the works cited page in order to see the original thought in its original format. The largest departure from the original quote is...
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...of Revision EN1420 Imagine that you are reading a book and you find a typo, you disregard it and continue to read and low and behold you find another typo. This goes on for about five paragraphs and now you are livid and very distracted from the story line because of all of the errors. I believe that it is extremely important to revise documents that you have written and I’ll explain why. It is extremely important to revise and re-read your own writing for several reasons. One; we are all human and therefore we will make mistakes. By re-reading something that you’ve spent several hours writing you will find that you might have made a punctuation error or even left words out. This allows for chances to correct any issues that may take away from the fluidity of the document written. By revising a document it allows the author a chance to change a document if new information comes to light or if while revising the document and it gives the author another chance to re-think the way they choose to deliver the information to the public. Imagine looking at a picture of a beautiful sunset and your best friend standing next to you is looking at the same picture. Your friend notices that there is a small camera on the edge of the picture frame, a feature that you cannot see because of you point of view. I know that this is a very random example but the point is the same. The benefit of asking for input from others gives the writer several different perspectives on a particular...
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...Bibliographic Citations I. Each of the following resource citations has three parts. ❑ The first part is the type of resource (for example, “Book, one author”). The BOLD Comic Sans font in 14 pt identifies this part of each citation. ❑ The second part is a template containing the components needed to cite the resource. The grey boxes identify the template in each citation. This part is in 12 pt Times New Roman. ❑ The third part provides an actual example of a resource found in a Lexington County District One Library Media Center. The red font in 12 pt Times New Roman, double-spaced lines and hanging indent identify this part of each citation. II. To use the citation template, highlight the template for the resource you need to cite, then copy and paste into your paper. 1st_Author's_LastName, 1st_Author's_FirstName, and 2nd_Author's_FirstName 2nd_Author's_LastName. Title. City_of_Publication: Publisher, Date_of_Publication. III. Select one of the grey boxes and type the correct information. As soon as you click on each grey box to select it, it is highlighted—do not delete the grey box—just start typing. Notice in the sample below, “Warhol” has replaced the grey box that said “1st_Author’s_LastName” in Step II above. Warhol, 1st_Author's_FirstName, and 2nd_Author's_FirstName 2nd_Author's_LastName. Title. City_of_Publication: Publisher, Date_of_Publication. IV. The punctuation, italics, and underlines will be inserted automatically...
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...What is Research? What is academic research? Why do people do research at university? How is academic research different from journalism or research at work? Task 1: Exploring meaning a) Think about what you mean by research. Now write your definition here: |Research is: | | | | | | | | | |Research is carried out in order to: | | | | ...
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...information, and quality of writing. The best way to analyze is to look at a specific Wikipedia page and diagnose it. For historic purposes, the Wikipedia page “Viking expansion” provides information on the Norse, mainly known as Vikings. Rather than evaluating this page on the Norse expansion and settlement throughout the world, looking at the specific Norse activity in the British Isles will be more effective. This page describes the invasions that the Norse people from Scandinavia done throughout the years in the British Isles, including the reasons and rulers. It also provides background of the British Isles including which languages and religions were used or practiced in a certain area. From there, like the background information, the events of expansion are listed on the page in chorological order starting in 793CE; each listing how the invasion happened, who was ruling at a particular time, and battles. The end of the page gives a brief acknowledgement of written records and archaeological evidence. At first glance this specific Wikipedia page looks excellent, but looking deeper into the pages strengths and weaknesses made its reliability fragile. Wikipedia has policies that state articles are to contain no original research, a neutral point of view, and that all of their information must be verifiable, accurate, and comprehensive. Assuming that every page follows these rules, anyone would naturally assume that the given information on a page is consistent. Analyzing how...
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...Free Essay Checkers for Professionals and Writers The internet has made it easier to access information and though there are benefits to this, there are disadvantages. More and more students are taking the lazy approach of using someone’s work and not correctly crediting the author. Yes, it might have become tedious to originate or communicate original ideas, but it is still illegal to plagiarize. With the advent of technology, many educators or online professionals are now better equipped to grade their student’s paper. No longer do professors pour over every paper and have a Britannica memory to see if their students have plagiarized someone else’s work. Essay checkers are of great benefit for people who have to write, review or edit papers constantly and need to conduct grammar and plagiarism checks....
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...Narrative history, genealogies, chronicles, laws of all kinds, poetry of all kinds, proverbs, prophetic oracles, riddles, drama, biographical sketches, parables, letters, sermons, and apocalypses. 6. “To interpret properly the “then and there” of the biblical texts, you must…” not only know some general rules that apply to all the words of the Bible, but you also need to learn the special rules that apply to each of these literary forms (genres). 7. Know and be able to discuss the two types of ‘context’ mentioned in the reading. Why are these items important? Historical Context: Differs from book to book and has to do with several things: the time and culture of the author and his readers, that is the geographical, topographical, and political factors that are relevant to the authors setting;...
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... Reference to an Entire Book: TIPS: • Find the example below, that best fits your item. If you don't find what you are looking for, see pages 180-216 of the APA manual. • Always use a “hanging indent”-- indent (tab) every line except the first. • Do not write out the authors' first or middle name, just initials. Also do not include credentials, for example, M. D. or Ph. D. • If the author has a suffix (like Jr. or III), after the author's initials, put a comma followed by the suffix. • If you can't find a copyright date, write the date like this: (n.d.). • Type the book title in italics. If you are handwriting your citations, underline the title since you can not write in italics. • Notice that only the first word in the title and the first word in the subtitle are capitalized. Also, remember to capitalize proper nouns. • If there is more than one city of publication, use the first city listed that is in the U.S. • For major cities, you can just write the name of the city. For smaller, less known cities, include the two letter abbreviation for the state. • You may leave off unimportant parts of the publishing company's name. For example, co., inc., press. • In a reference to a work with no author move the title to the author position before the date of publication. Author. (Year). Title: Sub-title (Edition). Place of Publication: Publisher. One Author: Sharkey, C. M. (2000). Counting fruit flies: Experiments in genetics. West Layfayette, IN: Purdue...
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...Journal Article Review on The Origin of Old-Earth Geology, and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century by Doctor Terry Mortenson. Introduction This document is a journal article review providing a brief synopsis, observed strengths, and observed weaknesses of Doctor Mortenson’s “The Origin of Old-Earth Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century”. This article is not an attack on Christianity or the Christian ideology. This paper is simply an honest attempt to review Mortenson’s information provided, his hypothesis, and venue chosen for Christian Apologetics. Brief Overview and Main Points The Origin of Old-Earth Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century, by Doctor Terry Mortenson, is a journal article that claims to be about Old Earth Geology history, and perceived consequences that this ideology has inflicted on our society today. In actuality, this article provides little knowledge or background on the Old-Earth theory. This article utilizes most of its text explaining Scriptural Geology, key individuals of Scriptural Geology, arguing the validity of the Young-Earth belief, and closing with an over generalized assessment of Old-Earth theory’s impact on society. Article Strengths The article clearly identifies the writer’s discontent with the flaws in modern science, and the downfall of modern society. Doctor Mortenson provides, with vast detail, the belief of validity regarding Scriptural Geologist theories, and their credentials...
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...Citing Sources Using APA Manual (6th ed.) APA Manual and Recent Updates Section 4 This section of the Library Handbook addresses how to cite recourses used in the body and the reference list of your document using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Common examples for parenthetical text citations, citing direct quotes, and reference citations in the reference list are provided, but for a more comprehensive list, see the APA manual (6th ed.). Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism Plagiarism is the use of another person’s ideas or words without giving them the proper credit. Plagiarism can occur when you use someone else’s exact words without giving them credit, taking credit for someone else’s ideas, or even presenting your own past work as a new idea. Academic institutions take both intentional and unintentional plagiarism seriously, and it can be grounds for dismissal. According to the APA manual (6th ed.), the best method of avoiding plagiarism is to cite the ideas, theories, and research that directly influenced your work, cite key background information, information that may support or dispute your theory or hypothesis, or offer critical definitions or data (p. 169). Document all facts and figures that are not common knowledge. For journal articles and class assignments, APA recommends using one or two of the most representative sources for each key point, but for the literature review for a dissertation, you should include a...
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...(GRIESBACH)…………..9 CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………….12 BIBLOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………13 1 INTRODUCTION The Synoptic problem can be a very difficult subject to understand at times. When you take a look around or start asking question of your bible scholars or even your casual readers of the Bible you find out people don’t even realize there is a Synoptic problem. There seems to be many different proposed solutions that will fix the problem. Some accepted and some of which has very little support at all. When you read you see that there are different scriptures in the bible that shows a level of agreement in the content of reading, and seems as if the authors have borrowed each other’s writings’ or used the same materials in research they had in common. However, even though they agree there are so many differences that are puzzling. Some of differences are in the same passage of scripture but yet show similarities. So what does the Synoptic problem look like in text in the bible? Has the problem been address and how was it looked at and dealt with throughout history of the church? Nevertheless, you have scholars on both sides of the argument who continue to research,...
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...Is Plagiarism so Bad? To understand the effect of plagiarism we have to understand what plagiarism is. According to Dictionar.co the definition of plagiarism state as, “an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.” Plagiarism is an academic misconduct in which students try to avoid thinking and writing. The schools expectations are that students will present their own words, ideas, works, and thoughts resulting from their own understanding. Therefore plagiarism in my opinion is a form of dishonesty and a desire to present other’s idea and to be rewarded as for own work. Three things that result from plagiarizing is that defeats the purpose of writing, defeats the school’s goal of teaching, and is unethical. Plagiarism defeats the purpose of writing. According to Nine Things, “When … substitute someone else’s understanding or expression for your own, you avoid the work of using and improving your own expressive ability.” In other words when students are focus on taking other’s words and use them as their own, the process of writing is forestall. The main purpose of writing is to learn and develop the ability of writing skills about something. The schools ask students for such activities just to develop their ability to express themselves. A student may choose the easiest way to finish a project but will not...
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...How do you reference a web page that lists no author? When there is no author for a web page, the title moves to the first position of the reference entry: Example: All 33 Chile miners freed in flawless rescue. (2010, October 13). Retrieved from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/ Cite in text the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year. Use double quotation marks around the title or abbreviated title.: ("All 33 Chile Miners," 2010). Note: Use the full title of the web page if it is short for the parenthetical citation. Articles found on the web, like the example above, are not italicized in the reference entry and are not italicized but enclosed in quotations in the in-text citation, just like a newspaper or magazine article. Reports found on the web would be italicized in the reference list, as in Publication Manual (6th ed.) Examples 31, 32, and 33 on pp. 205–206. They would also be italicized in the in-text citation, just like a book. These posts on the APA Style blog will also be helpful: How to Cite Something You Found on a Website in APA Style by Chelsea Lee Perhaps the most common question we get about APA Style is “How do I cite a website?” or “How do I cite something I found on a website?” First, to cite a website in general, but not a specific document on that website, see this FAQ. Once you’re at the level of citing a particular page or document, the key to writing the reference list entry...
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...Single Author Two Authors Three to Six Authors More Than Six Authors Author - Malay Names (without family names) Author - Chinese Names Author - Chinese Names with English Names Author - Indian & Sikh Names (without family names) Inherited Names Conferred titles Local Government Institution as Author Foreign Government Institution as Author Unique Corporate Body Names Organization as Author Conference Names with Numbers Unknown Author Page 1-2 Reference List : Book Basic Format for Books Edited Book, No Author Edited Book with an Author or Authors A Translation Edition Other Than the First Article or Chapter in an Edited Book Multivolume Work Reference List : Articles in Periodicals Basic Form Article in Journal Paginated by Volume Article in Journal Paginated by Issue Article in a Magazine Article in a Newspaper Letter to the Editor Review Reference List : Other Print Sources An Entry in an Encyclopedia Work Discussed in a Secondary Source Dissertation Abstract Government Document Report from a Private Organization Conference Proceedings Published Conference Paper Unpublished Conference Paper Academic Exercise / Thesis (Unpublished) 3 4 5-6 i Title Content Page 7-8 Reference List : Electronic Sources Article From an Online Periodical Online Scholarly Journal Article Online Scholarly Journal Article with Printed Version Available Article From a Database Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report Chapter or Section of a Web Document Online Forum...
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... | Contents In-Text Citations: The Basics 1 APA Citation Basics 1 In-Text Citation Capitalization, Quotes, and Italics/Underlining 1 Short Quotations 1 Long Quotations 2 Summary or Paraphrase 2 In-Text Citations: Author/Authors 2 Citing an Author or Authors 3 Citing Indirect Sources 4 Electronic Sources 4 Reference List: Basic Rules 5 Basic Rules 5 Reference List: Author/Authors 6 Single Author 6 Two Authors 6 Three to Seven Authors 6 More Than Seven Authors 6 Organization as Author 7 Unknown Author 7 Two or More Works by the Same Author 7 Two or More Works by the Same Author in the Same Year 7 Introductions, Prefaces, Forewords, and Afterwords 8 Reference List: Articles in Periodicals 8 Basic Form 8 Article in Journal Paginated by Volume 8 Article in Journal Paginated by Issue 8 Article in a Magazine 9 Article in a Newspaper 9 Letter to the Editor 9 Review 9 Reference List: Books 9 Basic Format for Books 9 Edited Book, No Author 9 Edited Book with an Author or Authors 10 A Translation 10 Edition Other Than the First 10 Article or Chapter in an Edited Book 10 Multivolume Work 10...
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