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Kirsty's Science Research Project: Paraphrasing, Plagiarism, and Citing Sources

What is paraphrasing?

Paraphrasing:

Restating something in your own words. Both written and verbal speech can be paraphrased.

Paraphrasing Cows

 

Source: https://www.virtuallibrary.info/paraphrasing.html 

Plagiarism

How to Avoid Plagiarism:

Paraphrasing--put information into your own words

Use quotation marks around direct quotes

ALWAYS give credit--when paraphrasing and when using direct quotes

Definition of Plagiarize

Plagiarize:

"to steal and pass off (as the ideas or words of another) as one's own" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize 

 

Citing Sources of Information