Citations

What is an example of deliberate plagiarism?

• Buying or downloading a paper that someone else has written and passing it off as your own.

• Writing in your diary.

• Brainstorming Ideas

• Buying the same shirt as your friend.

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CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

Which website helps you create citations that can be used in your essay?

• EasyBib.com

• Tik Tok

• Wikipedia

• Amazon.com

True or false? Information that is not considered common knowledge needs to be cited.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What is common knowledge?

• Knowledge that the average person would know without having to look it up.

• Knowledge that you would only know if you are in college.

• Information that most people DO NOT know.

Correct MLA citations will help you

• give credit to those who did the research

• avoid being accused of plagiarism

• look more credible and help you win arguments

• all of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

This is an example of a proper citation for a website: 
http://www.smithsonian.com/ist/?next=/science-nature

• true
• false

What is the correct works cited entry for a page on a website?

• Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

• Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

• Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

• Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

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CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

Which source is more trustworthy to answer this question?

What was slavery like in South Carolina?

• Interview with former slave in 1936. The interviewer is a black man collecting oral histories for the Federal Writers' Project

• Interview with former slave in 1936. the interviewer is a white woman collecting oral histories for the Federal Writers' Project

• Both of the above

• None of the above

Why does source evaluation matter?

• It will guarantee a good grade in any class

• "fake news" is always obvious to everyone

• Helps you make better decisions and stronger arguments

• Encourages the imagination