Plagiarism/MLA

The act of plagiarism can include copying pictures as well as text.

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You need a citation for this statement:

World War II ended in 1945.

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The Success automobile was built in Missouri in 1906.

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I'm an international student. The rules about plagiarism are different in my country, so I will NOT have to follow the rules for citing sources in the United States.

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The Spanish poet Antonio Machado was strongly influenced by the French Symbolist poets.

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If I write a paper for one course, it's OK to submit the same paper for a different course as long as it's my own writing.

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Doris Kearns Goodwin has shown that Abraham Lincoln was skillful at managing politicians with opposing points of view.

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If you're sure that a fact is common knowledge, it's not necessary to cite it.

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You can never cite a source if it appears on the World Wide Web. It's only OK to cite sources from printed books and journals.

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It's OK to pay another student or company to write your paper as long as you pay a fair amount.

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