Plagiarism & MLA Style

What is MLA Style?

• The way in which a text is structured.

• A restatement of ideas in the text.

• A style guide for academic writing.

• A way to write a summary.

What is plagiarism?

• Taking all information from google.

• Stealing food.

• Writing ideas while giving credit to all sources.

• Stealing someone's words or ideas without crediting the source.

What is the correct way to frame and cite the source for this quote:

"As a result of Halvorsen's initiative, America's legions of candy bombers dropped about a quarter million tiny parachutes over Berlin with millions of pounds of candy."

• "According to the article, "candy bombers dropped about a quarter million tiny parachutes over Berlin (google).

• "According to the article, "candy bombers dropped about a quarter million tiny parachutes over Berlin with millions of pounds of candy" (ABC News).

• "According to the article, "candy bombers dropped about a quarter million tiny parachutes."

• (source: google).

What are 3 things you MUST include in a framed quote?

• 1) The introduction.

  2) The summary of the text.

  3) Your opinion.

• 1) An introduction to the text.

  2) The borrowed words.

  3) The opinion of the author.

• 1) An introduction to the text

  2) The borrowed words (the quote) in quotation marks.

• 1) An introduction to the text (for example, according to..)

  2) The borrowed words (the quote) in quotation marks.

  3) The citation in parenthesis: The author's or the source title, followed by the page or paragraph number.

What does it mean to paraphrase a text?

• To rewrite in your own words. You express the author’s meaning without adding anything new or leaving anything out.

  
  

• You rewrite in your own words and change some words too.

• You reword what you want and plagiarize the rest.

• You don't give any credit to source.

What is "patchwork plagiarism?"

• When you give credit to google only.

• When you give credit to the source.

• That’s when you piece together your own words with some of the author’s words without quoting the author, giving the reader the impression that you wrote the whole paragraph.

• When you write the whole paragraph with author's inspiration.

Why is "patchwork plagiarism" bad?

• It is not organized.

• It makes the reader think you wrote the entire thing.

• Making the reader believe you did not write the entire thing.

• It is not a summary.

Plagiarism is only acceptable when...

• it is NEVER acceptable!

• when you take information from unknown sources.

• when you take from a friend.

• when you forget how to cite.

What is an indirect quote?

• A quote paraphrased that should be cited.

• A quote paraphrased into your own ideas. Not cited.

• A quote taken from an article put into your own words. Does not need to be cited.

• A quote in which an author paraphrases, or puts into his/her own words, an idea from a source. An indirect quote must be cited.

What is a works cited page?

• It is a page at the start of a paper or essay with all sources listed.

• It is the name that MLA gives to a bibliography. It is the last page of an essay or report. It lists all of the sources the student has used in his/her writing

• It is a page with some of the sources used in a paper.

• It is a page with most of the sources used in a paper.