- Something I revised in my paper was when I summarized the central idea of a passage. Not only did I summarize the long passage I also used evidence from the passage to back up my summary. I did this because I felt that summarizing the passage instead of just using a small section of it would be more convenient in my paper. Acknowledging the fact that the article supports my argument I took that to my advantage and shortened it up for the readers to get a sense of understanding, they would also get an idea of where my paper is headed. I also quoted a couple of my sources to back up what I had to say about my argument.
- According to Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, academic integrity is giving proper credit to the creators of different types of sources. It is extremely easy to be accused of plagiarizing if a source is not properly cited. Even a small picture that was used on a piece of work could be accused of plagiarism for the simple fact that it was not properly cited like it should have been. Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz feel that proper citation is an ethical issue because the writer who does not give proper citation is technically claiming that as their own work, which is not. That is considered to be an ethical issue.
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Thanks, Karen! I’m glad taking the time to review how you were citing and paraphrasing helped.