week 15 Eric Noah – ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson

I have learned that factual evidence / sources do not need to be word for word from a book or a article etc you can parahpharse the line to make it fit better and give it the ability to flow with your argument. I used paraphrasing as a tool while revising my essay helped me narrow down certain qoutes and made it sound much better than just writting word for word what the auther said. Phraphrasing helps me pin point the key facts of a very long qoute and gives me the ability to leave out any none important facts. It is still extreamly important to qoute but the use of pharahsing helps alot in most situations.
Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz state extramly important facts about academi c integrity. They sate how important it is to give the author credit for the wrok they have done and that you are using as a source. One of the first rules of writing is not to plagarise. Plagrising is the use of somones work without citing it or giving the author credit. plagarisim can be seen as a crime and face serius consquences. It is extreamly unethical to copy ones work and portray it as yours. Although it may seem like the easy way out to copy ones stong writing it is not allowed under any cirmumstances. When you state factual evidence from source and cite it, it proves you took time to reserch the topic and learn about while showing proper respect to the auther.

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