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Plagiarism

the borrowing of another person’s ideas or language without proper citation or quotation marks

First page headings

Your name

Paper margins

one inch

Spaces between title and first sentence

2

Multiple works by same author rule

use three hyphens (---) instead of repeating the author’s name

Direct quote

using the exact words of your source in quotation marks with citation

Paraphrase

expressing the ideas of your source in your own words with citation

What is wrong with the Jarrell example

the student used exact words without quotation marks (plagiarism)

Brackets

used to insert clarification or your own words into a quote

Ellipses

used to omit words or sentences within a quote

Verb tense for literary analysis

present tense

Point of view for research essays

third person

Indirect source citation

(qtd. in Holden 30).

Correct citation for Thompson

(Thompson 14).

Attributive tag

the underlined portion “As Elie Wiesel points out…”

Correct Orwell documentation

George Orwell is famous for saying

Direct quote example

In his novel Night… “forget those moments which murdered [his] God…” (51).

Correct works cited entry for Poe

Poe

Incorrect attributive/citation example

“Wiesel’s suffering…” (Hudson 2). (missing attributive tag)

Hudson example method (Q20)

paraphrase

Hudson example method (Q21)

summary

Correct internal quote example

the first option with single quotes inside double quotes

Incorrect indirect quote example

the third option (no citation)

Indirect quote definition

keeps the author’s meaning but is not set off by quotation marks

Lead‑in & attributive tag

In the memoir Night

Direct quote (Q25)

“Never shall I forget those moments…”

Parenthetical citation (Q25)

(30)

Author (Q25)

Elie Wiesel

Internet research rule

must evaluate sources for credibility

Correct citation for “A Rose for Emily”

(“Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’” 40).

Secondary source

Dean Alexander’s essay “Ray Bradbury and His Readers”

Primary source

Emily R. Grosholz’s poem “Eeden”

Correct O’Connor citation

(O’Connor

Correct internal quotation punctuation

the second option (double quotes outside

Best database for secondary sources

EbscoHost

Source type: The Anxious Generation

Book

Source type: Ghani interview

Journal article

Purpose of brackets (Tonguette)

to add information that is not exactly clear with the quote

Purpose of ellipses (Tonguette)

to show that some words were taken out after “laptops.”

Correct citation for Bradbury quote

(qtd. in Tonguette 42).

First on Works Cited page

Finch