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CRHS_English 10 ContempResist_Guevara: 4. How to Avoid Plagiarism

Use the Information


Ask, "How can I best use each source?  What information in each source is useful?"

  • Read, listen, view, and touch carefully to acquire information
  • Distinguish facts from opinion
  • Accurately and completely summarize/paraphrase the main idea from the source
  • Accurately cite sources


What Is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is:

1. copying and pasting without citing sources, using quotation marks, or paraphrasing

2. creating fake citations

3. substituting synonyms for words in a passage that has been copied and pasted

4. paraphrasing multiple passages from multiple sources

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