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Review of what is writing?There are so many definitions of writing that until to day those definitions

still can not cover what writing is. Here are some comment of what iswriting.

From the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writings Systems, writing is defined asa set of visible or tactile signs used to represent units of languagein a systematic way, with the purpose of recording messages whichcan be retrieved by everyone who knows the language and the rulesby virtue of which its units are encoded in the writing system

"I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of

being in contact with people who are part of a particular audience thatreally makes a difference to me in writing."(Sherley Anne Williams, poet)


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What is plagiarism?Plagiarism is the using of other peoples

idea in a writing without telling the

reader of where is it come from.Plagiarism is always happened in

students writing which is because of

they do not know how to writesothers idea.


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What is plagiarism?U of G Academic Integrity Tutorial defined

plagiarism as misrepresenting the ideas,expression of ideas or work of others as one's

own. It includes reproducing or paraphrasingportions of someone else's published orunpublished material, regardless of the source,and representing these as one's own thinking by

not acknowledging the appropriate source or bythe failure to use appropriate quotation marks.


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What is plagiarism?According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary,

"plagiarize" means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as

one's own

to use (another's production) without crediting the source to commit literary theft to present as new and original an idea or product derived

from an existing source. In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves

both stealing someone else's work and lying about it

afterward


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Is it a problem?of course yes.Plagiarism is an academic violence, lying,

stealingPlagiarism kill your creativity on expressingyour idea.

It makes you lose of the most important skill

and need that you should have in joiningedudacation.


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So, How do we avoid it?You should know how to put others

idea in your writing; the way are as

follows Direct Quotes

Paraphrasing

Unique ideas


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QuotingQuotations are the exact words of an author, copied

directly from a source, word for word. Quotations mustbe cited!

Use quotations when: You want to add the power of an authors words to support

your argument You want to disagree with an authors argument You want to highlight particularly eloquent or powerful

phrases or passages You are comparing and contrasting specific points of view You want to note the important research that precedes

your ownCarol Rohrbach and Joyce Valenza


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Original Idea Give credit to unique ideas others

have thought up.

If you present the ideas of anotherwithout crediting them, you haveplagiarized them.

Obvious ideas, like know facts, donthave to be credited.

When in doubt, attribute.


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ParaphrasingParaphrasing means rephrasing the words of an author,

putting his/her thoughts in your own words. When youparaphrase, you rework the sources ideas, words,phrases, and sentence structures with your own. Like

quotations, paraphrased material must be followed within-text documentation and cited on your Works-Citedpage.

Paraphrase when:

You plan to use information on your note cards and wish toavoid plagiarizing You want to avoid overusing quotations You want to use your own voice to present information

Carol Rohrbach and Joyce Valenza


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When Paraphrasing Be sure you are not just rearranging

or replacing words.

Rewrite the phrase in your own wordsand credit the original source.

Double check what you have wrote by

comparing it with the original writing.


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Guidelines for avoiding

plagiarismUse your own words

and ideas.

This is a skill thatimproves withpractice.

It requires an under-

standing of the topic It requires that you

give yourself creditfor your own abilities.


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Resources http://www.plagiarism.org/ http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_

plagiarism.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/definition.htm http://www.teach-

nology.com/tutorials/teaching/style/print.htm

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