Plagiarism is the use of another\u2019s words or ideas without acknowledgment. It is the equivalent of theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buying term papers is an extreme and willful form of plagiarism. Misusing quotation marks or confusing quotation and paraphrase may arise from carelessness or ignorance. But plagiarism of all kinds should be avoided. This document will explain what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.<\/p>\n\n\n
Some disciplines acknowledge sources by using a note number in the text that refers to a note at the bottom of the page or at the end of the paper. Other disciplines use a parenthetical citation in the text with a Works Cited list at the end of the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This document uses parenthetical citation, but the principles explained apply to footnote documentation as well.
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And yet no one in the play can be Said to be a religious hypocrite<\/strong> In any representative sense. Tartuffe may at times suggest or symbolize the slippery casuist, or the sort of hypocrite denounced by Cleante, but he is not himself such a person. He is a versatile parasite or confidence man<\/strong>, with a very long criminal record, and to pose as a holy man<\/strong> is not his only modus operandi: we see him, in the last act, shifting easily from the role of saint to that of hundred-percenter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (From Richard Wilbur\u2019s introduction to his translation of Moliere\u2019s Tartuffe<\/strong>, page 169. Bolding added.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Tartuffe cannot be said to be a religious hypocrite<\/strong> in any specific sense. As attacked by Cleante, he is a versatile parasite or confidence man<\/strong>. He can pose as a holy man<\/strong> but then shift easily from the role of saint to that of hundred-percenter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Bold indicates phrases and a clause copied exactly The writer has failed to acknowledge Wilbur as the source; there is no mention of Wilbur, no footnote number, no parenthetical citation. But the student has clearly used the source as the pattern of borrowing indicates. The underlined portions in the plagiarized version indicate words copied exactly from the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You must acknowledge the source of borrowed ideas by appropriate citations. Words and phrases copied from the source must be enclosed in quotation marks. In order to distinguish between your idea and the source, you should preface your borrowing with a phrase such as \u201cRichard Wilbur points out in his introduction….\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n [Student is making own point.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [Quotation marks enclose Wilbur\u2019s exact Tartuffe has many sides to his character. As Richard Wilbur points out in his introduction to the play, Tartuffe is \u201cnot a religious hypocrite in any representative sent,\u201d but he changes masks easily from \u201cversatile parasite or confidence man\u201d to \u201choly man\u201d and \u201chundred-percenter\u201d (169). <\/p>\n\n\n\n [The page number in parentheses refers to Wilbur\u2019s book in the Works Cited list.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n [Note that distinction between student\u2019s idea and the source is made clear.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Today, television has become our monarch. It determines more and more our choice of candidates for office<\/strong> and the persons we now elect to exercise the government we live under<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Barbara Tuchman, \u201cA Nation in Decline?\u201d The New YorkTimes Magazine 20 Sept 1987, 58. Bolding added.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Barbara Tuchman argues that TV today has become our nation\u2019s monarch. She feels that, as a result of TV, our choice of candidates for office<\/strong> and people we choose to exercise the government we live under<\/strong> has come under attack (58).<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Underlined portions indicate actual quotations from source.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Although Mrs. Tuchman has been appropriately acknowledged, the writer has assumed falsely that adding the word \u201cnation\u2019s\u201d before \u201cmonarch\u201d and changing \u201cthe persons we now elect\u201d to the \u201cpeople we choose\u201d make the whole into a paraphrase. The writer is actually quoting most of the material and must use quotation marks. Not to use quotation marks is to plagiarize. To correct this, the writer should be sure to place all quoted material within quotation marks or to make an appropriate paraphrase.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201chas become our monarch\u201d are her exact words.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n In \u201cA Nation in Decline?\u201d Barbara Tuchman argues that TV \u201chas become our monarch\u201d because it increasingly controls our election process (58).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n [This is an accurate paraphrase of her second sentence.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n We are told that Owen Warland succeeded in his effort to create an image of the beautiful. Yet we see at once there is no Carlylean \u201chero as poet,\u201d for Owen is unable to communicate his discoveries to those around him. Hawthorne concludes that the idealist artist will be misunderstood and un-appreciated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is requisite for the ideal artist to possess a force of character that seems hardly compatible with its delicacy; he must keep faith in himself while the incredulous world assails him with its utter disbelief.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n (Millicent Bell, Hawthorne\u2019s View of the Artist<\/strong>, page 107. She is referring to the story, \u201cThe Artist of the Beautiful\u201d and is quoting from the story.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n In \u201cThe Artist of the beautiful,\u201d we see that Owen Warland cannot share his skill or knowledge with others (Bell 107). Owen is basically an alienated idealist as Hawthorne indicates: \u201cHe must keep faith in himself while the incredulous world assails him with utter disbelief.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The parenthetical citation (Bell 107) is inappropriately placed. It suggests that only the first sentence is borrowed from Bell when, indeed, the whole passage has been borrowed. Citations must indicate the full extent of the borrowing. A reader of the plagiarized version might think the student had found the quotation in the text of the story when it is clear the student found the quotation in Bell.<\/p>\n\n\n [Note the appropriate introduction for borrowed material]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Millicent Bell points out that Owen Warland cannot share his skill or knowledge with others and that he is basically an alienated idealist as Hawthorne indicates: \u201cHe must keep faith in himself while the incredulous world assails him with its utter disbelief\u201d(Bell 107).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [Repeating the name in the citation makes it clear that the quotation from Hawthorne has also come from Bell.]<\/p>\n\n\n We do not need to document facts that are widely known or can be easily found in a commonly used source. However, very specific facts that are clearly not widely known, or interpretations and opinions of facts, need citations. The following chart can serve as a rough guide to what is common knowledge and what is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (From Frederick Crews, The Random House Handbook, page 504.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note that the items on the right, which need to be cited, are much more specific than the ones on the left. The ones on the left can be considered common knowledge. In a specific field of study, or in a specific class, certain facts may be considered common knowledge. If you have any questions about acknowledging sources, ask your professor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plagiarism is the use of another\u2019s words or ideas without acknowledgment. It is the equivalent of theft. Buying term papers is an extreme and willful form of plagiarism. Misusing quotation marks or confusing quotation and paraphrase may arise from carelessness or ignorance. 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