week 2 & 3 response 400

Amanda Torres  

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Re: Topic 7 DQ 2

One thing I may have misunderstood was that I assumed it was ok that you take directly from the author as long as you cited them and gave them credit. Reading the examples, it looks as thought giving credit is absolutely necessary but even with the credit and citing you should attempt to create your summarizations. The tip that seemed the most helpful was read the text, and instead of creating the summarizing the article immediately, wait 60 secs and try to summarize it without looking at the original in a few short sentences. This is the most helpful because sometimes my mind does get stuck on what the original author wrote, and I think that giving myself that minutes away from the text might help to generate more original thoughts

Re: Topic 7 DQ 2

Good Morning, 

Plagiarism is the process of stealing someone else's work and presenting it as your own. This does not have to be done intentionally in reality many people commit plagiarism without even realizing it. 

Going through the texts regarding plagiarism what stood out to me was:

Instead of weakening your paper and making it seem like you have fewer original ideas, this will actually strengthen your paper by:

-showing that you are not just copying other ideas but are processing and adding to them,

-lending outside support to the ideas that are completely yours, and

-highlighting the originality of your ideas by making clear distinctions between them and ideas you have gotten elsewhere.

I have always believed that if you use too many sources that you are showing that you do not have the information yourself. It was very relieving to know that there are ways to strengthen your paper using them. I also appreciated the clear way the various authors outlined exactly how to avoid plagiarism.

Kandice 

What is plagiarism? Plagiarismorg RSS. (2017, May). Retrieved November 18, 2021, from https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism