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Proper documentation will help you to avoid plagiarism. What are the two elements that most documentation style systems include?

Question 2

What is a direct quote, and when is it appropriate to use one?

Question 3

Explain the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing.

Question 4

Is the following an acceptable paraphrase of the original? Explain your answer.

Original: Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46­47.

Paraphrase: Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only about 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted material. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes.