1. Last summer, my family and I traveled to Chicago, which was quite different from the rural area I grew up in. We saw the dinosaur Sue at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement.
2. Americans want to create a more perfect union; they also want to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for everybody.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement. If the statement however, does belong to someone else, than proper acknowledgement and citation is required.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement. If the statement however, does belong to someone else, than proper acknowledgement and citation is required.
3. I find it ridiculous that 57% of high school students think their teachers assign too much homework.
This example is not cited correctly. There is a specific statistic relayed which is not common knowledge thus it must be attributed to proper citation.
Numbers 4, 5, and 6 all refer to the following passage from Martin Luther King's "Letter from the Birmingham Jail":
You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes. It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative.
4. Martin Luther King was certain that nobody would want to be contented with a surfacy type of social analysis that concerns itself only with effects and doesn't deal with root causes.
This is not cited correctly. The above example is a summary of the letter written by King. Thus proper in text citation as well as end of paper citation must be included.
This is not cited correctly. The above example is a summary of the letter written by King. Thus proper in text citation as well as end of paper citation must be included.
5. Martin Luther King wrote that the city of Birmingham's "white power structure" left African-Americans there "no alternative" but to demonstrate ("Letter from the Birmingham Jail" para. 5).
This example is cited correctly, assuming that at the end of the paper there is a full citation provided. The example properly shows the quotes being surrounded by quotation marks. The in text citation also provides the proper information in giving proper acknowledgement.
6. In "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," King writes to fellow clergy saying that although they "deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham, your statement fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."
This example is not cited correctly. Although King's quotes are enclosed in quotation marks; there is no in text citation. If there is no end of paper citation, that too needs to be provided.
7. My friend Kara told me that she loves living so close to the ocean.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement.
8. Americans are guaranteed the right to freely gather for peaceful meetings.
This example is correct and there is no need to provide a citation as it is a personal statement. Thus it is congruent with the requirements which do not require acknowledgement. If the statement however, does belong to someone else, than proper acknowledgement and citation is required.
The information pertaining to plagiarism is very thorough. It is imperative that one gives credit where credit is due to avoid plagiarism. There are few instances where this is not necessary; those being information which is common knowledge or which is your "idea, discovery and reasonings". Information which you must properly acknowledge by citation includes "1)direct quotations, 2) parpahrases and summaries, 3) arguable assertions, 4) statistics, charts, tables and graphs and 5) images, photos and graphics."
Utilizing a style manual is a handy guide which familiarizes you with rules regarding citations. The information provided in IRIS also thoroughly addresses various citation styles which include MLA and APA. Several interesting bits of information which I was unaware of where that all graphs, charts, tables or any graphic material must be cited, even if you have created it yourself. Another tricky plagiarism topic addresses paraphrasing or summarizing others information and statements; just because we use different language does not take the need away from proper acknowledgement.
It is my advice to myself and others, if you are in doubt, cite anyways, just to be safe.
Hi, Carrie:
ReplyDeleteNice work. You demonstrate a good comprehension of how to avoid plagiarism and what resources are available to verify citation styles and requirements. Common knowledge can be a tad trick and I tend to encourage citing if you are in doubt or wonder about it.
Cheers,
Andrea