This document provides information on academic vs non-academic texts, outlining, bibliographies, paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarism. Academic texts are formal, take time to publish, and cite references, while non-academic texts are informal and can be published quickly. Outlines map the structure of academic papers and include main headings and arguments. Bibliographies are alphabetical lists of sources cited and come at the end of a text. Paraphrasing restates insights from references in one's own words, while summarizing provides an overview of the key ideas and essence of an entire text. Plagiarism includes directly copying text, self-plagiarism by reusing one's own
This document provides information on academic vs non-academic texts, outlining, bibliographies, paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarism. Academic texts are formal, take time to publish, and cite references, while non-academic texts are informal and can be published quickly. Outlines map the structure of academic papers and include main headings and arguments. Bibliographies are alphabetical lists of sources cited and come at the end of a text. Paraphrasing restates insights from references in one's own words, while summarizing provides an overview of the key ideas and essence of an entire text. Plagiarism includes directly copying text, self-plagiarism by reusing one's own
This document provides information on academic vs non-academic texts, outlining, bibliographies, paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarism. Academic texts are formal, take time to publish, and cite references, while non-academic texts are informal and can be published quickly. Outlines map the structure of academic papers and include main headings and arguments. Bibliographies are alphabetical lists of sources cited and come at the end of a text. Paraphrasing restates insights from references in one's own words, while summarizing provides an overview of the key ideas and essence of an entire text. Plagiarism includes directly copying text, self-plagiarism by reusing one's own
- takes a long time to publish Surname, I. & Surname, I. (Year of Publication).
- made by professionals Title of the article (sentence case). Journal - uses formal language (Capitalized first letter). Volume # (Issue #), pages (w/o pp.). - specific - proper punctuation marks • Book - includes references Surname, I. (Year of Publication). Title of book NON-ACADEMIC (sentence case) (edition). Place of Publication: Publisher. - can be published right away - made by the mass, public • Article from anthology - uses casual, slang language Surname, I. (Year of Publication). Title of the - informal Article (sentence case). Editors (I. Surname and I. OUTLINES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES Surname). Title of the Book (capitalized first letter). Place of Publication: Publisher. OUTLINE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY - a plan or a summary of a writing object - written either on set of cards, table, or simply - map/shape of your essay typed. - structure of an academic paper - includes summary/abstract, findings, - main headings are encoded with roman recommendations numerals with supporting arguments marked by capital PARAPHRASING AND SUMMARIZING letters PARAPHRASING – process in which a writer o Topic Outline restates the insights found in reference using his - do not exceed 3 words own words - key words, phrases o Sentence Outline - complete sentences - 80% - 90% of summary - rules: use third person (he, she, they) BIBLIOGRAPHY - no quotation marks - a list of materials that were used or will be - add information used in the composition of an - signal words: explained, stated, said, asserts, academic/professional piece according to - found at the end of text SUMMARIZING – synopsis or digest of the - arranged alphabetically essence of an entire text - APA: American Psychological Association - MLA: Modern Language Association – used - reviews, literary critique in humanities - gist, key ideas, main point - broad overview - larger selections to bare essentials - includes citations PLAGIARISM
• Direct - word for word transcription of a
selection • Self-plagiarism - occurs when a student submits his own previous work, or mixes parts of previous work without permissions from all professors involves • Mosaic - student borrows phrases from a source without using quotation marks • Accidental - person neglects to cite their sources, misquotes their sources or unintentionally paraphrase a source by a using similar words
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