Bringing in Outside Material

Using Information from Original Sources - GW5 - Unit 3

                                                                    

First read a little from our textbook, Great Writing 5, Unit 3 about how to bring in outside material into your paper as reference. You will have the opportunity to bring in a quote and/or paraphrase from text to support a point in papers 2, 3, and final exam. This does not apply to your current paper #1 due on Friday, March 26.

In papers 2, 3, and final exam essay, you will bring in one quote and one paraphrase from Hidden Figures. Your papers will mostly be about your own experiences, but when referencing our book, Hidden Figures, you will have the chance to cite a passage or two from our Reader as a reference.

Please Note: you will not be citing from internet - only from Hidden Figures.

REMINDER: This assignment does not apply to the current Paper #1 you are working on - only papers 2 and 3 and Final Exam.

 

Using Information from Original Sources:

Now, please review pages 50 to 52 in Unit 3 of GW5.

                                                                                     

 

Notice that Plagiarism definition has come up again. Why is that? Because if you bring in outside material into your essay and you do not cite that source (or give credit to the outside author), then you are passing off that information as your own. That's stealing - and that's called Plagiarism.

REMINDER: See Syllabus about academic honesty at Pierce and a closer definition of plagiarism. Go back to Module Three, week three, and review Plagiarism page and video if necessary.

                                                                                              

 

Recognizing Kinds of Information

Review Activity 1, page 50 which lists two different kinds of information - (1) General common knowledge which would require NC - no citation in text. For example, common knowledge is that World War II ended in 1945. That would not have to be in " quotation " marks or marked as a cited reference. It's common knowledge.

The other information is very specific and (2) Specific information requires a C - citation in text. You need to tell your reader this is not your own information by noting where that information came from. For example, You need to "cite the source" of this specific information in your text.

Complete 1-4 in your book, page 50-51 by putting "NC" or "C" on line.  [answers will be given later].

Look at the four ways to cite information on page 51. Again, you will only be using the first two: quotation and paraphrasing.                         

                                                                                                                                                 

Direct Quotation versus Paraphrasing

Review the examples of both on pages 51-52. Examine the difference between Direct Quotation and Paraphrasing of the same information in the boxes on page 51. Notice how the paraphrase summarizes the quote without using exact phrasing from the quote. Only the words "vocabulary" and "grammar" were used and that's okay because they are common words. The rest is in the student's own words as a good summary of the meaning of the quote.

 

                                                                                   

 

Steps to Writing Good Paraphrases

Review page 52 where the steps to writing a good paraphrase are listed. (See the video below on how to paraphrase.)Then look at the contrasts between good and poor paraphrase below that. Notice the fine difference. The poor paraphrase on the right uses too many words from the original quotation. Remember, paraphrase is writing much of the quote in your own words.

 

Complete Activity 2 in your book, page 53-4 (answers come later).

Read the paragraph, as instructed, and "highlight the most important ideas in the two sentences that are underlined" (page 53).

page 54 (#1 and 2) - supply answers using one of the below marks (a. b. or c.)

TS - if the paraphrase is Too Similar to the original quote (meaning it uses too many exact words from the original)

X - if the paraphrase is off - changes the meaning of the quote

P - if this is the best paraphrase.           

                                                                                                             

                      

Below are three videos about Quoting in-text citations using MLA format (Modern Language Association). English classes use MLA format for research paper citations. Always ask your instructor, however, to make sure. In our class we will not use APA. You will use MLA only.

Quoting in-text citations using MLA format is a video by Instructor Richard P. Carrigan. He goes over the most common way to source cite with one author, one book. That's what you'll be using in your papers - one author, one book citation.

But then he also shows other more involved ways to cite and you are welcome to become acquainted with those also. For the assignment in this Module, you will be using One Author, One Book only.

 

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Paraphrasing in-text, by Richard P. Carrigan

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Overview of in-text citations

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Next you will look at Unit 3 more and practice quoting and paraphrasing.