AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

Exercise (by pair)

1. What is APA?
2. Why do we cite our sources?
3. What is plagiarism?
4. What are the two forms of citation?
5. What are the elements of a reference
citation?
6. What are the elements of an in-text citation?
 LET’S PRACTICE:
1. New York | 1998 | Levine Books | Harry Potter and the
sorcerer’s stone | j.k rowling
2. Penguin Books Ltd. | london| Dahl, R. & Blake, Q. | 1989 |
Matilda
3. 2014 | Disney Hyperion Books | Percy Jackson’s Greek
Gods | Los Angeles | Riordan, R.
4. The Maze Runner | Delacorte | 2009 | new york | Dashner,
J.
5. Melbourne | 1953 | Penguin Books | Alcott, L. M. | Little
Women
PRACTICE

1. New York | 1998 | Arthur A. |

Levine Books | Harry Potter and
the sorcerer’s stone | j.k rowling
2. Penguin Books Ltd. | london| Dahl,
R. & Blake, Q. | 1989 | Matilda
3. 2014 | Disney Hyperion Books | Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods | Los
Angeles | Riordan, R.
4. The Maze Runner | Delacorte | 2009 | new york | Dashner, J.
5. Melbourne | 1953 | Penguin Books | Alcott, L. M. | Little Women
 Let’s Practice!
Author’s last name: Gee
Year of publication: 2005
Page number: 8

• Another viewpoint is that the meaning of language is inherently social.

• Another viewpoint is that “language has meaning only in and through social practices.”
• The recent theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices”
lends support for social learning theories.
• Gee believes that the meaning of language is inherently social.
• Gee’s theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices” lends
support for social learning theories.
 Let’s Practice!
Author’s last name: Gee
Year of publication: 2005
Page number: 8

• Another viewpoint is that the meaning of language is inherently social (Gee, 2005).
• Another viewpoint is that “language has meaning only in and through social practices.”
The recent theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices”
lends support for social learning theories.
• Gee believes that the meaning of language is inherently social.
• Gee’s theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices” lends
support for social learning theories.
 Let’s Practice!
Author’s last name: Gee
Year of publication: 2005
Page number: 8

• Another viewpoint is that the meaning of language is inherently social (Gee, 2005).
• Another viewpoint is that “language has meaning only in and through social practices.”
(Gee, 2005, p. 8).
• The recent theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices”
lends support for social learning theories.
• Gee believes that the meaning of language is inherently social.
• Gee’s theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices” lends
support for social learning theories.
 Let’s Practice!
Author’s last name: Gee
Year of publication: 2005
Page number: 8

• Another viewpoint is that the meaning of language is inherently social (Gee, 2005, p.8).
• Another viewpoint is that “language has meaning only in and through social practices.”
(Gee, 2005, p. 8).
• The recent theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices”
(Gee, 2005, p. 8) lends support for social learning theories.
• Gee believes that the meaning of language is inherently social.
• Gee’s theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices” lends
support for social learning theories.
 Let’s Practice!
Author’s last name: Gee
Year of publication: 2005
Page number: 8

• Another viewpoint is that the meaning of language is inherently social (Gee, 2005, p.8).
• Another viewpoint is that “language has meaning only in and through social practices.”
(Gee, 2005, p. 8).
• The recent theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices”
(Gee, 2005, p. 8) lends support for social learning theories.
• Gee (2005) believes that the meaning of language is inherently social.
• Gee’s theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices” lends
support for social learning theories.
 Let’s Practice!
Author’s last name: Gee
Year of publication: 2005
Page number: 8

• Another viewpoint is that the meaning of language is inherently social (Gee, 2005).
• Another viewpoint is that “language has meaning only in and through social practices.”
(Gee, 2005, p. 8).
• The recent theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices”
(Gee, 2005, p. 8) lends support for social learning theories.
• Gee (2005) believes that the meaning of language is inherently social.
• Gee’s (2005) theory that “language has meaning only in and through social practices”
(p.8) lends support for social learning theories.
In-Text Citations: Multiple Authors
Basic
2 Authors (Verhaak & de Haan, 2007)
first citation
(Zandt, Prior, & Kyrios, 2006)
3-5 Authors
subsequent citations
(Zandt et al., 2006)
6+ Authors (Storch et al., 2006)
Author Names in Sentence
Verhaak and de Haan (2007)
first citation
Zandt, Prior, and Kyrios (2006)
subsequent citations
Zandt et al. (2006)
Storch et al. (2006)
In-Text Citations: Other variations
Basic Author Names in Sentence
Group as
(University of Pittsburgh, 2007) University of Pittsburgh (2007)
Author
(“Study Finds,” 2007) “Study Finds” (2007)
No Author
(College Bound Seniors, 2008) College Bound Seniors (2008)
No
Publication (Basham, n.d.) Basham (n.d.)
Date
Multiple
(Gee, 2005, pp. 8-9) Gee (2007)…(pp. 8-9)
Pages
No Page
(Brown, 2007, para. 6) Brown (2007)…(para. 6)
Numbers