Chapter 1
The information safari
Chapter 2
The detective's toolkit
Chapter 3
The art of borrowing
Chapter 4
Giving credit where it's due
Ch 3 · The art of borrowing
007skaty Limiting quotes to exceptionally powerful or historical phrasing prevents lazy writing where others do the thinking for you
007skaty Simply swapping words for synonyms is patchwriting, which remains a form of plagiarism
Fun Fact
Shakespeare's borrowing: William Shakespeare rarely invented his own plots; he used outside sources like Holinshed's Chronicles to write plays like Macbeth and King Lear.
Glossary
plagiarism (noun)
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Educators often detect this academic dishonesty using advanced databases such as Turnitin to scan student papers.
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Educators often detect this academic dishonesty using advanced databases such as Turnitin to scan student papers.
007skaty The Quotation Sandwich Method
Introduce, quote, then analyze (yeah, that's the sandwich!)