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Paraphrasing
Example 1 of 5
A word-for-word example of plagiarism is
one in which the writer directly quotes a passage or passages from
an author's work without the use of proper quotation marks.
Read the example carefully!
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Original
Source Material: Technology has significantly transformed
education at several major turning points in our history. In the
broadest sense, the first technology was the primitive modes of
communication used by prehistoric people before the development
of spoken language. Mime, gestures, grunts, and drawing of
figures in the sand with a stick were methods used to
communicate -- yes, even to educate. Even without speech, these
prehistoric people were able to teach their young how to catch
animals for food, what animals to avoid, which vegetation was
good to eat and which was poisonous. |
Source:
Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring education through
technology. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational
Foundation.
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Plagiarized
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Correct
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In examining
technology, we have to remember that computers are not the first
technology people have had to deal with. The first technology
was the primitive modes of communication used by prehistoric
people before the development of spoken language. |
In examining
technology, we have to remember that computers are not the first
technology people have had to deal with. Frick (1991) believes
that "... the first technology was the primitive nodes of
communication used by prehistoric people before the development
of spoken language" (p. 10).
References: Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring education through
technology. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational
Foundation. |
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Explanation: This example of student written work is
plagiarized. The student copied, word-for-word, text from the
original source material. No credit was given to the author of
the text and quotation marks were not used. Also, the student
didn't provide a reference. |
Explanation: Note in this example that the passage begins
with the author and year of the publication. Quotation marks are
used to indicate that this passage is a word-for-word citation
from the original document. |
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