What are 3 things you learned from this website?
Explain the author's point of view. What evidence do you find convincing? What evidence do you find questionable? Explain why.
Does this author's background (qualifications, experience, and education) make him or her a credible source about this subject? Why?
Which of the two authors you have been researching is probably more knowledgeable and credible? Explain your thinking.
A completed, framed quote has three parts:
An introduction to the quote (for example, According to the text… or Studies have found that…)
The borrowed words (the quote) in quotation marks
The citation in parentheses: the author’s last name or the source title, followed by the page or paragraph number
Examples of completed, framed quotes
Example 1: Using a source that has the author’s name and uses paragraph numbers (for example, an article from The Chocolate Collection) According to the text, “dark chocolate relieves stress and lowers blood pressure” (Smith 5).
Example 2: Using a source that has the author's name and uses page numbers, (for example, a book) As the author indicates, “the Aztecs used cacao seeds in their religious ceremonies, offering the seeds as a sacrifice to the gods” (Smith 23).
Example 3: Using a source with no author or title listed (for example, a website’s homepage) Studies have found that “dark chocolate reduces cholesterol in 53% of adults” (scientificamerican.com).
Sentence from the article “Prehistoric Americans Traded Chocolate for Turquoise?” by Christine Dell'Amore:
Visiting Mesoamericans may have bartered cacao beans for gems unique to the Southwest, such as turquoise, which is known to have been mined by Puebloans in what's now New Mexico.
Write a framed quote correctly based off the text provided.
From “The Iceberg Was Only Part of It,” The New York Times, by William J. Broad
On a moonless night in the North Atlantic, the liner hit an iceberg and disaster ensued, with 1,500 lives lost.
Which of these is the example of patchwork plagiarism?
Part 1: Imagine that you are writing a report about air pollution. Select the two most credible sources:
Part 2: Why did you choose these two authors? What makes them credible?
Yes | No | |
|---|---|---|
A 2017 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official report on the effects of pollution on marine life | ||
A pet owner’s blog about her sick fish | ||
A current article about illegal waste disposal, published by a middle school newspaper | ||
An article in a recent issue of The New York Times about oil spills and bird life |
Write a completed, framed quote from this source with an introduction, a quotation, and a citation.
Write an appropriate paraphrase of this quote that doesn’t use patchwork plagiarism.