REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
APA STYLE OF REFERENCING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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borrow
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plagiarize
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quote
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paraphrase
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition: Quotation marks (") are used to show that an author is using someone else’s exact words-they may be the words of a person, a character, or a written source. Use quotation marks only when quoting someone’s exact words, either spoken or written. This is called a direct quotation.
Detailed explanation-2: -To avoid plagiarism, you should always use quotation marks when you are quoting the author verbatim. You should also use words/phrases such as “stated, ‘’ “mentioned that, ‘’ “in the words of, ‘’ etc. to indicate that you are using the author’s exact words. Additionally, you should cite the source.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anytime you copy and paste verbatim from a source and do not give the source credit it is plagiarism. If you do copy and paste a passage word for word, you must put the information in quotations (i.e. “ “) marks and give credit to the author. This is called a direct quote.