REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
MENDELEY
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Question
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You want to directly copy the words of the author from one of your sources, what must you do?
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Use quotation marks around it and cite it properly
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Go ahead and include it on your paper, no one will know the difference
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Just rearrange the words and hope no one will finds out
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Quotations are the exact words of an author, copied directly from a source, word for word. Punctuation, capitalization, and every word must all be exactly the same. Like paraphrase and summary, quotations must be cited!
Detailed explanation-2: -Copying and Pasting Plagiarism 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.
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