July 28, 2008 Archives
Key Concept:
revision
Revising an assignment means looking at it carefully and making significant changes
to improve it. If there's something wrong with your car's engine, you
can't solve the problem with a fresh coat of paint. Revision asks you
to go beyond surface changes such as spelling and punctuation, and
address big-picture issues such as focus, clarity, and audience. (See "Revision vs. Editing.")
Key Concept:
paraphrase
Using another author's ideas, but different words, is paraphrasing. If you paraphrase someone else's ideas, in academic writing you must still give credit to the original author, because you are using someone else's ideas.
(Whenever you are in doubt, cite your source, or ask your instructor for clarification. See direct quotation; plagiarism.)
(Whenever you are in doubt, cite your source, or ask your instructor for clarification. See direct quotation; plagiarism.)
Key Concept:
direct quotation
A legitimate way of using someone else's exact words in your paper, so long as you put quotation marks around those exact words, and identify the source. (See paraphrase.)
Recent Comments
Dennis G. Jerz on P3: Revision Workshop: Here are the in-class prompts we wrote about: 1) W
Dennis G. Jerz on Final Self-Assessment: Rough Draft: A student asks: Dr. Jerz, For the Final Self-Asse
Dennis G. Jerz on Ex 3-3: Pro/Con II: You may argue against any previous submission. I w
Timothy Koch on Ex 3-3: Pro/Con II: for this paper, can we argue against any of the pr
Dennis G. Jerz on Ex 3-2: Pro/Con Combined: Elyse, one problem is that I've scheduled an in-cl
Elyse Grogan on Ex 3-2: Pro/Con Combined: hi, i was jus wondering if there is any way possib
Dennis G. Jerz on Self-Assessment: Thanks for that feedback, Meghan. Now that we'll b
Meghan Fisher on Self-Assessment: I like when we have give and take in class. Today
Dennis G. Jerz on Ex 2-4: Explain a Position: You can think of this as the "pro" side of an argu