Chapter 8

This chapter focuses on avoiding plagiarism. For the past couple weeks we have intensely been working on citing sources. Citing sources allows us as writers to give an idea that will benefit our paper but to also give credit to who came up with the idea. To make sure we don’t plagiarize it’s important to take detailed notes when accumulating your research.  Conduct a knowledge inventory. This means what do you already know about the topic? What don’t you know? And what do you want to know. While writing your draft distinguish your ideas and the ideas from your sources, all these tips will help to ensure you do not plagiarize.