EAPP

• Plagiarism

  is the act of presenting words, ideas, images, sounds or the creative expression of others as your own without giving credit; may be intentional, reckless, and unintentional
• Sid Mason

  "Plagiarism is lying, cheating,

  and stealing all at once."
• Direct Plagiarism


  Word for word transcription of someone's work without quotation or credit
• Self-Plagiarism


  Submitting one's own previous work or mixing parts of previous works
• Mosaic Plagiarism


  Borrowing phrases from a source without quotation marks or finding synonyms for the author's languages while keeping the same structure
• Accidental Plagiarism


  Neglecting to cite sources misquotations of sources or unintentionally
• Summarizing

  is a short statement of the main idea or key points of a text. It is generally done after reading; however, it can be done as well while reading the text.
• Idea Heading Format

  summarized idea comes before the citation
• Paraphrasing

  is restating a statement or

  passage in your own words.
• Literal Paraphrasing

  replacing vocabulary terms from the original text
• Structural Paraphrasing

  changing the sentence structure as well as the word class of key words of the text
• Alternative Paraphrasing

  posing questions about the text, then answering these questions using own words after reading the text making sure that all ideas are connected
• Citations

  is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source and where to find that information again
• American Psychological Association (APA)

  used by Education, Psychology and

  Sciences
• Modern Language Association (MLA)

  Used by Humanities
• Chicago/Turabian

  Used by business, history And the fine Arts
• Author-Oriented Citations

  Starts with the surname of the author, followed by the year of publication in parenthesis.
• Text-Oriented Citations

  A paragraph or sentence from a source is followed with the surname of the author of the work and the year of publication, both enclosed in parentheses.
• Report

  an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry etc.
• Technical Report

  It provides a record of your developing expertise and is a legal record of your work and decision making
• Technical Report

  It communicates a solution to a problem, recommends action and aids decision
• Technical Report

  Academic papers that present and analyze the results or findings of research
• Title Page

  It is the page at the beginning of a

  work that indicates the title, author's

  or editor's name and the publication

  information, usually the publisher and the place and date of publication
• Summary

  It includes a brief overview of your

  investigation, outcomes and

  recommendations and includes the key information about

  your full report
• Table of Contents

  It should be arranged according to

  the headings and subheadings of

  your report
• Introduction

  It provides context for the problem

  being addressed
• Body

  It is structured according to the

  needs of your reader and the nature

  of the project
• Conclusion

  It mirrors your introduction

  It refers to your aims

  It summarizes your key findings

  It states your major outcomes and

  highlight their significance
• Recommendations

  It identifies and discusses or

  describes the key findings.
• References

  Acknowledge all the information

  and ideas you have incorporated

  from other sources into your paper
• Appendix

  If you have data that is too detailed

  or lengthy to include in the report

  itself, include it here
• Position Paper

  is an essay that expresses a position on an issue. It gives arguments that support the opinion of the writer based on the facts collected.
• Concept paper

  a document written to

  convince potential funders to sponsor a product, program or service. Concise documents containing information, statistics and persuasive arguments.
• Critique

  It is a short summary followed by an

  evaluation and may include the writers’

  opinions
• Book

  is a collection of paper sheets with text images and other content that are bonded together as a reading material.
• Article

  is a piece of work that has been

  attached with other sections or that when put together creates a reading materials an organized set. It also shorter than a book.
• Book Critique

  A specialized form of an academic writing in which a reader evaluates the contribution to the knowledge of scholarly such as academic books and journal articles.
• Book Critique

  It Is a critical assessment, analysis, or evaluation of a work.
• Article Critic

  presents a critical assessment of the article's content and may offer agreement or disagreement about the ideas or arguments written in the article.
• Survey

  A way of asking people questions that you understand and helps you understand what people think or what and why they do certain actions.