CM225 UNIT 4 SEMINAR

1. CM225UNIT 4 SEMINAR Using Sources Effectively Paraphrasing and Quoting Avoiding Plagiarism Unit 4 Project Due ONE WRITER’S JOURNEY

2. USING SOURCES WISELY • 80/20 Rule • PARAPHRASE more than you QUOTE • Use sources to support your ideas rather than allowing them to become the paper itself • Avoid CUTTING and PASTING • Respond to/analyze source information

3. HOW TO PARAPHRASE • Read your source without having your draft open at the same time. • Re-read it until you understand it and can “teach” it to others • Explain it in your own words • Compare your paraphrase with the original • CITE IT

4. PRACTICE PARAPHRASING • When crime is planned, the criminal ordinarily concentrates on escaping detection, arrest, and conviction. The threat of even the severest punishment will not discourage those who expect to escape detection and arrest. It is impossible to imagine how the threat of any punishment could prevent a crime that is not premeditated. Gangland killings, air piracy, drive-by shootings, and kidnapping for ransom are among the graver felonies that continue to be committed because some individuals think they are too clever to get caught. • ACLU website, title is The Case Against the Death Penalty. Author is not stated. Address is http://www.aclu.org/capital/general/10441pub19971231.html#deterrent

5. AVOIDING PLAGIARISM • What is PLAGIARISM and HOW do you avoid it? • WHY is this PLAGIARISM: Children being the future investors of capitalism force advertisement to work hard in order to remain one step ahead of it’s competitor and the consumer. Recognizing that brand loyalty and consumer habits are formed when children are young, advertisers spend 100s of billions of dollars a year worldwide encouraging, persuading, and manipulating people into a consumer lifestyle that has devastating consequences for the environment through its extravagance and wastefulness. (beder.uow.edu.au).

6. IS THIS PLAGIARISM? • ORIGINAL: • “One of the most damaging consequences of media’s images of women and men is that these images encourage us to perceive normal bodies and normal physical functions as problems. It’s understandable to wish we weighed a little more or less, had better developed muscles, and never had pimples or cramps. • What is neither reasonable nor healthy, however, is to regard healthy, functional bodies as abnormal and unacceptable. Yet this is precisely the negative self-image cultivated by media portrayals of women and men.” • Wood, Julia T. Our Body, Our Image: How the Media Hurts Our Sense of Self. New York: Longman, 1998. • STUDENT VERSION ONE: • Version 1: A damaging consequence of media’s images of women and men is that these images encourage us to think of normal bodies and normal physical functions as problems. It’s totally understandable to wish we weighed a little more or less, had bigger muscles, and never had pimples or cramps. What is neither reasonable nor healthy, however, is to think of healthy, functional bodies as abnormal and unacceptable. But this is precisely the negative self-image cultivated by media portrayals of women and men.

7. IS THIS PLAGIARISM? • VERSION TWO • A damaging consequence of media’s images of women and men is that these images encourage us to think of normal bodies and normal physical functions as problems. It’s totally understandable to wish we weighed a little more or less, had bigger muscles, and never had pimples or cramps. What is neither reasonable nor healthy, however, is to think of healthy, functional bodies as abnormal and unacceptable. But this is precisely the negative self-image cultivated by media portrayals of women and men (Wood)

8. IS THIS PLAGIARISM? • VERSION THREE: • A damaging consequence of media’s images of women and men is that these images encourage us to think of normal bodies and normal physical functions as problems. As Julia T. Wood points out, “It’s understandable to wish we weighed a little more or less, had better developed muscles, and never had pimples or cramps“ (300). What is neither reasonable nor healthy, however, is to think of healthy, functional bodies as abnormal and unacceptable. But this is “precisely the negative self-image cultivated by media portrayals of women and men” (Wood 300).

9. IS THIS PLAGIARISM? • VERSION FOUR: • A casual glance at any fashion magazine makes the point—we need to weigh less, have clearer skin, larger breasts if we are women, and more hair if we are men. As Julia T. Wood points out, media images “encourage us to perceive normal bodies and normal physical functions as problems” (p. 300). • This media-generated perception--that our perfectly normal bodies must be altered to be acceptable--is changing how we perceive our own bodies and negatively impacting our society (Wood, 1998).

10. ONE WRITER’S JOURNEY • Discuss the STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES of Janice Logan’s draft, focusing on: • Clearly established thesis and focus on that issue within the paper • Organization and development of ideas • Use and citation of sources • Sentence style/grammar • Offer advice on IMPROVEMENT