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NSE 101 Academic Integrity and StyleRules
What are the style rules of formatting? - answer1. One-inch margins on all four margins
with left justification;
2. Double spaced text;
3. Times New Roman 12 font;
4. Page numbers in top right corner starting on the title page;
5. "Indent first line of every paragraph 0.5 in" (p. 45);
6. One space after each sentence.
7. Title of your paper should appear on the first line of the text of your paper (APA,
2020). As per APA, this title should be "title case, bold, and centred" (p. 39).
What should a title page look like? - answer Title (bolded)
First, last name
School, University
Course code: Name
Professor first, last name
Month dd, yyyy
What is academic integrity? - answerRequires that you truthfully present your own ideas
and identify when you are incorporating the work and ideas of others.
What is plagiarism? - answerIntegrating another person's ideas and intellectual material
into your writing without giving them credit or citing them.
What is self-plagiarism? - answerA type of plagiarism where you don't reference ideas
that you previously wrote about in other assignments.
Why do people plagiarize? - answer- Writer has not managed their time
- Struggled with the writing process
- Accidental plagiarism due to carelessness, haste, or misunderstanding.
How do you avoid plagiarism? - answer- Start by writing what you know about the
subject
- Turn to sources only when you need to support your own with authoritative backing or
when there's a knowledge gap you cannot fill on your own
- Source to satisfy requirements
- Take notes carefully
, - Immediately cite the work and add to your reference list
- Give credit for someone else's intellectual property
- Changing a few words is still plagiarism
- Carefully follow guidelines.
What is paraphrasing?
(name, year) - answerPresenting ideas from source material in your own words.
Why do we paraphrase? - answer- Can demonstrate your understanding of a text
- Help you double check the depth of your understanding
- Lets you rephrase an idea in a way that matches your style without losing any key
information
What is a quotation/direct quotation?
"___" and (name, year, p. #) - answerWhen you use the exact wording from the source.
Why do we quote directly? - answer- To maintain the original text's vividness or power
- To maintain the source's special or unique language
- Demonstrates an authoritative source supports your point
- Can present an opposing view (avoids personal bias if paraphrased).
Quotations considerations - answer- Limit your use of quotations
- Too many indicate a lack of original ideas and thoughts
- Avoid unnecessarily long quotations
- Quotes >40 words should be formatted as a block quotation
How do you use in-text citations (parenthetical citations)? - answerCan be placed in
parentheses within the text of your paper (APA, 2020).
How do you use in-text citations with two authors in one source? - answerHart and Lu-
Ann (2019) argued that an ampersand (&) is used within parenthesis between authors'
names and the word "and" is used between authors' names with the textual content that
is not in parentheses (Hart & Lu-Ann, 2019).
How do you begin with a signal phrase (narrative citation)? - answerAccording to APA
(2005) includes the author's last name followed by date of publication in parentheses
How do you cite multiple references within parentheses? - answerList them in
alphabetical order, and if by the same author list in chronological order (Barjarow, 2017,
2019; Matilada & Barsowitz, 2018).
How do you distinguish two different citations that have the same author and same
year? - answerUse letter notations to distinguish them (Lapum 2017a, 2017b).
How do you cite direct quotations? - answerAccording to APA (2020), "you must add
page numbers" (p. 339).
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