Plagiarism and Logic Self-Check

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Plagiarism and Logic Self-Check
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Prepare.png Prepare: As you prepare to write your first discussion for this week, take a few moments to do the following:
Reflect.png Reflect: Before drafting your initial post, take time to reflect on everything you’ve learned about argument, logic, and fallacy over the last month. Reread your draft with an eye on logic and make note of any fallacies you catch or claims that lack support.

Take another look at your draft with an eye on your use of outside sources. Keep an eye out for missing quotation marks, poorly paraphrased information, and in-text citations. Make note of any errors or concerns you discover. Utilize the Turnitin tool to help you review your work.
Write.png Write (due Thursday, Day 3): In 200 to 300 words, share your plagiarism and logic self-check experience. Describe your process and the items you uncovered during your review. In a few sentences, explain how you will correct the issues and ask questions if you need help or advice. You are encouraged to share some examples from your draft and explain how this experience will influence your work in the future.

Please review the Week 5 Discussion Initial Post TemplatePreview the document before writing your response.

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I plan on correcting these issues by using of in-text citation of where I got the original idea from. I will also not be purchasing work from outside sources and present it as my own. I will also not be lending my previous assignments to my fellow students to copy for submission. Lastly, I will not be reusing my assignments from previous courses without my lecturer’s permission. One specific question I have about my experience is why does Turnitin sometimes detect that I plagiarized work and yet sometimes that work is totally from my head?

One of my best passage is that which advocated that it is not enough to just list the quoted sources in the work cited section (Luksanapruksa, & Millhouse, 2016). This is because failing to cite the paraphrased work is pure plagiarism. Another passage that I found helpful is that I

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Plagiarism and Logic Self-Check
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