Question

1. What is the basic reason for citation?

2. What happens when an author doesn't cite his or her sources?
3. What does proper citation allow your reader to do?
4. What is the difference between paraphrase and direct quotation?

Answer 1

1. The basic reason for citation is to give credit to the authors who have come before you and helped to inform your research. In short, its purpose is to give credit where credit is due.

2. When an author doesn’t cite his or her sources, he or she has committed plagiarism, which is the equivalent of academic theft.

3. Properly citing your research allows your readers to retrace your steps and either validate your conclusions or draw new conclusions of their own. Through end-of-text references (Works Cited page), your reader is given the opportunity to locate each and every source you’ve referenced throughout your research.

4. Paraphrasing is the rewording of something written or spoken by someone else; a direct quotation is that person's exact words.

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Answer 2

1. The basic reason for citation is to support your arguments/statements with a credible source, whether it’s from an article, book, newspaper, etc.

2. If an author doesn’t cite their sources, then they are plagiarizing (taking someone else’s work as their own.)

3. A proper citation allows your reader to understand that you are using a citation to support your claims.

4. A paraphrase is a quotation which has been reworded or modified. A direct quotation is not reworded.