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Avoiding Plagiarism Table of Contents
Plagiarism
Citing Sources
Paraphrasing
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Try This One Out
Several students are working together on a paper about dogs in the workplace. They've found a nice selection by James Thurber that they want to use, but they can't agree on the proper way to include it in their paper. Read the original selection and each student's paraphrase. See what you think about their work. Then click on the arrow to see some comments on their work. Here's what Thurber wrote: "If the patient and devoted English bloodhound is a plainclothesman, the German shepherd is a harness bull. Until six years ago, eight or more German shepherds trotted beats, each accompanied by a police officer, over in Brooklyn. The canine cops had all been presented to the Brooklyn Police Department by private citizens, but they gradually died off, or were retired, and finally no new ones appeared to take their place. They were highly proficient, perfectly trained dog cops, and they brought many a felon to justice. This squad of Brooklyn flatpaws contained one policewoman named Peggy, whose record was just as good as that of the males." ³
Let's start with Callie. Here's what she wrote: According to James Thurber, the Brooklyn Police Department prefers to use German shepherds for police work, rather than English bloodhounds.
³ Thurber, James. Thurber's Dogs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1926.
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