Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Oryx and Crate Notes 1 3/28/2012

Bibilography line

Summary of bibliography. If old source, say why still relevant. (Summary and statement of relevance to project)

Plagiarism

-using somebody else’s writing = findings, ideas, research, interpretations, argument, work, w/o giving them credit

-take someone’s voice/structures

Paraphrase

-putting someone else’s idea in own words and giving credit to them.

-take same amount of words as original

Summarize

- condensed

- convey main ideas

- giving credit

Why cite?

- increase self ethos – being ethical

- shows credibility of self-research

- connection of ideas and work

Why paraphrase?

- keep your own voice consistence through the essay

- unless losing message of words, paraphrase

How?

- get some distance

- understand

- not rewording/ but restating

- cite while taking notes

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Oryx and Crate

-Pre-apocalypse –

- dystopia bc gated community sponsored by companies, capitalism and science put together = not good

- no government entity

- scientist playing as God

- competing companies, people = pawns

-Post-apocalypse – dystopia for Children of Oryx and Children of Crate

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