Students will be expected to read and bring material from outside sources newspapers, journals, books, etc. We will rely upon these outside readings as critical supplements to textbook readings. This allows us to analyze rhetorical arguments from among the real world. Plagiarism Plagiarism is the presentation of another person s work as your own, whether you intend it or not. Copying or paraphrasing another person s work without documenting that you ve done so is plagiarism.
Plagiarism is a serious offense but is easy to avoid.
Simply acknowledge, or cite, the source of any words, phrases or ideas that you use. While the MLA style of documentation is typical in this class, you may use another as long as you are consistent. Syllabus Fri Jan 19 Introduction. Syllabus, keeping a notebook. Ch 1 discussion.