Week 10 — Readings & Resources · Integrating Sources: Quoting, Paraphrasing & Avoiding Plagiarism

Course: English Composition (ENGL 1A) · Silver Oak University (fictional sample) · Prof. Lindgren
Objective covered: Objective 5 — Find, evaluate, and integrate credible sources — quoting, paraphrasing, and synthesizing without plagiarizing.

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This week's load is moderate: a few short readings + 1 video, grouped by the three big ideas, plus one optional free reference. Read or watch one item per group and you're ready for the quiz; do all of them and you'll be very comfortable. Total time is roughly 35–45 minutes if you do everything, far less if you pick one per group.

Reading order that matches the lecture: ① the three moves — quote vs. paraphrase vs. summary → ② signal phrases & integrating a source → ③ the line between an acceptable paraphrase and plagiarism / patchwriting.

A habit to start now: when you take a source's idea into your notes, write it in your own words from memory and mark any exact wording you keep with quotation marks right away — that one habit prevents most accidental plagiarism. And the rule that matters most this week: any quotation you use must be copied exactly from the real source — never from memory, and never from a chatbot.

① The Three Moves: Quote, Paraphrase & Summarize

Maps to Lecture Segments 2 & 6. Three honest ways to bring a source in, differing by how close your words stay to the source's. The line to carry: quote the words, paraphrase the passage, summarize the gist — and credit all three.

Reading — "Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing" (Purdue OWL)
🔗 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/index.html
Why it's assigned: the cleanest plain-language explanation of how the three moves differ — quotations "must be identical to the original… word for word," paraphrases put a passage "into your own words," and summaries condense "the main idea(s)" — and all three must be attributed. From the most widely used writing lab in the country.
⏱ ~7 min

Video — "Citations and Quotes | Study Hall: Composition #7" (ASU + Crash Course)
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02XdhmeFgH4
Why it earns the click: a lively, first-year-composition-specific walk through how and why we credit the ideas and phrases someone else said first — quick mentions vs. fuller credit, and how to do each. From the Study Hall Composition series we use all term.
⏱ ~7 min

② Signal Phrases & Integrating a Source

Maps to Lecture Segment 3. A signal phrase ("According to Holloway…," "Holloway argues that…") hands the reader the source before the borrowed words or idea arrive — crediting it and framing it.

Reading — "Signal and Lead-in Phrases" (Purdue OWL)
🔗 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/signal_and_lead_in_phrases.html
Why it's assigned: a ready-made toolkit of signal phrases — "According to [author]," "[Author] argues / notes / acknowledges / points out that…" — with the reminder to match the verb to what the source is actually doing. This is the move that keeps every borrowed idea clearly attributed.
⏱ ~5 min

Want to see the moves modeled inside a real student-style essay? Purdue OWL's "Sample Essay for Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting" shows all three integrated in context. 🔗 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing_sample_essay.html Optional, ~6 min.

③ The Line Between Paraphrase and Plagiarism (Patchwriting)

Maps to Lecture Segments 1, 4 & 5. The heart of the week: an acceptable paraphrase changes the words and the structure and credits the source; patchwriting (swapping a few synonyms into the source's sentence) is plagiarism — even with a citation.

Reading — "Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words" (Purdue OWL)
🔗 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing.html
Why it's assigned: the single best page for this week. It gives the 6 steps to effective paraphrasing and then shows one original passage rewritten three ways — a legitimate paraphrase, an acceptable summary, and a plagiarized version — so you can see exactly where the line is. (Note its key move: set the source aside and write from understanding, then check back.)
⏱ ~7 min

Reading — "Plagiarism Overview" (Purdue OWL — Avoiding Plagiarism)
🔗 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/avoiding_plagiarism/index.html
Why it's assigned: the plain definition — plagiarism is "using someone else's ideas or words without giving them proper credit" — and the reminder that it ranges from accidental to intentional, and that "in all situations we must attribute other people's words and ideas." This is why a paraphrase needs a citation too, not just a quotation.
⏱ ~5 min

Reading — "Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty" (MLA Style Center) (adapted from the MLA Handbook, 9th ed.)
🔗 https://style.mla.org/plagiarism-and-academic-dishonesty/
Why it's assigned: the authoritative word from the people who make MLA. Note the line that defines the week: "Paraphrasing someone's ideas or arguments or copying someone's unique wording without giving proper credit is plagiarism." Short, serious, and worth reading once before you write.
⏱ ~6 min

On AI and integrating sources (read this — it's load-bearing this week)

Reading — "Student Guide to AI Literacy" (MLA Style Center, MLA–CCCC Task Force)
🔗 https://style.mla.org/student-guide-to-ai-literacy/
Why it's here: the AI-critique habit of this course, from the discipline's own task force. The standard it sets is exactly ours: a literate user "checks the accuracy, correctness, and relevance of GenAI outputs against credible sources" and "credit[s] GenAI contributions… through appropriate citation." This is why, when a chatbot hands you a quotation and a source this week, you verify both against the real text before you trust them.
⏱ ~7 min

Optional one-stop reference (free online text)

If you'd like one optional reference to skim all term, the OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook keeps its full text free to read online — a reputable, currently-available college writing reference with sections on working with sources, paraphrasing, and the MLA documentation we take up next week.
🔗 https://openstax.org/details/books/writing-guide
Why it's here: a free, returnable reference for the whole course — entirely optional this week. (Linked as a free reference; this course makes no open-license or copyright claim about it.)

Pick-one quick path (≈19 min total)

In a hurry? Do exactly these and you'll be ready for the quiz:
1. Read "Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing" — the three moves (group ①).
2. Read "Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words" — legitimate paraphrase vs. plagiarized version (group ③).
3. Skim "Signal and Lead-in Phrases" — how to introduce a source (group ②).

Heads-up (links rot): these point to outside sites that occasionally move or rename pages. If a link ever fails, tell Prof. Lindgren and use the free OpenStax reference above in the meantime. Nothing here is hosted by our course — these are all external resources, linked, not reproduced — and we make no copyright or open-license claim about any of them. And the rule that matters most this week: any quotation you use in your writing must be copied exactly from the real source — never from memory, and never from a chatbot, which will confidently invent both the quotation and the source.