Episode 146: Patchwriting – What It Is, and How to Avoid It -

Episode 146: Patchwriting – What It Is, and How to Avoid It

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Patchwriting is a form of plagiarism that most students aren’t aware is plagiarism – substituting in words into the sentence structure of a source. It’s like Academic MadLibs. In this episode, Adam and Dinur compare paraphrasing to patchwriting, explain why patchwriting is a form of plagiarism, and go over how to paraphrase instead of patchwrite. […]

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