Recognizing Plagarism and Unacceptable Forms of Paraphrasing
How to Recognize Plagarism and Unacceptable Forms of Paraphrasing
How to Recognize Unacceptable and Acceptable Paraphrases
Here's the ORIGINAL text, from page 1 of Lizzie Borden: A Case Book of Family and Crime
in the 1890s by Joyce Williams et al.:
The rise of industry, the growth of cities, and the expansion of the population were the three
great developments of late nineteenth century American history. As new, larger,
steam-powered factories became a feature of the American landscape in the East, they
transformed farm hands into industrial laborers, and provided jobs for a rising tide of
immigrants. With industry came urbanization the growth of large cities (like Fall River,
Massachusetts, where the Bordens lived) which became the centers of production as well as of
commerce and trade.
Here's an UNACCEPTABLE paraphrase that is plagiarism:
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