Avoiding of Plagiarism Activity Essay Example

(FDA) website, it is quite an important source of information both for academic purposes or individual knowledge. The information contained in the website deals with what the public or an academician needs to know regarding what the US government is doing to protect its citizens from harmful chemicals which are mostly found in majority of carbonated Soft drinks.

Student work with highlighted mistakes

In the Hawaiian tradition Captain Cook strongly influenced many breakdowns including tattooing (paraphrasing). “Hawaiian tattooing was called “kakau,” and Hawaiians considered it important for aesthetic, health and religious reasons (Pacific Islanders in Communication)” ( quotation). The patterns were taken from nature ( paraphrasing) and the designs were applied by specially trained kahuna, experts in one or more critical task, who applied pigment to the skin with a needle made from bone, tied to a stick and struck by a mallet(Plagiarism). The tattooing was held in secret and tools were often destroyed and by the nineteenth century this practice began to disappear (paraphrasing). “Kakau was discourages (Misspelling) and suppressed (Plagiarism).”

How to fix mistakes

I will try and make the paraphrasing more creative as opposed to making them look like they are copy and paste from the original article as it appears in the student work. The quotations must be in Opening and closing brackets. There are two instances of plagiarism as indicated above. There is also one instance of a misspelled word. The referencing should have a publication year according to APA requirements.

References

• FDA. (n.d.). Carbonated Soft Drinks: What You Should Know. Retrieved March 16, 2016, from
  http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdditivesIngredients/ucm232528. htm .
• Search Strategies. (n.d.). Retrieved March 17, 2016, from
  https://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/searchstrategies.html