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Plagiarism
A word about Plagiarism. Many teachers on our campus will have you submit your paper to Turnitin.com to help teach you to cite sources and assist with plagiarism prevention.
What exactly is plagiarism?
--- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
----to use (another's production) without crediting the source
to commit literary theft
---to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
Visit http://plagiarism.com for more information, tips, and insights.
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism
FATt Sentences
Your teacher might have you practice writing a "FATt" sentence in order to help you craft a Thesis statement. A FATt sentence is meant to be an acronymn; that is, FATt stands for elements of a good thesis sentence:
F: Focus
A: Author
T: Text
t: Text type
These elements don't have to be in order, depending on how you want your sentence to sound:
Harper Lee's (Author) novel (text type), To Kill a Mockingbird (Text), examines racial tensions in the 20th century (focus).