A dialogue about plagiarism paper

I would like this paper to be written from the perspective of an international student. The instructor instructions are below. I would also provide the source text mentioned.

Assignment: Write a dialogue between several characters that have very different attitudes about plagiarism. Pretend that your characters have read the source texts that you have read. Use your imagination to develop your characters’ responses to the texts. You can include yourself in the discussion if you want.

Your dialogue should explore alternative understandings of “originality” and how it relates to “plagiarism.” Consider this issue: if writing always involves combining or building on old ideas, then how are new ideas possible and does the idea of plagiarism make sense?

You can use the “Differing Attitudes towards Textual Reuse” handout to get ideas about how people’s attitudes towards plagiarism differ. You can use the “Plagiarism–What do U.S. Professors Think?” handout to get ideas about issues that people don’t agree on.

Length:6 pages (double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point font).

Purposes:

• To synthesize information taken from a number of sources.
• To discuss reasoning around citing decisions and develop your own reasoning.
• To practice in-text referencing conventions.

Source texts:

• Gladwell (2004) “Something borrowed”
• Harris (2011) Chapter 1, section 1.2 “Why use sources in papers?” and section 1.5“Are sources the whole idea?”
• Popova (2012) “Combinatorial creativity and the myth of originality”
• “Student academic integrity policy”
• Walling (2009) “The creativity continuum”
• Quotes on the “Differing Attitudes towards Textual Reuse” handout.

Genre:This is a dialogue. Introduce the dialogue with a paragraph that gives the setting and some background for your characters. Then, format the dialogue using names against the left margin followed by a colon. You can give stage directions in italics and parentheses. You can use informal, spoken English. Here is an example:

Sara: (pointing to the student papers on her desk) I really don’t see what all the fuss is about. Coming up with your own ideas is easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

Alex: (looking doubtful) Really.When’s the last time you came up with a truly original idea?

Sara:Well, I guess that depends on how you define “original…”

Structure:You may organize the ideas that you cover in the dialogue in any way you’d like. You can construct your dialogue in several parts that occur at different times or with different participants.

Title:Compose a title for your dialogue and center it at the top of the first page.

Referencing: Use in-text citations and, on the second draft, include a reference page. If you need to cite something from the “Differing Attitudes towards Textual Reuse” handout, please cite the original source. For example, if you use the first quote, you should cite it like this:

“I don’t want my own words coming bouncing back to me in student work…” (quoted in Sutherland-Smith, 2008, p. 145).

Grading:This paper is worth 15% of your course grade. Grades will be based on how well you follow these directions, the accuracy of your source-based statements, the amount of mastery of the topic you display, and the quality of your writing.