Tattoos and piercings. Here’s a PowerPoint that uses an article on the tattoo and piercing craze to engage viewers in a presentation about citing sources. The 14 slides focus on how to add credibility to writing by including and citing statistics and expert opinions, paraphrasings, and summaries. Also included are color-coded instructions for how to paraphrase and summarize without plagiarizing. 

Concepts

research writing, Research, citations

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Additional Tags

research writing, citations, english language arts

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Pros

• The USA Today article is sure to engage viewers
• The color-coded examples clearly illustrate how to and how not to cite resources

Cons

• No practice exercises are included in the presenation