Citations in supplementary essay?
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:11 pm
If I am briefly paraphrasing a famous figure's quote, or summarizing a certain figure's thesis on a certain subject, should I cite some source? These ideas have just kind of stuck in my head from college or independent research. I didn't research them just to stick them in here.
I suppose my options are:
1. Remove the references totally. They are pretentious and unnecessary, and offensive to the word limit.
2. Footnotes/works cited.
3. Don't cite. You aren't quoting directly.
I don't want to flout the word limit, but I think these references are relevant (kind of like how test prep companies would tell you to reference a work of literature on the SAT writing section to demonstrate breadth). But I also don't want to plagiarize...
I suppose my options are:
1. Remove the references totally. They are pretentious and unnecessary, and offensive to the word limit.
2. Footnotes/works cited.
3. Don't cite. You aren't quoting directly.
I don't want to flout the word limit, but I think these references are relevant (kind of like how test prep companies would tell you to reference a work of literature on the SAT writing section to demonstrate breadth). But I also don't want to plagiarize...