Before reading Chapter 7, I already knew how bad plagiarism was but this chapter brought up some new perspectives on the subject. I have learned when taking notes to not copy word for word in my notes so when I get ready to write my paper it’s pretty much already in my own words. I truly believe credit is due to the original author. This chapter made a good point about also noting where your information came from so that the reader may use it as a source as well. I was just recently doing a research paper and found some great details and interesting facts. The first thing I did was look at the source to find where that information came from. At that point, it led me to another resource and I was able to learn about that topic more. I do remember the incident with Obama’s speech a few years ago and just remember thinking how could he do that? Knowing a person in his permission should know better and he did receive permission from his friend, but I still think it should have credited where it was from. On page 173, it states “You don’t understand that your audience needs to trust the things you say.” The reader needs to have that trust in you so they can feel you care about your work, as well as the reader reading the work.

Troy Swanson.” Mash It Up…Gracefully”. “Why White Rice? -Thinking Through Writing”. Kendall Hunt Pub. 2010. p.163-174. Print.