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Q&A Should I include details relevant to a "close reading" in my thesis statement?

If you show excerpts and cited the book, it is obvious you are crediting the book, and it is not plagiarism. You are not claiming the passages from the book are your own writing, and it is "fair us...

posted 4y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-19T22:13:52Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:36:52Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T12:36:52Z (over 4 years ago)
If you show excerpts and cited the book, it is obvious you are crediting the book, and it is not plagiarism. You are not claiming the passages from the book are **your own writing** , and it is "fair use" (the legal term) to cite passages from a book verbatim in the course of critiquing the book.

You don't have to worry about it. You can include segments of reasonable length (some paragraphs, usually, not _chapters_ or _whole scenes_) to illustrate the critiques you are making.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-08-02T20:02:06Z (over 4 years ago)
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