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____10. AsgroceryclerkSueJamisonreported,"Mywalletwas
stolen,andwithina week,thethieveshadorderedanexpensive
cellphonepackage,appliedfora VISAcreditcard,and
receiveda PINfromtheDepartmentofMotorVehiclesto
changemydrivingrecordonline."
____11. It is easyfora thieftousetheU.S.PostalServicetosteal
identities.
____12. Forexample,thievesstealcreditcardstatementsfrom
mailboxes,andthensenda change-of-addresscardtothepostal
servicetohavefuturestatementssenttoa differentaddress.
____13. Mostvictimsofidentitytheftareyoungadults.
____14. TheFederalTradeCommissionreportsthatthereweremore
victimsintheagegroup18-29thaninanyothergroup.
____15. Thepoliceshoulddomoretoprotectcitizensfromidentity
theft.
____16. "Youcannotpreventidentitytheftentirely,butyoucan
minimizeyourrisk,"accordingtotheFederalTradeJ:ommis-
sionbooklet"FactsforConsumers."
____17. Mostidentitythievesoperateinlarge,organizedgangs.
Wherecanyoufind specificsupportingdetailsto supportyourideas?Forsome
assignments,youmaybeabletouseexamplesfromyourownpersonalexperience,
oryoumaybeabletogatherquotationsandstatisticsbyperforminganexperiment,
takinga survey,orinterviewingpeople.Forotherassignments,youmayhavetolook
foroutsidesourcesbyresearchingyourtopicina libraryorontheInternet.
Forbasicinformationondoingresearch,seeAppendixE:ResearchandDocu-
mentationofSources.
Therearethreewaystoinsertoutsideinformationintoyourownwriting:(1)You
canquoteit,(2)youcansummarizeit,or(3)youcanparaphraseit.Youwilllearn
tousequotationsinthischapter.InChapter8,youwilllearntosummarizeand
paraphrase.
Itisimportanttolearnhowtouseinformationfromoutsidesourceswithoutcom-
mittingplagiarism.Plagiarismisusingsomeoneelse'swordsorideasasiftheywere
yourown,andit isa seriousoffense.Studentswhoplagiarizemayfaila classor
evenbeexpelledfromschool.Whenyouuseinformationfromanoutsidesource
withoutacknowledgingthatsource,youareguiltyofplagiarism.
Onewaytoavoidplagiarismistoalwaysputquotationmarksaroundwordsthatyou
copyexactly.(Youdonotneedtousequotationmarksifyouchangethewords.)You
arealsoguiltyofplagiarismifyoufailtocitethesourceofoutsideinfonnation-words
orideas-thatyouuse.Tocitea sourcemeanstotellwhereyougottheinfonnation.
