Computer Science Tutorial

Academic Honesty Exercise

Due: Tuesday, October 2

A recurring theme in our class discussion has been The Symbol System Hypothesis, as described in Section 4.6 of our textbook on artificial intelligence by Jack Copeland. This exercise asks you to demonstrate your understanding of elements of citation, quotation, and paraphrasing by using Copeland's Section 4.6 as your source to answer the following questions. All citations should follow the style given in The College Writer's Reference, Third Edition by Toby Fulwiler and Alan R. Hayakawa, Prentice Hall, 2002.

  1. Write a paragraph that states the Symbol System Hypothesis, paraphrasing Copeland's description without quoting directly or using his words, sentence structure, or paragraph structure. Include an appropriate citation.

  2. Write a paragraph that quotes snippets from the passage. Include an appropriate citation.

  3. Construct a paragraph in which you use a long quotation from Copeland's section. Include an appropriate citation.

  4. Constuct a paragraph that makes a point quite different from Copeland's, but one inspired generally by this section. Give proper credit.

  5. Write an entry for your list of works cited that refers to Copeland's book, again using the style given in Fulwiler and Hayakawa's The College Writer's Reference, Third Edition.

You must use word processing software to prepare your assignment, and you must run a spelling checker on your work. (The exercise will not be accepted if it contains obvious spelling errors which would be caught by a spelling checker.) You must turn in 3 copies of your exercise, as printed by the word processing software on a laser-quality printer.


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last revised September 14, 2001
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