<p>Okay… so I completely panicked on my exam (tried to start the first essay five times, ended up with an entire page filled with marked out introductions) and wasted the first ten minutes… And almost ran out of time (put down the pen exactly six seconds before the proctor called it).
In my haste, I am afraid that I may have accidentally plagiarized myself. I included five sources within my essay and am certain that I correctly used four of them. On the fifth, however, I wrote “-as noted in source #.” I then wrote exactly what needed to occur, drawing my information from the source. My question, since my teacher most certainly did NOT teach us how to use these, is… basically… did I just ruin my entire essay via plagiarism? By including the source from which I drew my ideas in the previous sentence, did I effectively steal my argument by listing the source’s main points as my own in a separate sentence, albeit unintentionally? Will the reader realize that I did it in error and just count off a few points? The entire grading system wasn’t adequately explained to us, so I am a little terrified that I may have just turned what could have been a 4/5 into a 2/3 by receiving a 0/1 on the synthesis essay. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>No, you’ll still get probably a 6.</p>
<p>They’ll understand your panic at the moment!</p>
<p>THANK GOD. And thank you. Ulcer avoided. haha</p>