An Example of Patchwriting

Rebecca Moore Howard

Syracuse University

rehoward@syr.edu

Passage from R.L. Davidson, Genesis 1-11:
The world of the Ancient Near East, however, was familiar with myth of a rather different kind, myth as the spoken word which accompanied the performance of certain all-important religious rituals (11).

Passage from a student writing about R.L. Davidson, Genesis 1-11:
Davidson explains ritual myths as concepts that are illustrated through spoken words but are also accompanied by the performance of religious ceremonies.

Source: Howard, Rebecca Moore. "A Plagiarism Pentimento." Journal of Teaching Writing (Summer 1993). 233-245. [Excerpted from p. 237.]