Question
APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Directions: The following question includes a passage from a source and three examples of students’ attempts to quote the source. Identify each student example as a direct quotation, an indirect quotation, or plagiarism.
Original Source
Today, we regard Africa as the continent of big mammals. Modern Eurasia also has many species of big mammals (though not in the manifest abundance of Africa's Serengeti Plains), such as Asia's rhinos and elephants and tigers, and Europe's moose and bears and (until classical times) lions. Australia/New Guinea today has no equally large mammals, in fact no mammal larger than 100-pound kangaroos. But Australia/New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts and reaching the size of a cow, and a marsupial "leopard." It also formerly had a 400-pound ostrichlike flightless bird, plus some impressively big reptiles, including a one-ton lizard, a giant python, and land-dwelling crocodiles.
All of those Australian/New Guinean giants (so-called megafauna) disappeared after the arrival of humans.
Source: Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (New York: Norton, 1997) 42.
Example
Direct Quotation
Indirect Quotation
Plagiarism
A. Even though we usually think of Africa as the continent of large mammals, Jared Diamond says that Australia and New Guinea were once homes to some of the largest mammals on earth. Australia/New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts that reached the size of a cow, and a marsupial "leopard."
B. According to Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea "formerly had a 400-pound ostrichlike flightless bird, plus some impressively big reptiles, including a one-ton lizard, a giant python, and land-dwelling crocodiles" (42). These colossal animals became extinct soon after humans inhabited their territories.
C. According to the research of Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea were once homes to colossal land-dwelling animals such as giant kangaroos, pythons, and lizards. These animals became extinct soon after humans arrived in these areas (42).
Directions: The following question includes a passage from a source and three examples of students’ attempts to quote the source. Identify each student example as a direct quotation, an indirect quotation, or plagiarism.
Original Source
Today, we regard Africa as the continent of big mammals. Modern Eurasia also has many species of big mammals (though not in the manifest abundance of Africa's Serengeti Plains), such as Asia's rhinos and elephants and tigers, and Europe's moose and bears and (until classical times) lions. Australia/New Guinea today has no equally large mammals, in fact no mammal larger than 100-pound kangaroos. But Australia/New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts and reaching the size of a cow, and a marsupial "leopard." It also formerly had a 400-pound ostrichlike flightless bird, plus some impressively big reptiles, including a one-ton lizard, a giant python, and land-dwelling crocodiles.
All of those Australian/New Guinean giants (so-called megafauna) disappeared after the arrival of humans.
Source: Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (New York: Norton, 1997) 42.
Example
Direct Quotation
Indirect Quotation
Plagiarism
A. Even though we usually think of Africa as the continent of large mammals, Jared Diamond says that Australia and New Guinea were once homes to some of the largest mammals on earth. Australia/New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts that reached the size of a cow, and a marsupial "leopard."
B. According to Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea "formerly had a 400-pound ostrichlike flightless bird, plus some impressively big reptiles, including a one-ton lizard, a giant python, and land-dwelling crocodiles" (42). These colossal animals became extinct soon after humans inhabited their territories.
C. According to the research of Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea were once homes to colossal land-dwelling animals such as giant kangaroos, pythons, and lizards. These animals became extinct soon after humans arrived in these areas (42).
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Let's analyze each example provided based on their adherence to proper citation practices:
**A.** Even though we usually think of Africa as the continent of large mammals, Jared Diamond says that Australia and New Guinea were once homes to some of the largest mammals on earth. Australia/New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts that reached the size of a cow, and a marsupial "leopard."
**Analysis:** This example presents some paraphrased ideas from the original source and includes a direct quotation without proper quotation marks. This resembles an indirect quotation but misrepresents the source by not accurately paraphrasing and failing to credit the exact wording.
**Classification:** Plagiarism.
**B.** According to Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea "formerly had a 400-pound ostrichlike flightless bird, plus some impressively big reptiles, including a one-ton lizard, a giant python, and land-dwelling crocodiles" (42). These colossal animals became extinct soon after humans inhabited their territories.
**Analysis:** This example presents a direct quotation from the original source, properly attributed to Jared Diamond and includes a page number. The quote is enclosed in quotation marks, which adheres to proper citation practices.
**Classification:** Direct Quotation.
**C.** According to the research of Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea were once homes to colossal land-dwelling animals such as giant kangaroos, pythons, and lizards. These animals became extinct soon after humans arrived in these areas (42).
**Analysis:** This example paraphrases the ideas from the original source but does not use the author’s exact words. It properly attributes the information to Diamond and includes a page number, making it compliant with citation practices for an indirect quotation.
**Classification:** Indirect Quotation.
In summary:
- A: Plagiarism
- B: Direct Quotation
- C: Indirect Quotation
**A.** Even though we usually think of Africa as the continent of large mammals, Jared Diamond says that Australia and New Guinea were once homes to some of the largest mammals on earth. Australia/New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts that reached the size of a cow, and a marsupial "leopard."
**Analysis:** This example presents some paraphrased ideas from the original source and includes a direct quotation without proper quotation marks. This resembles an indirect quotation but misrepresents the source by not accurately paraphrasing and failing to credit the exact wording.
**Classification:** Plagiarism.
**B.** According to Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea "formerly had a 400-pound ostrichlike flightless bird, plus some impressively big reptiles, including a one-ton lizard, a giant python, and land-dwelling crocodiles" (42). These colossal animals became extinct soon after humans inhabited their territories.
**Analysis:** This example presents a direct quotation from the original source, properly attributed to Jared Diamond and includes a page number. The quote is enclosed in quotation marks, which adheres to proper citation practices.
**Classification:** Direct Quotation.
**C.** According to the research of Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Australia and New Guinea were once homes to colossal land-dwelling animals such as giant kangaroos, pythons, and lizards. These animals became extinct soon after humans arrived in these areas (42).
**Analysis:** This example paraphrases the ideas from the original source but does not use the author’s exact words. It properly attributes the information to Diamond and includes a page number, making it compliant with citation practices for an indirect quotation.
**Classification:** Indirect Quotation.
In summary:
- A: Plagiarism
- B: Direct Quotation
- C: Indirect Quotation