Question

Carlos is integrating this source content into his essay. Which of the following sentences demonstrates an ethical and responsible use of this source in his writing?

“The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might.”
Mother Goose begins to describe the oddity at the end of the first stanza, “And this was odd, because it was / The middle of the night.”
The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might:
The poem says this was odd because it was the middle of the night and the reader is left to wonder, “Why is it odd? How can it be sunny in the middle of the night?”

Answer 1

"Mother Goose begins to describe the oddity at the end of the first stanza, “And this was odd, because it was / The middle of the night.”

This is ethical because it names the source and uses quotation marks for the quoted lines; the others either quote without attribution or reproduce the lines as if original.