Asked by Avery Williams

Compare the student text with the source.
Source: Michelle Z. Donahue, "How Much Does it Really Cost (the Planet) to Make a Penny?" Published on Smithsonian.com, 2016:
Pennies have an estimated 25-year life span, but because so many of them fall through the proverbial cracks, demand from year to year varies.
Student text: As Donahue writes, every year the demand for pennies varies because so many of them fall through the proverbial cracks.

Is the student text plagiarized?
A. No, it is not plagiarized
B. Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks.
C. Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks and fails to cite the source.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
B. Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks.

The student names the author (so there is attribution) but reproduces distinctive wording and sentence structure from the source without quotation marks. They should either put the exact phrase in quotes or rewrite it more fully in their own words.