Question

Compare the student text with the source.
Source: Rachel Dickinson, "A Hundred Miles on the Erie Canal." Published in The Atlantic, 2009:
Every so often I'd spy what looked like Roman ruins made of limestone block—a bit of the old canal.
Student text: Along the Erie Canal, one could see what looked like Roman ruins made of limestone block—a bit of the old canal.

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

Answer 1

C. Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks and fails to cite the source.

Reason: The student text preserves the author's distinctive wording and structure with only minor changes, and supplies no citation or quotation marks — this constitutes plagiarism.