Asked by Avery Williams

Compare the student text with the source.

Source: Richard Wormser, "Reconstruction." Published on PBS.org, 2002:
By the time the last federal troops had been withdrawn in 1877, Reconstruction was all but over and the Democratic Party controlled the destiny of the South.

Student text: According to Wormser, the Democratic Party controlled the destiny of the South in the late 1870s.

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 cite the source.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. No, it is not plagiarized.

The student paraphrases the source and attributes the idea to Wormser ("According to Wormser"), so quotation marks are not required for a paraphrase.