Question

Compare the student text with the source.

Source: Misty Copeland, Life in Motion, page 25. Published by Touchstone, 2014:
As a professional, you have to endure a tremendous amount of criticism and judgment leading up to a performance. You can barely take a step in rehearsal before the dance mistress will clap, stop you, and give you a critique.

Student text: As a professional ballet dancer, "you have to endure a tremendous amount of criticism and judgment leading up to a performance" (Copeland 25).

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 cite the source.

Answer 1

A. No, it is not plagiarized.

The student uses quotation marks around the exact wording and provides an in-text citation with the author and page number, so the source is properly attributed.