Question

Compare the student text with the source.

Source: Tanya Lee Stone, Almost Astronauts, page 7. Published by Candlewick Press, 2009:
In 1958, the year after Sputnik went up, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created. President Kennedy put beating the Russians in the race to explore space right at the top of his to-do list.

Student text: After the Russians launched Sputnik in 1957, President Kennedy "put beating the Russians in the race to explore space right at the top of his to-do list" (Stone 7).

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.

Answer 1

A. No, it is not plagiarized.

The student uses quotation marks for the copied phrase and provides an in-text citation (Stone 7), so the source is both quoted and credited.