Question

compare the student text with the source.
source: erin blakemore, \four people have died on everest in as many days.\ published on smithsonian.com, 2016:

given the dangers on the mountain—and the toll humans take on its once-pristine slopes—perhaps its time to reconsider whether people should summit everest at all.

student text:

to protect both people and everest, perhaps the mountain should be made off-limits to climbers.

is the student text plagiarized?

no, it is not plagiarized.

yes, because it fails to cite the source.

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

Explanation:

The student rephrased the source's core argument (reconsidering Everest summits) into a distinct, original statement without copying the source's exact wording. No direct text is reused, so no quotation marks are needed, and the student is presenting a paraphrased conclusion rather than using the source's specific claims without attribution in a way that constitutes plagiarism.

Answer:

No, it is not plagiarized.