Question

source: rachel bale, \demand for fish bladder may wipe out world’s rarest ocean mammal.\ published in national geographic, 2016: and then theres the vaquita. its an adorable little porpoise on the verge of extinction. student text: bale writes that the vaquita is \an adorable little porpoise on the verge of extinction.\ is the student text plagiarized? no, it is not plagiarized. yes, because it fails to use quotation marks. yes, because it fails to cite the source.

Explanation:

To determine if the student text is plagiarized, we analyze:

1. The student text uses a direct quote ("an adorable little porpoise on the verge of extinction") from the source.
2. In academic writing, when using a direct quote, quotation marks are required to indicate it is someone else’s words. The student text does not use quotation marks for the quoted part (even though they attribute the author for the overall statement, the direct quote lacks quotes).
3. The options:

• "No, it is not plagiarized" is incorrect because the direct quote lacks quotation marks, which is a form of improper citation.
• "Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks" is correct as the direct quote should have quotation marks to properly attribute the exact wording.
• "Yes, because it fails to cite the source" is incorrect as the student does attribute the author (Bale writes that...), so the source is cited, but the issue is the lack of quotation marks for the direct quote.

Answer:

Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks.