Exercise #3
- Read the original text.
- Read the student writing.
- Look at the statements below the table and decide if the student plagiarized and then check your answer.
Original Text
Cats are built to hunt. Among their superior senses, they have excellent eyesight. They have a wider field of vision than humans do, so they can accurately judge where their prey is. Their large, light-sensitive eyes, like their wild cousins, are for night hunting. A cat’s pupils contract to slits rather than circles. This allows them to control more precisely the amount of light that enters their eyes and also to protect their retinas. The pupils also have a reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum that helps cats see better in darkness—and makes their eyes shine yellow-green in car headlights or flash photographs.
Text above was taken from page 10 of:
Singer, Marilyn. Cats to the Rescue. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006. Print.
Student Writing
Special features of a cat’s eyes help them to see well in the dark and in the light. Their keen eyesight is one of the abilities that makes them excellent hunters.
Works Cited
Singer, Marilyn. Cats to the Rescue. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006. Print.
Did the student plagiarize? Pick the statement below that best describes what the student did.
A. The student did not plagiarize because
the writing is in the student's words
the source is included in the Works Cited
B. This is plagiarism because
the source is not included in the Works Cited
C. This is plagiarism because
the quote is not in quotations marks
D. This is plagiarism because
the student just changed some words