Original:

"This not-so-wise woman is under the mistaken opinion that being well-dressed and respectable is next to Godliness, when in fact there is no relationship whatsoever. Nothing is next to Godliness, O'Connor argues; there is only Godliness. Either one is a believer, or one is not - - and the old woman is not" (Bernardo).

Student Attempt to Paraphrase:

O'Connor establishes the grandmother as misguided early in the story. The grandmother chooses to dress up for the car ride because she correlates looking nice with righteousness, but people cannot use appearances to sidle up to God; in fact, O'Connor argues, "Nothing is next to Godliness; there is only Godliness" (Bernardo).

A) contains plagiarism

B) documented without plagiarism

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Kyra

18 April, 04:42

Original:

"This not-so-wise woman is under the mistaken opinion that being well-dressed and respectable is next to Godliness, when in fact there is no relationship whatsoever. Nothing is next to Godliness, O'Connor argues; there is only Godliness. Either one is a believer, or one is not - - and the old woman is not" (Bernardo).

Student Attempt to Paraphrase:

O'Connor establishes the grandmother as misguided early in the story. The grandmother chooses to dress up for the car ride because she correlates looking nice with righteousness, but people cannot use appearances to sidle up to God; in fact, O'Connor argues, "Nothing is next to Godliness; there is only Godliness" (Bernardo).

A) contains plagiarism

B) documented without plagiarism

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Alec Buck · Answer 1

B) documented without plagiarism

Explanation:

Plagiarism:

The Oxford Dictionary defines plagiarism as, "The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own". Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty that entails including or using someone else's words without citing or giving due credit.

The student has paraphrased the text really well, without using the original author's words. The direct quotation is also correctly structured to avoid plagiarism. As a rule, direct quotes are placed in quotation marks, with due credit to the author and quoted verbatim.