IXL N.4 Identify plagarism
A walking route on the Japanese island of Shikoku that encompasses eighty-eight temples, the henro, "attracts young Japanese interested in boosting their fitness or their spiritual energy" (Nippon).
No, it is not plagiarized.
According to Anton, the future has always mattered more to Californians than the past. To a Californian, the past only matters insofar as it offers a future reward.
No, it is not plagiarized.
An unsuccessful 1812 invasion of Russia forced Napoleon's troops to retreat. The allies quickly gained the upper hand and took Paris in March 1814 (BBC).
No, it is not plagiarized.
Divers in Seattle took an octopus census recently and reported that in Puget Sound there were forty-one giant Pacific octopuses, five fewer than they'd counted in the previous year (Doughton).
No, it is not plagiarized.
Expressionism as an artistic movement reached its height between 1905 and 1920. The works it produced are generally characterized by bold or even brazen colors, sharp angles, and flat shapes (MOMA).
No, it is not plagiarized.
Free jazz tends to be avant-garde and formless, eschewing structure in favor of experimentation. It presents a challenge to traditional jazz that some audiences may find pretentious or obtuse (Fisher).
No, it is not plagiarized.
In 1927, Washington state created a monopoly by granting just one company the right to run a ferry boat service in Lake Chelan (Will).
No, it is not plagiarized.
The bilingual brain, "thanks to its developed ability to inhibit one language while using another," is more adept at multi-tasking (Marian and Shook).
No, it is not plagirized.
Ruts from wagon wheels are still visible in the Oregon Trail today, which is not surprising given that "between 1841 and 1866 about 350,000 people used what had become the most famous wagon route across America."
Yes, because it fails to cite the source.
Though Rembrandt's emphasis on realism "would lead some critics to claim that he preferred ugliness to beauty," the painter was a master of capturing light and shade.
Yes, because it fails to cite the source.
W.E.B. Du Bois's phrase "beyond the veil" refers to the world of opportunities enjoyed by white Americans, who never experience the limited set of opportunities with which black Americans contend.
Yes, because it fails to cite the source.
Natural nanomaterials are those that occur naturally in the world, such as volcanic ash, smoke, and the hemoglobin in our blood (National Geographic Society).
Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks.
Imagine if we had a mature highway ecosystem that mainly consisted of autonomous cars. People could leave their picturesque homes in Bennington, Vermont, and walk through their office doors in Manhattan, New York, an hour and a half later.
Yes, because it is an insuffcient paraphrase and fails to cite the source.
Today, the chance that a tornado will be identified by forecasters and accompanied by a warning is about seventy percent, whereas it was only thirty percent in the 1980s.
Yes, because it is an insufficient paraphrase and fails to cite the source.
Those who are on the border between youth and adulthood are most likely to provide fresh points of view. Members of older generations, by contrast, usually stay loyal to the perspectives that they grew up with.
Yes, because it is an insufficient paraphrase and to cite the source.
According to Live Science, record rainfall often hits Peru, Chile, and Ecuador as a result of El Niño. Fish catches offshore in that region are typically lower than average because marine life migrates north or south, to follow colder water.
Yes, because it is an insufficient paraphrase.
The census bureau sought an inventor to help with computation for the 1890 census, offering a cash prize, and Herman Hollerith won this prize for developing a system using Jacquard's punched cards to compute census data (Kopplin).
Yes, because it is an insufficient paraphrase.
In late August, the female salamander lays her eggs; males often compete fiercely to fertilize them, with a number dying due to injuries from fights.
Yes, because it is insufficient paraphrase and fails to cite the source.