Question

published on cookinglight.com, 2016:
heres the situation:
atural\ on food doesnt mean much. in fact,
atural\
really guarantees little to nothing about a foods quality, ingredients, or how it
was grown or raised—meaning the food could (or could not) contain artificial
ingredients, gmos, chemicals, hormones, and antibiotics.
student text:
williams asserts that just because a food is labeled
atural,\ that doesnt
necessarily mean that it is free of antibiotics, chemicals, hormones, gmos, or
artificial ingredients.
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:

Plagiarism occurs when one presents another's work as their own without proper citation. Here, the student text paraphrases the original source (from CookingLight.com) but fails to cite the source. Even though it's a paraphrase (not a direct quote, so quotation marks aren't needed in that sense), proper citation (e.g., author - if known, title, year, etc.) is still required.

Answer:

Yes, because it fails to cite the source.