Source: "Harborview closed its downtown parking lots in 2019, and bus ridership climbed by a third within a year." Which sentence is an acceptable paraphrase?

Source: "The 1908 fire destroyed nearly every wooden building along Mill Street, but the brick courthouse survived." Which version paraphrases it acceptably?

Source: "Because the lake freezes over by early December, the researchers drill their sampling holes in November." Which sentence could go into a paper as a paraphrase?

Source: "Fewer than one in five of the town's teachers live inside the district they teach in." Which sentence restates the source correctly and credits it?

Source: "Ferry service to the island stops each January so the crews can repair the docks." A student is paraphrasing this source. Which sentence should she use?

Source: "Only three of the twelve murals painted for the 1936 post office remain in place today." Which sentence puts the source into the student's own words without plagiarizing?

Source: "Sea otters keep kelp forests healthy by eating the urchins that graze on kelp." Which student sentence is a patchwrite rather than a paraphrase?

Source: "The bridge was closed for eight months while engineers replaced its corroded steel cables." Which student sentence is a patchwrite?

Source: "In 1993 the district began offering free breakfast at every elementary school, and first-hour attendance improved." Two of these paraphrase the source. Which one is a patchwrite?

Source: "Most of the county's orchards were replanted after the 1978 freeze killed the older trees." A citation follows all three sentences. Which one is still plagiarism?

Source: "Volunteers removed nearly 400 pounds of trash from the riverbank in a single Saturday." Two students paraphrased it. Which sentence is a patchwrite?

Which sentence in a research paper needs a citation?

A student's paper contains these four sentences. Which one can stand without a citation?

A student paraphrased an idea from a book instead of quoting it, so none of the author's wording is left. What does the paper still need?

A student found all four of these statements on well-known websites. Which one still needs a citation in her paper?

A student's paper on Of Mice and Men contains these sentences. Which one needs a citation?

A paper argues that Lincoln's opening line makes the new nation sound like a child of its founders. Which handling of the source is correct?

A student needs to give her readers the gist of a 40-page report in one sentence of her introduction. Which handling is correct?

A source explains a process in three dense, jargon-filled sentences, and the paper needs that process in plain language for its readers. Which handling is correct?

A paper needs one figure from a 60-page study: the share of students who changed schools mid-year. Which handling is correct?