To answer items $1-3,$ refer to the following passage, which is quoted directly from "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", by Stephen Covey $(1989),$ p$.293."$So the next morning, Gordon went to the beach. As he opened the first prescription, he read, "Listen carefully." He thought the doctor was insane. How could he listen for three hours? But he had agreed to follow the doctor's orders, so he listened. He heard the usual sounds of the sea and the birds. After a while, he could hear the other sounds that weren't so apparent at first. As he listened he began to think of lessons the sea had taught him as a child$$patience$,$ respect, an awareness of the interdependence of things. He began to listen to the sounds$$and the silence$$and to feel a growing peace." Is it plagiarism if the following sentence appears in your paper? He heard the usual sounds of the sea and the birds. After a while, he could hear the other sounds that weren't so apparent at first $($Covey$,1989,$ p$.293).$

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Yes, this is plagiarism. The author's words are not in quotation marks.

No$,$ this is not plagiarism. The author's words are properly cited.