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Clarify, is -100% actually 0%? Or is your professor not only giving you a 0% for the assignment, but also further penalizing you an additional amount? I.e. A+B+C=100 (A=20,B=20,C=60), a 0% on A would mean total 80%, a -100% on A would mean total of 40%. - Frank FYC

He is further penalizing me an additional amount. I would not be receiving a zero on the project (which my grade could afford), but actually my overall grade is being hurt MORE than the 7% the project is worth. –TheSmartWon

Clarify, is -100% actually 0%? Or is your professor not only giving you a 0% for the assignment, but also further penalizing you an additional amount? I.e. A+B+C=100 (A=20,B=20,C=60), a 0% on A would mean total 80%, a -100% on A would mean total of 40%. - Bluebird

He is further penalizing me an additional amount. I would not be receiving a zero on the project (which my grade could afford), but actually my overall grade is being hurt MORE than the 7% the project is worth. –TheSmartWon

Clarify, is -100% actually 0%? Or is your professor not only giving you a 0% for the assignment, but also further penalizing you an additional amount? I.e. A+B+C=100 (A=20,B=20,C=60), a 0% on A would mean total 80%, a -100% on A would mean total of 40%. - Frank FYC

 

He is further penalizing me an additional amount. I would not be receiving a zero on the project (which my grade could afford), but actually my overall grade is being hurt MORE than the 7% the project is worth. –TheSmartWon

Clarify, is -100% actually 0%? Or is your professor not only giving you a 0% for the assignment, but also further penalizing you an additional amount? I.e. A+B+C=100 (A=20,B=20,C=60), a 0% on A would mean total 80%, a -100% on A would mean total of 40%. - Frank FYC

He is further penalizing me an additional amount. I would not be receiving a zero on the project (which my grade could afford), but actually my overall grade is being hurt MORE than the 7% the project is worth. –TheSmartWon

Another argument you can make is that code citation was never taught/stressed/expected by the professor in the class. You were taught what plagiarism was before, most likely when it came to composing essays, but never taught how it applied to coding. Although this argument might be missing a leg or two (especially in the realm of, you should already know), but how would it be reasonable to hold you accountable for something you've never been taught to look out for?