StraighterLine English Composition II - Inconsistent Grading?

[Thorne]

I would talk to SL about it, though. I would cool off a bit, and present it as a consumer, and not an upset student, if the difference makes any sense. Enough people suggest that it's an issue, they may have to look at it, and hopefully say that a final cannot be less than the draft, assuming no changes were made that affect the draft version.

To be fair, I wrote this last night when I was overtired and had just received the seemingly-unfair grade. I'm not precisely happy about this, but am not nearly as frustrated as last night.

OP, I often wonder about the turnitin appeal process. What happens next? Did you just reword, or what?

I'll find out shortly. I'm trying to explain this to the grader so that he or she will give me a pass. After all, it is (1) only one portion of one sentence and (2) supposedly plagiarized from a paper that isn't available to the public. I'm (hopefully) going to succeed in making the case that it would have taken an enormous amount of effort for me to plagiarize one easily-rewritten statement. I'd just resubmit it with an altered statement, but that isn't an option yet.
If I do need to resubmit, I would presumably need to simply reword and resubmit the document.