adv. speech chp 2

Gabrielle, a physiology major, waited until the last minute to begin preparing her persuasive speech. When her friend Ken learned that she was panicking over the assignment, he gave her the outline of a speech he had delivered in class the previous semester. Gabrielle used the speech and presented it as her own. Which of the following is true?

Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own.

Bill of rights

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against

a set of ethical standards or guidelines.

Because speechmaking is a form of power, it carries with it heavy ____________ responsibilities.

ethical

incremental plagiarism

failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people

Because listeners recognize that public speakers are promoting their self-interest, it is acceptable for speakers to alter evidence. (true or false)

false

It is only necessary for a speaker to identify his or her source when quoting verbatim—not when paraphrasing. (true or false)

false

Protecting a speaker's freedom to express his or her ideas implies agreement with those ideas. (true or false)

false

The larger an audience becomes, the greater is the speaker's ethical responsibility to be fully prepared. (true or false)

false

Even if your speech as a whole is ethical, you can still be guilty of ____________ plagiarism if you fail to give credit for quotations, paraphrases, and other specific parts of the speech that are borrowed from other people.

incremental

Which of the following violates the speaker's ethical obligation to be honest in what she or he says?

juggling statistics quoting out of context citing unusual cases as typical examples

____________ is the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups.

name calling

When a speaker _____________, she restates or summarizes an author's ideas in her own words.

paraphrases

According to your textbook, stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own is called

patchwork plagiarism

If you present another person's language or ideas as your own, you are guilty of ____________.

plagiarism

Plagiarism

presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own

ethical decisions

sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines

global plagiarism

stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own

patchwork plagiarism

stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own

ethics

the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs

name calling

the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups

paraphrase

to restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words

Even though there can be gray areas when it comes to assessing a speaker's goals, it is still necessary to ask ethical questions about those goals. (true or false)

true