Quiz - Chapter 3

The idea of "free marketplace of ideas" originated a____.

17th century England

"The attitude of audience toward the speaker based on both reality and perception" is a definition of...

Credibility

Which of these is not a contributing factor to a speaker's credibility?

Ethnicity

Which is true about defamation?

It is a false statement of fact

Which of the following does not fall into the realm of plagiarism, according to Plagiarism.org cited in the textbook?

Paraphrasing a source that you cite.

"Rhetoric" is the word originally used for...

Public Speaking

This is a portion of an article on Malcolm X that Barry wants to use for a speech on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's. It is from the book by Bruce Perry, Malcolm: The Life of the Man who Changed Black America, written in 1992: "Malcolm X fathered no legislation. He engineered no stunning Supreme Court victories or political campaigns. He scored no major electoral triumphs. Yet because of the way he articulated his followers' grievances and anger, the impact he had upon the body politic was enormous." Which of the following would be a correct, non plagiarizing use of the source?

Bruce Perry said of Malcolm X that, "because of the way he articulated his followers' grievances and anger, the impact he had upon the body politic was enormous."

Which statement is true about speaker credibility?

Citing reliable sources can add to your credibility as a speaker.

Similarities between the audience and the speaker have no effect on the speaker's credibility with the audience.

False

How is correctly citing in a speech different from in a paper?

In a paper, the reader can look at the references page for full information on a source, but listeners can't.

Which is the correct order of the credibility that an audience experiences toward a speaker during a speech?

Initial credibility, derived credibility terminal credibility.

Which of the following is protected under the First Amendment?

Reading an Internet website about how pipe bombs are built.

What does the "fair use" standard mean?

Since students aren't making money from a source that they use in a speech or paper, it is all right to use the material appropriately and with proper citation.

"Fair use" is a part of copyright law that says students in classrooms can use a small amount of borrowed material in their assignments, such a quoting a popular song, since they aren't making money from it.

True

Aristotle explained the concept of ethos as one of the sources of persuasion, in the Greek Classical Age.

True

Our understanding of the concept of ethos today is somewhat different from Aristotle's in that we understand it as based in the audience whereas he saw it as an innate characteristic of the speaker.

True

Sometimes a speaker's credibility is influenced by qualities such as sense of humor, appearance, and apparent friendliness.

True

The importance of ethics of communication has been debated since at least the classical Greeks' time.

True

The phrase "the greatest good for the greatest number" is associated with...

Utilitarianism

Manuel wants to do a really good job on his speech on horror movies of the 1920's, which requires at least five reliable sources. He uses the library's data base of books and scholarly articles to find five or six good sources. He comes up with his own basic outline and then fills it in with the facts and examples from the articles. When it goes through the originality checker software for his class, it comes up flagged as 70% borrowed. In this example, did Manuel plagiarize?

Yes