Exam 2: Ethics and Public Speaking  

Jerome found several excellent sources for his informative speech. He pulled key information from them, blended those ideas into his own perspective, and cited his sources when he presented the speech. Which othe following statements best describes this situation?

Having spent two years working in a television newsroom, Madison decided to give her informative speech on hat topic. Because she knew a lot about it and was comfortable speaking to an audience, she didn't spend much time preparing. As a result, her speech was poorly organized, ran overtime, and did not have a clear message. Which guideline for ethical public speaking discussed in your textbook did Madison fail to live up to?

Name-calling is ethical in public speaking because it is protected by the free-speech clause othe Bill oRights.

The first responsibility oa speaker is to make sure her or his goal is ethically sound.

Because opinions on the Internet are free for anyone to use, it is ethical to use them in your speech without citing your source.

Which othe following is presented in your textbook as a guideline for ethical speechmaking?

According to your textbook, the ethical obligations olisteners in a public speaking situation include

Just as public speakers have ethical responsibilities, so too do the people who listen to a speech.

It is necessary for a public speaker to identify his or her source whether the speaker is paraphrasing or quoting verbatim.

As the Roman rhetorician Quintilian noted 2,000 years ago, the ideal ospeechmaking is the good person speaking well.

To _______________ is to restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.

According to your textbook, global plagiarism occurs when a person

When citing an Internet document in a speech, it is usually sufficient to introduce it by saying, "As I found on the Internet."

Whenever you quote someone directly in a speech, you must attribute the words to that person.

Which othe following is recommended by your textbook as a way to avoid plagiarism?

Which othe following are included in your textbook as guidelines for ethical speechmaking?

The ethical obligation oa speaker to be fully prepared increases as the size othe audience increases.

_______________ plagiarism occurs when a speaker copies passages from a few sources and strings them together in a speech.

As explained in your textbook, public speakers have an ethical obligation to avoid name-calling and other forms oabusive language because such language

You have an ethical obligation to make sure the information you present in your speeches is accurate.