COM111 CH2

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As a public speaker, you face ethical issues when
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selecting the topic for your speech researching your speech organizing your speech (all of the above)
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According to your textbook, the ethical obligations of listeners in a public speaking situation include
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maintaining the free and open expression of ideas. judging the speaker on the basis of her or his prestige. (a and c only)
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According to your textbook, __________ plagiarism occurs when the speech as a whole is ethical but the speaker fails to give credit for particular quotations and paraphrases.
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incremental
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When Sophia attended the first discussion section for her math class and heard her instructor begin speaking with an unfamiliar accent, she immediately decided, "I won't learn anything from this teacher." Sophia failed to uphold which guideline for ethical listening?
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Avoid prejudging the speaker.
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All of the following are presented in your textbook as guidelines for ethical speechmaking except
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Explain your motives for speaking to the audience.
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Which of the following is recommended by your textbook as a way to avoid plagiarism?
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Get an early start on researching and preparing your speech.
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Emil began his research early and found some excellent sources for his informative speech. He cut and pasted passages from several Web sites into a file in his word processor. When he started putting his speech together, he used some complete sentences from the cut-and-pasted materials, paraphrases from other passages, and several original ideas of his own. Unfortunately, Emil forgot to record his sources in his research notes, so he didn't cite any of the sources in his speech. Which of the following statements best describes Emil's situation?
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Emil is guilty of incremental plagiarism.
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As explained in your textbook, public speakers have an ethical obligation to avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language because such language
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Not --> demeans the dignity of the groups or individuals being attacked.
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Which of the following are included in your textbook as guidelines for ethical speechmaking?
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Be honest in what you say, be fully prepared for each speech, and make sure your goals are ethically sound.
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All of the following are presented in your textbook as guidelines for ethical speechmaking except
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Explain your credibility on the speech topic.
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According to your textbook, the ethical obligations of listeners include
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listening to the speaker courteously and attentively. maintaining the free and open expression of ideas. (b and c only)
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For his informative speech, Douglas told his classmates how to get free food at a drive-through restaurant. Rather than focusing on legitimate deals, such as student discounts or coupons, Douglas talked about ways to trick employees into believing you had already paid for food when you had not. His instructor gave the speech a poor grade because it violated the ethical criteria for public speaking presented in your textbook. The guideline Douglas violated was:
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Make sure your goals are ethically sound.
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As your textbook makes clear, speechmaking carries heavy ethical responsibilities because it is a form of
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power.
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A listener's ethical obligations include
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being courteous and attentive during a speech. maintaining the free and open expression of ideas. (a and c only.)
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Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to avoid incremental plagiarism?
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Give credit to the sources of all ideas that you paraphrase.