Question

For a speech assignment, you find several articles on the Internet that are perfect for your speech topic. You copy the articles, then cut and paste the parts that you'll include in your speech verbatim. You make no mention of where you found the information. Is this ethical?

a. Yes, you are exercising your right to free speech.
b. No, because you committed patchwork plagiarism.
c. Yes, all the information on the Internet is public domain.
d. No, because you didn't cite your sources for the information.

Answer 1

d. No, because you didn't cite your sources for the information.

Step-by-step explanation:

In ethical speech making, failure to cite or identify your source of information is plagiarism, when preparing a speech, it is necessary to give credit to the source of your information via referencing. Failure to cite the source of your information can result in loss of credibility and the speaker can also be sued.