Chapter 2

Question 1

The branch of philosophy that deals with issues or right and wrong human affairs.

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Ethical Decisions

Question 3

The use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups.

Answer 3

Name-calling

Question 4

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Answer 4

Bill of Rights

Question 5

Presenting another person’s language or ideas as one’s own.

Answer 5

Plagiarism

Question 6

Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one’s own.

Answer 6

Global Plagiarism

Question 7

Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one’s own.

Answer 7

Patchwork Plagiarism

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Incremental Plagiarism

Question 9

To restate or summarize an author’s ideas in one’s own words.

Answer 9

Paraphrase