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 of the following statements best describes this situation?
a. Jerome is ethical because he cited his sources and used them to develop his own slant on the topic.
b. Jerome is guilty of incremental plagiarism because he used quotations and paraphrases from other people in his speech.
c. Jerome is ethical because he did not copy his speech from a single source.
d. Jerome is guilty of patchwork plagiarism because he used ideas from several different sources in his speech.
e. Jerome is guilty of global plagiarism because he did not develop his speech entirely from his own knowledge and experience.

The answer is,

a. Jerome is ethical because he cited his sources and used them to develop his own slant on the topic.

Explanation:

When writing an essay, speech or any form of research-based writing, crediting and citing of sources is very important.

It is understood that research will be made using other people's work but it becomes plagiarism when other sources are used without citing them.

In Jerome's case, he had a speech to prepare for. He did some research and found sources that he could use.

What made him ethical is: he didn't just lift the contents verbatim and used in his speech. He got from sources, blended the ideas from those sources into his own perspective, and during his presentation, cited the sources he used.

By doing this, he ensured he stayed ethical.

reasoning from several particular examples to establish a general principle