WorksheetsSpeech Chapter 3: Ethics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which best describes ethics? Check all that apply.
Something that will help your audience.
Values and guidelines shared by you and your audience.
The rules of right and wrong.
What hamburger you want for lunch.
T/F Ethics are critical when you give a speech.
True
False
When we saw the clip of President Trump running for re-election, what did you notice?
He gave information that was not true.
He respected his audience.
He was a victim when he was not a victim.
He used a positive tone of voice.
In which situation (or neither) is it ok to tell the love of your life that the ugly sweater is nice looking?
Ethical Absolutism
Situational Ethics
All the time.
One would think that Presidents of the United States and other authority figures would practice:
Ethical Absolutism
Situational Ethics
Doing whatever they want.
Yes/No: Does it matter if people tell lies whenever they want?
Yes
No
One thing we learn in Speech AND English:
You should cite information you use from others.
You can copy what you want.
You can put your name on someone else's work.
None of this matters.
True/False: People didn't care that Melania Trump plagiarized a speech by Michelle Obama.
True
False
True/False: If you find something in even in a random magazine that no one reads, it is ok to use the information without citing the source.
True
False
This is the ONLY time when you can use information without citing the source:
When you see something on YouTube.
When you find something on Google.
When it is in a very old magazine.
When it is common knowledge.
Which best describes paraphrasing:
Repeating what you saw on YouTube.
Reading something and putting it in your own words.
Copying exactly what you saw in a book.
Putting the exact words from a Google page.
True/False: The rules are always clear when you paraphrase something.
True
False
Which of the following are common knowledge? Check all that apply.
The US capital is in Washington, DC.
There are some frogs that freeze in the winter.
Pennies are minted at the US Treasury.
Lamar Hunt used to own the Chiefs.
What does sound reasoning mean?
You can tell your audience what you want.
What you say doesn't matter.
You have to give your audience valid reasons for your statements.
You can attack anyone who challenges what you say.
When we say that gun violence is caused by metal health issues, that is an example of:
Hasty Generalizations
Post Hoc Fallacy
Fallicious Reasoning
Bandwaggoning.
When someone says ALL teenages LOVE rap music and that if you don't like rap, you are not cool, that is BEST an exmple of:
Post Hoc Fallacy
Bandwaggoning
Hasty Generalizations
Fallacious Reasoning
So, what does an ethical listener do? Check the TWO answers that apply.
Show courtesy.
Keep an open mind.
Hold the speaker accountable.
Stop listening to the speech.
What are the three types of untruths to avoid?
Lying
Half-Truths
False Inferences
Fake news
T/F Legal speech is not what is right, but is within the boundaries of laws and rules.
True
False
T/F People can get in serious trouble for plagiarism.
True
False
