Emerson found several excellent sources for her informative speech. She pulled key information from them, blended those ideas into her own perspective, paraphrased the information provided, and cited sources when she presented the speech. Which of the following statements best describe this situation? a. Emerson is ethical because she cited her sources and used them to develop her own slant on the topic. b. Emerson is guilty of plagiarism because she used paraphrased information from other people in her speech. c. Emerson is ethical because she did not copy her speech from a single source. d. Emerson is guilty of plagiarism because she did not develop her speech entirely from her own knowledge and experience.

Plagiarism is the act of taking the work of an individual, using them and passing them off as one's work. Emerson was ethical as she did not copy the works of another source word for word, in fact she blended it with her own wordings and where she couldn't find add her own perspective she paraphrased and sited the source in her speech.