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.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt