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Correct answers will vary. Correct answers should consider how close Trump’s phrases were to Obama’s, what this means about Trump’s credibility and goodwill toward the audience, and how credibility relies on properly presenting information from others. For more help, see On Character, or Ethical Speaking.

Correct answers will vary. Correct answers should note ethics of the speaker, including practical wisdom, expertise, and goodwill. Correct answers should also consider the assumption of truth between a speaker and his or her audience. For more help, see On Character, or Ethical Speaking.

Correct answers will vary. Correct answers consider that Trump repeatedly lied before admitting that she had plagiarized, decreasing her ethics and credibility and making the case for plagiarism stronger (if her speech could not be redeemed). Correct answers consider an ignorance of the rules of plagiarism and that Trump may not have known the proper way to cite her sources (if her speech could be redeemed). For more help, see On Character, or Ethical Speaking.