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.