Multiple choice/ Fill-in-the-blank 1. Many skills used in public speaking are the same as those used in everyday conversation: a) logically organized thoughts‚ b) messages tailored to audience‚ c) stories told for maximum impact‚ d) feedback adapted to listener. 2. Critical thinking – focused‚ organized‚ involves the logical relationships along ideas‚ the soundness of evidence‚ and the differences between fact and opinion. 3. Frame of reference – the sum of person’s knowledge‚
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The renaissance was an important pivotal point in world history. The accomplishments that arose from that era lasted for a majority of the late 16th century and for part of the early 17th century. As a matter of fact‚ the happenings of the renaissance was also around the same time period of when the world was experiencing its own dramatic changes. Through these rapid changes in lifestyle‚ society began to be fascinated with the workings of the universe and learned how to fill that void of constant
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Randy Pausch; Speaking Strengths By Amanda Apatow Communications Paper #2 February 28th 2012 When faced with the knowledge that you are about to do something you love for the last time‚ how would you react? When Randy Pausch‚ a virtual design professor at the University of Carnegie Mellon was given the diagnosis of liver cancer with only a few months to live‚ he knew that everything he did would be the last time he did it. Randy chose his last lecture to be an inspiring tribute to his life
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English Essay Question: In the film Christof says: “we accept the reality with which we are represented”. To what extent do you agree with him? Truman Burbank‚ an accountant that lives in Seahaven‚ is the only real thing in his fake world. But is the world that he lives in really fake? Well it is fake but is Seahaven fake to Truman? Truman has accepted the reality of his world that which he lives in. Christof‚ the director of the Truman Show‚ believes that we should accept the reality with
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experience. "Mute in an English-Only World" by Chang Rae-Lee illustrates the importance of language as a means for social interaction and the power of language‚ in the American society during the 70’s. This in my opinion could only be understood by experience in this situation. After reading the story‚ one could see or appreciate his determination to make his mother’s story known. The author describes the hard times immigrants have because they speak imperfect or broken English through the use of
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have also had always been deprived of respect from their non-coloured peers. Despite being seen on the bottom of the food chain‚ Negro woman manages to find the strength to fight back and show their resistance to the oppression.The films‚ Hidden Figures directed by Theodore Melfi and The Help directed by Tate Taylor‚ express the different forms of resistance that woman have shown to their so called ‘superior’ peers. Resistance is the fight for rights. It’s the act defiance to gain respect from society
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The Power of Language Language is the means by which people function in society. Written text works to expose how language dictates the power one holds in society. This word defined by the Oxford English Dictionary is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way (OED). The way in which people communicate defines how they progress in society. Those who articulate language well have extreme power over those who
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"Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2013-04-18. ^ "Munawar says MMA has become history". GEO.tv. 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2013-04-18. ^ "Pakistan court bars Musharraf from elections - Central & South Asia". Al Jazeera English. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2013-04-18. ^ "PML-N front-runner in next election: Survey". Khaleejtimes.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-04-18. ^ "Public Judgment Results: Which Party Will Lead Elections-2013 in Pakistan?". Publicjudgment.org. 2013-01-29
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Eileen Julien bitterly attacks the notion that there is anything particularly African about orality or anything essentially oral about African culture. The "oral form‚" she contends‚ "is not the concrete literary simulacrum of African essence but is‚ rather‚ a manifestation of social consciousness‚ vision‚ and possibility allowed by particular moments and niches in African socioculturel life."1 Despite her doubts about the wisdom of associating orality with Africa‚ Julien does acknowledge that the manifestation
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There have been many attempts and successes at introducing young girls of color to the untold and inspirational stories of women of color. For example‚ the movie Hidden Figures which stormed the box offices on Christmas of 2015 stirring up buzz about its profound message and effects on young women across the world. The movie displays the stories of three women of color working for NASA as “computers‚” people who calculate all the mathematics for the projects in progress at NASA. Before seeing
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