Amy Cuddy creates a sense of ethos and authority on the topic through citing credible and relevant sources‚ discussing her credentials‚ and by making the speech easy to understand. At the beginning of her speech‚ Cuddy cites research from two well accredited sources. The first was Nalini Ambady‚ a researcher at Tufts University‚ and the second was Alex Todorov at Princeton. Not only does she tell the audience the people she has gotten the information from‚ but the institutions that they are a part
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“The Checkers Speech” It was the midst of the 1952 presidential campaign when the New York Post’s newspaper story came out accusing Senator Richard Nixon of having a secret political fund. This accusation caused Nixon to face the reality of virtually being dropped as the presidential candidate of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s running mate. On September 23‚ 1952‚ Nixon sat down to address one of the largest television audiences in political history until Nixon’s 1960 debate with John F. Kennedy. While millions
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whole again. Although‚ Aristophanes speech made a lot of sense and made me think‚ Socrates speech is the one that truly spoke to me. He talked about how love desires beauty‚ and the love is good. There is more meaning to love than just beauty. In the Symposium‚ Aristophanes makes an interesting speech about his view on love. He focuses on the mythical aspect of how love is among humans. He starts by explaining that many‚ many years
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After listening to this speech I would have to say that the central idea of the speech is equality. He uses this speech to inform us on why he writes the things he does. He also uses this speech to tell us his thoughts on equality. He tells us why he writes these strong women characters. One of the things that stood out most to me is when he talks about his mother. He says all these strong women characters can be traced back to his mother. Also‚ how she influenced him in his writing and in his life
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Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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On 4th April 1967‚ Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech called “Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence”‚ at a meeting of concerned clergy at Riverside Church in New York City‚ New York. The address was part of a conference held by CAL-CAV (Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam)‚ an organization working to bring the war in Vietnam to an end. The speech mainly focuses on the war in Vietnam. The purpose of the speech is to make the clergy aware that the war is not only affecting Vietnam‚
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Roquan Jones Ms. Cuba ELA lll. 4 31 January‚ 2017 Frederick Douglass Fourth of July Speech Frederick Douglass‚ born as Frederick Augustus Bailey‚ was born in February 1818. He didn’t know the date he was born‚ but throughout his later life he celebrated his birthday February 14th. He was a 19th century abolitionist leader and he also was a famous speaker. He was born and raised in Talbot‚ Maryland; where he spent his life as a slave. He was separated from his parents at a young age‚ and he never
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spoke at the Peace Memorial and the speech was also broadcasted worldwide. President Obama had a very humble tone throughout the speech that conveyed his respect for the people of Hiroshima. He expresses this when he says "We come to mourn the dead... Their souls speak to us. They ask us to look inward‚ to tkae stock of who we are and what we might become." He acknowledges the horrific event in the beggining paragraphs of the speech. Toward the body of the speech‚ the President moves more toward
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The speech that I am going to examine‚ is that of Melania Trump. This speech took place at the GOP convention on July 19th. Melania was set to open for her republican nominee presidential candidate‚ Donald Trump. In every aspect of the speech it was successful and powerful in delivering a message. However‚ there was a strange similarity in her speech. It sounded as though we had heard it before. As many began to realize‚ her speech indeed did sound like a speech we had all heard before. Who’s was
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of water issues and continuing her grandfather’s work. The speech was held at WSRE Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio and was sponsored by WSRE Public Square Speakers Series. The studio was like a movie theater with seats going all the way up with the Middle Island where the audio in camera was. The stage had a red rectangle in the middle and a podium off to the right with a big screen in the background. The general purpose of the speech was to give her background and also bring up some of the issues
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