exceptions. In his speech Stokes also speaks out about how using a Bechdel Test can help improve the outlook that both boys and girls have growing up‚ as well as their influential role models. Stokes’s speech was presented on a TEDxBeasconStreet event in 2012 in Brooklyn Massachusetts‚ in front of what seems a large variety of people. By using light humor and visuals‚ as well as providing personal stories about his family Stokes is able to connect with his audience and drive his speech forward‚ not only
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President Barack Obama uses a wide variety of techniques to make a successful victory speech. The main features that allowed this were his choices of language; rhetorical devices; his mode of delivery; paralinguistic & prosodic features; and his structure. Obama’s speech is full of carefully thought out language choices that all give a specific effect on the audience. For example‚ many times in the speech Obama repeats the first person pronoun ‘we’ which makes the audience feel included and
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Throughout Anthony’s speech‚ she alludes to past successful revolutions‚ and compares historic events to the women’s suffrage to encourage victory. References to the American Revolution and the abolishment of slavery lie throughout Anthony’s speech to establish her point. For example‚ Anthony discusses the dissatisfaction of women with their government by referencing the chant from the American Revolution‚“taxation without representation” (Anthony 1). Incorporating this familiar chant‚ she established
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To prepare for my shield speech‚ I used time in class to write my outline and consulted other around me about my ideas. I thought of first representing each point with a book‚ and then later came to the idea of a bookshelf I could put props and pictures on. I admit that I did procrastinate while writing my speech. I could’ve used my time in class better to figure out what I was going to say. My slip‚ which I folded very many times so it was very small‚ was chosen first. I wouldn’t have made the slip
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Peacemaker‚ Malala Yousafzai‚ in her speech at The United Nations Youth Assembly‚ describes the need for human rights and dismisses the ways of the Taliban. Yousafzai’s purpose is to emphasize the dire need for civil rights for everyone. She uses forced teaming‚ credibility or ethos‚ and anaphora to promote her agenda of human rights. To begin‚ Malala Yousafzai uses forced teaming to increase her influence on the audience. Forced teaming is a technique in which the speaker frequently uses words such
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Laverne Cox‚ a transgender woman and actress‚ gives a powerful speech during ‘Creating Change 2014’ (an organization that brings awareness to the LGBT community) she talks about the violent injustices and police discrimination against the lives of transgender women of color as a way to spread awareness of the inequalities of transgender within the LGBT community to those who feel the T in LGBT isn’t as important. Throughout her speech she appeals to the viewer’s empathy to those in pain through personal
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Speaker: Alisen Lafaive‚ Gender Studies major at Clarkson University Date of Speech: October 26th‚ 2013 Location: Clarkson University Occasion: Gender Conference Subject: Women advancing in the Physician Assistant Program Alisen Lafaive started by informing everyone of how many educational and career opportunities the Physician
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down on potential threats has become priority. Not only are there threats of mass violence‚ but racist speech and sexist speech‚ that some would define as fighting words. A question to ask is when does speech become a fighting word. Having to decide what speech is protected by the first amendment‚ worthwhile‚ and what speech has no social value and is not protected‚ worthless‚ is controversial. Speech that is defined as worthless include: lewd‚ obscene‚ profane‚ libelous‚ and fighting words. Focusing
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In the reading‚ Free Speech policy has been brought back to the attention as the UC regents would like to prevent the students from prejudice. The new policy proposed was reprimanded by some regents and Jewish group as it seems too weak and the issue has gone way too far. It brings national attention to UC on how to make the universities’ environment more welcoming for multicultural students. Also with the emergence of social media‚ it is easy for students to broadcast their racist views. Universities
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Obama Education Speech In September of 2008‚ senator Obama stated in his speech that he would make a beneficial change to the nations education system if elected president of the United States. His speech was effective in stating the main purpose and reaching the intended audience. I stand by every one of Obama’s proposed changes to the education system and it’s importance to our nation. Considering the academic ranking of the United States to other Countries‚ we can see the lack of attention
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