I went the first day‚ so I don’t have a recording to look at. Even though I cannot see my speech I still realized some of my strengths and weaknesses. Some of my weaknesses consisted of: bad transition words‚ sounding shaky within the introduction‚ and time. My strengths consisted of: good movement‚ good tone‚ good statistics‚ and good eye contact. To start off my introduction I was very nervous‚ and I don’t know for sure‚ but I think the audience could tell. My transition into my first main point
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inaugural speech‚ wanted to make the country just a little bit stronger‚ a little bit more involved‚ and just a little more united just through his speech. Diving into a strong and involved country would make his job easier‚ and make the people see him as an effective leader. By changing the tempo of the speech‚ creating a rhythm‚ and unique sentence structure‚ he creates a feeling of nationalism for all of his listeners and readers. Although the use of dashes in a speech may have
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The speech I will be critiquing is called how we are priming some kids to go to college and others to go to prison. The speech was filmed March 2015 and posted on Ted Talks on May 15‚ 2015. Alice Goffman an urban sociologist who spent six years in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood delivered the speech. Her background says that she sheds light on the justice system that creates suspects rather than citizens. Her introduction instantly grabbed my attention because of the subject and I related to
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I could not decide on what speech that I want to do. So I just picked a random speech. I choose the speech based on the gender of the speaker and the topic on the speech. The speech I am giving is 1988 DNC Keynote Addresses given by Dorothy Ann Willis Richards. Dorothy Ann Willis Richard was born September 1‚ 1993 in Lakeview‚ Texas. Dorothy died September 13‚ 2006; she was 73 when she died. She was an only child and grew up in Waco‚ Texas. She had graduates from Waco High School in 1950‚ and
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scrolling through Facebook when I came across a link that led me to Matthew McConnaughey’s acceptance speech for winning the Oscar for best actor in 2014. It was a fairly short speech‚ only lasting about two minutes and 30 seconds‚ but it left a lasting impression on me. There are many speeches that I’ve heard that have inspired me‚ but this particular speech struck a chord with me. After watching the speech‚ I felt motivated. I felt like Mr. McConaughey captured my motivations in life perfectly. He first
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his best effort into his speech to convince Congress to declare war on Japan. His many forms of rhetorical aspects appealed to Congress’s feelings. The speech had the impact on Congress that Roosevelt had hoped for. The was a near unanimous vote to declare war on Japan. There was one person who didn’t want to go to war no matter what‚ because she was a pacifist. Roosevelt’s speech was from his emotions rather than just doing what he had to do. When we gave his speech‚ he transferred his emotions
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On September 27‚ 2011 I attended a speech at the Auburn University Student Center in which Bill Rasmussen‚ the founder of ESPN‚ was speaking on his journey to making it big. The speech was an hour long and contained some strong points and some not so strong points as well. He adapted to the environment‚ which was all college students‚ by relating to us through common knowledge such as school‚ work‚ and most importantly Auburn football. He went in depth with each of his main points and was relevant
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behind a desk‚ with hands clasped in front of him he began his speech. Known throughout the country as the man who took eighteen thousand dollars for personal gain he seemed nervous at first. Who would not be nervous standing up to entire country? As the speech progresses he becomes more confident. Looking less and less at his notes‚ unless it it to cite or bring up a fact‚ he gains confidence that carries him throughout the rest of the speech. Even though he is being filmed- it can be awkward just talking
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Freedom of speech and blasphemy‚ the same but far from each other In this article‚ I am going to explain what Blasphemy is‚ and what freedom of speech is. First‚ I am going to give my reasons for why I decided to use this title. The reason is that they are both about the same thing‚ order. It is about policy‚ to “sustain” people from their free will‚ maybe in a way to control them too. Even so‚ they are still far from each other‚ I will later explain it. I am also going to explain what happened
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the most memorable speeches in American history on August 28‚ 1963‚ titled I Have a Dream. His speech focused on expressing the neglect of freedom and rights the country had promised to his people‚ the African Americans‚ that were never fulfilled. The exposition of his speech is constructed with allusions that reveal of important governmental documents and speeches that were important to the freedom of slaves. He starts the first sentence with an allusion‚ “Five
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