Speech-Related Activity: 1-minute Speeches Aims: Practice quick analytical thinking‚ expression of opinions Level: This works best with more advanced students‚ and in smaller groups. Materials: Pre-made topic slips‚ a clock or watch for keeping time. Roles: Each speech requires a speaker and a timekeeper. Procedure: The student to perform the speech randomly selects a faced-down strip of paper containing a topic. The student has a short period of time (3 – 5 seconds)
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Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s Political Discourse Juraj Horváth Abstract This paper examines the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same‚ enshrined in his inaugural address. Our analysis is grounded in Norman Fairclough’s assumptions in critical discourse analysis‚ claiming that "ideologies reside in texts" that "it is not possible to ’read off’ ideologies from texts" and that "texts are open to diverse interpretations"
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My cultural artifact is simply a football. For a long time‚ Sports have been a big part of culture all around the world. Football is big in the United States and is mainly an American culture but it is also in Canada and some other countries. Football is made of pig skin and its filled with air. I connect to football because it has brought me to where I’m at now. Being good at football has opened opportunities for me in college and in the future. I picked it because I love it. My dad played football
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Analysis of Political Campaign Ads and Speeches. AB English Thesis. College of Arts in Sciences‚ University of Southern Mindanao‚ Kabacan‚ Cotabato. Adviser: RICELI C. MENDOZA‚ PhD The study aimed to analyze the different political campaign ads and speeches of the candidates running for a certain office and employed the Critical Discourse Analysis framework. Specifically‚ it sought to analyze the linguistic features of political campaign ads and speeches‚ determine the issue on social services
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During the beginning of the Revolution many documents‚ speeches and drawings were created in an attempt to unify the colonists and fight the British tyranny. Of these documents‚ there were three that played an important role in the Revolution. These three documents used similar writing methods to persuade colonists into one common goal; rallying against Great Britain. All three of these documents were persuasive speeches‚ written to unify the colonists. None of the documents were actually written
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The Effects of the Speeches of Brutus and Antony One of Shakespeare’s greateset plays is Julius Caesar. It’s about a group of conspirators who kill their king in order to be free. Antony‚ opposed to the killing of Caesar‚ felt that he should make them pay for killing Caesar. He delivered a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was not fair‚ causeing them to start a riot. Brutus also gave a good speech but the Romans didn’t react to it. A battle started‚ and most of the conspirators
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post one of my essays for the free membership thingy...)) Right off the bat you can see some of the similarities between Obama and Regean’s speeches. The first of these similarities is how they address their colleagues in the beginning. In the body of their speech they both talk about freedom for all and peace. Another common theme of both of the speeches are how they are not tied down to a particular party‚ the birthrights of Americans‚ and the benefits of entrepreneurship. The differences start
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Compare and contrast Henry’s use of rhetoric to affect others in his Harfleur speeches with the effectiveness of the language in Anthony and Brutus’ speeches In Henry V‚ Henry uses rhetoric very effectively as he persuades the Governor at Harfleur to surrender and encourages his troops onward with his ‘Once more unto the breach’ speech. This is very similar to Anthony and Brutus of Julius Caesar as they use rhetoric to influence the ‘mob’; firstly Brutus wins the crowd over and they believe the
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY RELIGION -TURABIAN NARRATIVE ARGUMENT ABOUT EDUCATION EDUCATION AND COMPUTERS FRANCES MIX ENGL 101 B08 FEBRUARY 3‚ 2014 Considering the gift of computers Bill Gates bestowed upon libraries for students‚ I’m sure his intentions were for the students to excel and keep abreast of the ever changing world of technology‚ not to replace reading with surfing the web. I agree with Judith Levine when she stated‚ “It’s important for students to read books‚ magazines‚ newspapers
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The Consumer Study: From Marketing to Mattering The UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study on Sustainability In collaboration with Havas Media RE:PURPOSE Contents Introduction 3 Optimism and quality of life: a three-speed world 5 Business: failing to live up to greater expectations 6 Accountability: governments‚ business and rising expectations 7 From belief to behaviour: sustainability and purchasing decisions 9 Meeting expectations‚ fulfilling needs: a closer connection 11 Integration
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