Reporting Verbs When using reported speech‚ most students learn to use "say" and "tell": Examples: John told me he was going to stay late at work. Peter said he wanted to visit his parents that weekend. These forms are perfectly correct for reporting what others have said. However‚ there are a number of other reporting verbs which can more accurately describe what someone has said. These verbs take a variety of structures. The following list gives you reporting verbs in various categories
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Freedom of speech is one of the main pillars that the United States of America is built upon. It is very important to the public that the founding fathers made it the first amendment. However‚ when does a granted right become a threat? This is exactly the case that is at hand when one talk about the Internet. The internet nowadays is vey widely spread that one may say something in one part of the world and one minute later another reads it across the globe. Thus one must embark on the question of
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The reality is‚ I didn’t even want to write this speech. I felt it was just another assignment out of the many thousands I had done before; and‚ yet another way to waste my time (and cramp my fingers in the process). I contemplated not even doing the assignment but‚ I couldn’t help but be intrigued with a school asking me to write a graduation speech before I’d even begun a single course. I’d been to many schools and none assumed I’d graduate….it was different. In a way‚ it made me proud. So‚ a few
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A Persuasive speech on sexual discrimination Good evening‚ my name is Evan Morrison. I am here today to talk to you about sexual discrimination. Sexual discrimination means that a person gets treated in a less favorable manner because of their sex‚ and I imagine young people go through tough times at school just because they like the same gender or when a boy wants to be a girl. In this speech‚ I will try to change your views on discrimination and hopefully make a change and put a stop to all of
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walls that have taken so long to build when we have to leave our home‚ school. The following is an excerpt from a speech President Lincoln gave "No one‚ not in my situation‚ can appreciate my feelings of sadness at this parting. To this place‚ and the kindness of these people‚ I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century‚ and have passed from young to an old man. Here my children have been born and one is buried. I now leave‚ not knowing when or whether ever I may return‚ with a task
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Bethany Jackson Mollie Murphy Public Speaking COMM 111 18 April 2013 Garret’s Visit I thought that Garret’s visit was very effective and beneficial for our class. He was excellent at public speaking. I do believe that since the first speech‚ our class has been exceedingly better at public speaking then we were to begin with. I thought it was amazing that he grew up with a debilitating stutter and listening to him‚ a person would have absolutely no idea because of how well he can generate what
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Madison Leek Professor Smiley Speech 1113 27 October 2014 Persuasive Speech When signing up to be an organ donor you usually think only your major organs will be used; however‚ something as small as a ligament of yours is used in popular surgeries such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions. When someone tears their ACL they usually have a choice to have an autograft‚ or use one of their own ligaments‚ but they can also choose to have an allograft‚ or take a cadaver’s ligament to
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just a regular photographer as a career. Preview: (III) Today I will teach you how to correctly combine the ISO‚ shutter speed‚ and aperture in order to capture a photo completely manually using a DSLR or ‘fancy’ camera. (Transition to Body of Speech) Have you ever seen a photo that was entirely too bright or on the opposite side‚ way too dark? Well that’s our ISO. Body First Main Point (I) According to Joe McNally (2010) “The ISO refers to the camera’s sensitivity to light” Subpoint: (A)
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Hannah Smith 30 December 2012 Clinton Speech Summary The main idea of William J. Clinton’s speech “Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God in Christ” is that the United States is becoming more violent every day‚ many innocent children are dying every day‚ and that he wants the American people to start doing something about it. In his speech Clinton spoke at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. last delivered a sermon about freedom. Clinton used the opportunity to address issues of
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Arif BAŞARAN 1673714 SPEECH ANALYSIS REPORT This report aims to provide a speech analysis of robotics designer Dr. David Hanson’s presentation which is delivered in 2009. The topic of the presentation is concerned with robots that relate to human-beings. The purpose is to inform the audience on the new developments of robotics technology and humanoid robots. If the overall speech is mentioned‚ I believe that the subject is very interesting and the presenter used this advantage effectively. While
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