world are overrun with hoods of cars; there is nothing more important than their destination‚ with everything else coming second. A sense of dictatorship and controlled behaviour is apparent‚ with any expression of individuality deafened by the “ceremonial honking of horns”. Dawe warns the reader of how if we allow technology‚ mainly cars‚ to take over our lives we will lose sight of what is important‚ what we should be valuing and our sense of selves‚ to the point where “even the irreplaceable parts/
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Kofun Burial Mounds in Ancient Japan “The practice of building sepulchral mounds and burying treasures with the dead was transmitted to Japan from the Asian continent about the third century A.D.” (B. Ford‚ 1987‚ p.24) Locally these mega structures were called Kofun Burial Mounds‚ titled after the Ancient Japanese period in which they were built‚ the Kofun Period (300 – 800 C.E.) The sites of more than 10 000 keyhole tombs still remain in Japan‚ though direct access to these tombs is difficult
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feasting and thanksgiving. It is not only a day for setting out hopes for the coming year but also for ancestor worship. In ancient times‚ it is customary for the Emperor of China to fast on the eve of the Winter Solstice to prepare for the ceremonial rituals and ancestor worship which was carried out on the Altar of Heaven in Beijing. On the day itself‚ the Emperor would offer sacrifices at the Temple of Heaven. If the day was dry and clear‚ it would mark a peaceful year ahead. Nevertheless
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Funeral Oration Pericles’ Funeral Oration and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address are two of the greatest and most memorable speeches ever given. Despite the fact that the two speeches were given some two thousand years apart‚ there are remarkable similarities between the two‚ including content‚ length‚ and the situations in which the speeches were given. The majority of speeches that were given in President Lincoln’s time tended to be extremely long. It was not uncommon for a person to speak about
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New Guinea highlanders can go to war with each other to avenge ghosts or to exct revenge for the killing of one of their one. As we have to seen from other reports‚ or lessens we have discussed‚ people don’t seen to comprehend the complex interrelationship among the various parts of their own social system. The leaders of Papua New Guinea see intertribal fighting as a major social problem with severe economic consequences. Although fighting is not new to them‚ warfare seems to re-emerge in 1970s
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GRC – Oatley Module B Assessment Dec 2011 ‘Great speeches are the product of style substance and impact’ How have the views of speech writer Graham Freudenberg and your critical study of the speeches informed your understanding of the value of these speeches? In your response evaluate the ideas‚ structure and rhetorical/language techniques of at least two speeches: • Develop a thesis‚ address the question and refer to the listening component throughout • Demonstrate effective
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signed up for. There are no guaranteed make-ups. If you miss a speech‚ you will receive a zero. You are free to trade speaking days with other class members‚ but you must put any changes on the sign-up sheet. You are strongly urged to have your speeches prepared & practiced in a critique session with a Teaching Assistant at least 5 days before the presentation date. PROFESSIONALISM AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION: During class you should not send or receive texts‚ surf the internet‚ take phone calls
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periods two of America’s most well known speeches were given. During the Civil War‚ The Gettysburg Address was given by President Abraham Lincoln and during the African American Civil Rights movement the I Have a Dream Speech was presented by Martin Luther King Jr. Both of these speeches left a huge mark on the world and are very important in American history. Both the Gettysburg Address and the I Have a Dream speech have many similarities. Each of these speeches were created by some of our Nation’s
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When we give or deliver speeches we should try our possible best to follow some procedures in order to make our audience pay attention to the informations we are trying to get across to them. I could remember when I performed my first speech in my student success class my professor taught us about some important skills or ways to grab our listeners attention. my professor taught us that when delivering speeches to people that we should " Tell them what you are going to say‚ say it‚ and tell
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Plato was one of Socrates’ greatest admirers‚ and our knowledge of Socrates stems mostly from Plato’s dialogues. Plato wrote his dialogues so that his students could read them out to each other and from a phrase discuss what it is about. Plato’s thought is mostly recorded in the form of dialogues that feature Socrates as the protagonist. The symposium was written between the middle and the late period‚ and the figure of Socrates serves more as a mouth piece for Plato’s own views. For instance
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