In Gerald Haslam’s short story "Grandma‚" the relationship between having pride in one’s cultural heritage and assimilation into the culture of the status quo is illustrated by his inclusion of Spanish in addition to the English spoken by most of the other characters. This can also be evidenced by Grandma’s use of Spanish and then English as well as the narrator’s decision to intersperse Spanish words into the English used to tell the story. Grandma’s application of Spanish also serves as a contrast
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Speech title: Essentials for an overnight backpacking trip. Specific purpose: At the end of my speech‚ the audience will be able to understand the basic necessities to go on an overnight backpacking trip. Thesis statement/central idea: Overnight backpacking is fun and with basic understanding and knowledge‚ anyone can try it. Introduction Imagine yourself walking thru the wilderness‚ the leaves crunching underneath your feet‚ birds singing in the distance‚ squirrels playing in the trees… Are
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Ashley Miller Ms. Hingle COMM 150 20 October 2015 Informative Speech Outline I. Introduction A. How would you react‚ if you found out you were in taking a drug without even knowing it? Would you continue or stop? Drugs are anything that stimulates your body to react in a certain way. For those that didn’t know this‚ caffeine is a drug. B. Statistics have proven that any amount exceeding “five or more cups of coffee will increase the risk of cardiac arrest (Caffeine).” “60 percent of the
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Ceremonial Speech Outline It seems like a life time ago when I first met my best friend Sheri K‚ when in all reality it has only been 10 years. We have been through so much together over the course of that 10 years‚ raising kids‚ laughing and crying together‚ loses and gains in life‚ and so many celebrations. Through us our kids have even grown to be best friends and extended family to each other. Then two years ago the ultimate test of our friendship would come along‚ I moved to another state
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remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech in the 1960s? You know‚ the words that rang in my head the most was: “I have a dream”. Now he wasn’t just talking about the racism problem that was occurring back then. No. We were talking about humanity becoming combined as one race. Now a hypothetical question for you all‚ if Martin Luther King was somehow brought back to life in this period‚ would think that his proposed dream came true? What would you think he would say about this world? [Wait for audience]
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a best friend‚ take a second and think about what yours would be. a. Well‚ the best vacation I’ve ever experienced was a two-week trip to Mexico in January of 2009 with seven of my friends who doubled as my classmates‚ my Spanish teacher and a parent chaperone. II. This trip was so exciting‚ delving into another culture so different from my own and living with a Mexican family for a little over a week- this quickly became one of the best adventures of my life. III. Although this transformative
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A speech about Muslim Beliefs Good morning‚ I’m here to talk to you today about Muslim beliefs. I will explain to you what Muslims believe in and describe how different and similar it is to Christianity. Firstly‚ our beliefs. We Muslims believe that there is one God (Allah). Islam teaches that there is only one God. He has no family or partners. He is the only one who people should worship. Several times a day I say “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger) this is known as the
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Sample speech Happiness is a choice Classmates‚ Friends‚ teachers‚ ladies and gentleman‚ lend me your ears. I’m standing here in front of you to express my deep sympathy and sorrow to those people who commits suicide‚ to those who doesn’t value their life and to those who is lives in their past. Ladies and gentleman‚ let me say this to you. That you can be happy if you will only choose to be. But
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Everybody‚ XinNianKuaiLe. Maybe some of you guys already know what this Chinese mean. It is literally translated to the greeting “happy Chinese new year” in English. Today is the Chinese New Year (Yeh). Chinese New Year is the most important traditional holiday in China. Despite its winter occurrence‚ Chinese New Year is also known as Spring Festival in China. The festival begins on the first day of the first month‚ which is today‚ and ends on the 15th day of that month. As I had mentioned‚ Chinese
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Al-Enazi To get a tattoo in professional artist license A lovely drawing on the skin may seem attractive to lots of people‚ but there are side effects unknown. According to Health Important News published on November 3‚ 2015‚ about one in five US adults‚ or 21 percent‚ has at least one tattoo. This is up from 14 percent in 2008. According to a Harris poll‚ tattoos have been around for more than 5‚000 years. They were used in ancient Egypt as a way to identify peasants and slaves
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