Reply Print Page View Entire Thread Close Window Week 9 Overview Posted: Sun 07/08/2012 12:54 PM ‚ by: Class‚ I have clarified some of the notes for week 9 below‚ I hope this helps! Week Nine Overview Hum 111 Topics and Objectives Communicating Your Ideas · Explain techniques to present ideas and persuade others effectively. · Recognize approaches to achieve effective writing and speaking. 1. Readings & Tutorial · Read Ch. 14 of The Art of Thinking 2. Week Nine DQs: Post a 150-
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Composition 2 December 2012 Commencement Speech Analysis Aaron Sorkin in his Commencement speech at Syracuse University shares his personal experiences during his life and connects it to the graduates of Syracuse University. Throughout his speech‚ Sorkin keeps a humorous yet straightforward tone. Sorkin opens his speech by telling of “...a man and women…married for 40 years.” Using this to open his speech grabs the readers’ attention and makes they focus on his speech. Sorkin connects not only
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going up on stage to give the speech. Then he said that he would congratulate us on finish our study at a prestigious university. Besides he encouraged us to chase our dream‚ he also wished us to be successful in our new chapter of life. After that‚ he invited our Dean to go up on stage to give the certificates to students. I was one of them also received the diploma certificate of architecture. After giving out the certificates‚ a student made a commencement speech which was so touched and made
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“work” and enjoy it to the fullest‚ so if they didn’t have to do the work to live‚ they still would. I believe that for a lot of successful peoples’ original “work” becomes their passion. It transfers from a need to a want. In Steve Jobs’ Commencement speech at Stanford in 2005‚ he suggested finding what you love‚ and the money will come after. Luckily he found what he loved to do early and opened his extremely successful business. Although‚ there were a few bumps in the road along the way to his
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The article “You’ve Got to Find What You Love‚” by Steve Jobs‚ was originally presented to the 2005 graduating class of Stanford University as their commencement speech. As we look back at his speech‚ after more than a decade has passed‚ it is clear that the main purpose of it is to promote and persuade individuals to do what you love‚ or DWYL. Although Jobs may seem inspiring because he commands the reader’s attention with great authority‚ he only uses his own life experiences as evidence for his
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Since no one in life is truly perfect‚ goals will not be met‚ and disappointment will have to be faced. In her speech Commencement Speech at Mount Holyoke College‚ Anna Quindlen explores the topic of perfection and how striving for it can put a damper on life. By using rhetorical devices and appealing to pathos‚ Quindlen is able to effectively drive her point home. This commencement speech was meant to be a wakeup call to all people who aim for perfection their whole lives‚ and to inform them that
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Velasco Paola Velasco English 12 H 25 Aug 2014 Summer Reading Assignment Part I In his commencement speech to the Kenyon College class of 2005‚ David Foster Wallace defines the true purpose of a liberal arts education. He argues that the overall purpose of higher education is having the ability to mindfully choose how to perceive others and to appropriately think about meaning. Wallace outlines his arguments through detailed anecdotes of the average day to day routine college graduates will
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ROWLING’S‚ author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series‚ Commencement Address‚ “The Fringe Benefits of Failure‚ and the Importance of Imagination‚” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Her commencement address was very moving to me. One reader commented that “she masters the skill of communication being “autobiographical” in her presentation‚ making use of humor‚ self criticism‚ and humbleness. Ms. Rowling’s speech deals with various issues‚ not only with enriching effect of
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Anna Quindlen’s commencement speech argues to stop assuming other identities to match societies’ expectations. This fantasy sounds perfect at first but reflects a misconception in conformity and in happiness. Anne Quindlen’s simplistic view to” give up the nonsensical and punishing quest for perfection” will only work in a perfect society‚ but society is not perfect. While some conform to the standards of perfection to make others proud‚ most conform out of necessity. “The joker” does not want
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The Way of Life The 2005 Kenyon Commencement Address was given by David Foster Wallace‚ a commencement speaker and a graduating student. DFW states stories that would happen realistically in anyone’s lifetime due to the choices of one another. He points out certain flaws that each person has done but didn’t realize it. He also explains the rules of patience‚ everyone has done it and repeats it; your actions influence another’s mindset similar to yours and inflicts it on another individual who’s
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