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    there are many differences and similarities. "Ain’t I A Woman" focuses more on the right that men and women should be treated equally. "I Have A Dream" focuses on the equality for all races. Both of these speeches still have things in common. For example‚ they both strive for equality in the human race. They also have many rhetorical devices‚ such as metaphors‚ similes‚ repetition‚ etc. They are trying to make a difference in life. "Ain’t I A Woman" wants men to treat women like everyone else

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    I Have A Dream” Martin Luther King Jr. On August 28‚ 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that electrified a nation. In Washington D.C‚ King delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial and as his powerful voice echoed out across an audience of 200‚000 people‚ echoes of the Gettysburg address could be heard as well as the Declaration of Independence and the Bible. It has been called “masterfully delivered and improvised sermon‚ bursting with biblical language and imagery.”The

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    I Have A Dream”‚ is the most famous speech given by an American Legend‚ Martin Luther King Jr. He was born on January 15‚ 1929. He became a Baptist Minister and social activist who fought tremendously for equal rights. King declared‚ “We shall not be judged by the color of our skin‚ but by the content of our character.” Kings famous words inspired black americans to stand up for their civil right through the use of rhetorical appeals‚ and rhetorical devices. Martin Luther King‚ led the Civil Rights

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    Gettysburg Address (1863) The year is 1860‚ and a relatively new country‚ The United States of America‚ is distressed. Divided‚ they argued. The Southern States felt that it was their given right to have slaves‚ and the northern states felt as if it was something of the past. These two differing thoughts caused Americans to rage and compromises to be thrown out the window. All that was required was one final spark to set off the flame that would be known as the Civil War. A new candidate was running

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    Throughout the speech‚ King frequently appeals to pathos‚ but he uses all three of the Aristotelian appeals effectively. He uses appeal to pathos to let his audience realize what type of condition the African Americans are in. He uses another appeal to logos to persuade the African Americans to take actions and also to use it for transitions. He also uses appeal to ethos to keep the readers and the audiences to be interested. According to King’s speech‚ he stated‚ “But one hundred years later‚ the

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    Rashmi Bansal’s book‚ I have a Dream‚ is a collection of stories of 20 idealists who using their creative‚ innovative and entrepreneurial skills decided to use these skills to bring a change and dedicated their lives for the greater good of the society. The entrepreneurs in this book‚ instead of developing business models for profits‚ decided to use it as tools for the betterment of society. Like any other Rashmi’s books‚ this book too has been divided into three categories: The Rainmakers‚ The Change

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    The Gettysburg Address 1. How does Lincoln honor the battle of Gettysburg in his address? Lincoln honored the Battle of Gettysburg in his address by acknowledging the great sacrifice made by the brave men who fought in the Gettysburg battle. Lincoln pointed out that while the ceremony may one day be forgotten‚ the service and deaths of the soldiers would forever be memorialized and serve as a lasting reminder of how precious and costly ensuring freedom for all is. You get the sense that Lincoln

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    brain? * they are nearly identical despite major differences in the brain’s internal structure * the human brain has many more convolutions * the lower animals have more convolutions and therefore fewer direct connections * human convolutions are less numerous‚ but larger * humans have frontal lobes‚ other animals do not 2. Bilateral symmetry... * is common in the animal kingdom * is unique to humans * is found only in old world primates

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    The Gettysburg Address was a famous speech given by President Lincoln at Gettysburg in1863. The speech was influential and inspiring to many different kinds of people. The Gettysburg Address touched several topics such as human equality‚ peace and honoring soldiers. The Gettysburg Address is still relevant today due to its motivational words towards human equality and paying tribute to war veterans. To quote the speech‚ Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago‚ our fathers brought forth on

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    The two speeches Ain’t I a Woman by Sojourner Truth and the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln were both similar because they were powerful speeches for equality. The two speeches were different because of their speakers‚ Truth and Lincoln were on completely different spectrums of the social scale and therefore seen differently by the public. Ain’t I a Woman by Sojourner Truth was a speech on equality of the sexes. Her speech was extemporaneous‚ and still had such an effect. She had a power in

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