Beauty Pageants: From Prim to Poisoned Her eyes glimmer with the latest layer of eyeliner. Her cheeks‚ a wind-bitten pink‚ ache from constant smiles. She combs her hair‚ unaware of the damage she is inflicting on herself. She looks around. Some wear false hair‚ others false teeth. Every participant there is driven by the same potential outcome of beauty: meticulous hair‚ white smile‚ bright eyes‚ and a thin figure. Everybody strives for that same superficial facade – not the average values for a
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Current Event/Persuasive Speech General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audiences beliefs about a subject. Organizational Pattern: Comparative Advantage/Disadvantage Introduction: 1. Ever heard the saying “The way to a mans heart is through his stomach?” Well A proverb suggests that “A hungry man is an angry man” 2. Today I will be talking about genetically engineered food and food insecurity 3. It is important to listen to this speech in order to understand
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Teenage Pregnancies associate with social issues ‚ such as lower educational levels and higher rates of Poverty. This happens because when they are pregnant they drop out of shcool and just worry about their baby. Although they are unemployed they go on a benefit which is when money is given by the goverment. Why do the young mums still lead a poor life inspite of money given by the goverment ? Well ‚ they lead poor life because they dont think about the future ‚ instead they spend all their money
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The Controversial Topic (17) The general argument made by Matt Bai shows “a depressingly familiar pattern in American life‚ in which anyone who even tried to talk about race risked public outrage and humiliation.” More specifically‚ he argued that Obama being elected is not just about hope; he confused the conversation by not discussing racism‚ and he did not use his power to overcome racism. He writes “political leaders have discovered that you still can’t raise legitimate questions about racism
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Making several appearances on the American Library Association’s ‘most contested books’ listings for its controversial and confronting content‚ The Hunger Games trilogy has become one of the most discussed Young Adult fictions since its debut in 2008. Through Suzanne Collins’ use of provocative themes of class and extreme poverty‚ confronting depictions of violence amongst children and the challenging of stereotypical gender roles‚ the novel discusses the hardships faced by children living within
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Abstract The aim of this short paper is targeted at broadening general understanding of the impact of accounting for goodwill in the Non-for-Profit environment based on its financial practicability and how a focus on the fair value of goodwill goes to the heart of the value of an Organization. Various amendments and new accounting rules; Enron and WorldCom misfortunes; Ponzi Schemes and other white collar financial frauds have brought about stricter governance and financial statement reporting responsibilities
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Abortion and Euthanasia: Two Controversial Topics Ronald Dworkin brings up a much debated topic in his essay‚ "Life is Sacred: That’s the Easy Part." The ideas of abortion and euthanasia have been intensely debated and argued over for a long time. Both sides of the argument refuse to change their views because each of them is stubborn and will not listen to any reason. Although I could be incorporated in this statement‚ I believe I have an open-mind when it comes to these issues and could argue
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Possible Speech Topics Informative Speech Topics Below you will find a list of 125 of 250 potential informative speech topics. Be sure to analyze your audience and time limit before selecting a topic. 1.How nuclear power works 2. The biography of your favorite actor 3. How to make pizza 4. The history of comic books 5. How to change your car’s oil 6. The story of how your school was founded 8. The history of your hometown 9. How to swing a golfclub 10. Trends in the stock market 11. How to drive
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7 Things to Remember For an Extemporaneous Speech By Jim Peterson 1. The secret of successful public speaking and speech writing is using one central idea. You can talk about many speech topics‚ but always refer back to - reinforce - that theme or a thesis. It ’s the only way the audience will remember your message. 2. Capture the central idea of your extemporaneous in one full sentence. It should be a single‚ declarative sentence. Make sure that you make a specific statement. What do you want
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Informative Speech Topics The following come from this site: http://www.goodspeechtopics.com/informational-speech-topics.html Informational Speech Topics 1. 1. Personality tests 2. 2. Who are the libertarians? 3. 3. Aromatheraphy 4. 4. What is inflation? 5. 5. Electric cars 6. 6. What was Watergate? 7. 7. Political parties 8. 8. Describe a piece of current legislation 9. 9. Biography of an important person...........who is...? 10. 10. History of an event (Halloween‚ etc.)‚ or describe
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