Running Head: CONVERSATIONS CAN KILL 1 Conversations Can Kill Shanna Downs AC1302344 SP180.0.3 Principals of Public Speaking Resources Assignment 07 Speech July 29‚ 2013 Running Head: CONVERSATIONS CAN KILL 2 Conversations Can Kill Raise your hand if while driving your quick reflexes have stopped an accident with another driver from happening? Raise your hand if the other driver was on the phone
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God is a Woman General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that God is a woman. Thesis Statement: Since we are supposed to be made in “his” – meaning God’s- reflection‚ I am female and therefore God too is female. I. Introduction A. In the bible‚ Genesis chapter 1‚ verse 26 – 27‚ states‚ “God said‚ let us make man in our image‚ in our likeness‚ and let them rule over the fish of the sea‚ and the birds of the air‚ over the livestock‚ all over the Earth‚ and all
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More often than not‚ his idea of a woman is represented as a flower. Although a woman is made of many parts that a flower does not contain‚ Williams still manages to illustrate the concept of body and soul as a flower. A piece of work written by Williams that compares the female to a flower can be seen in “The Young Housewife.” The speaker of the poem informs the reader of what meets his eye while passing a house one early morning. He observes a woman who is “in negligee/behind the wooden
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Abstract About 40 years ago domestic violence was a rare event. At this time it was conventional wisdom that a man would “occasionally” hit his wife or significant other as a means of discipline. In fact English common law sanctioned wife beating was justified under the infamous "rule of thumb‚" which decreed that a man might use a "rod not thicker than his thumb" with which to chastise his wife. Women rarely opposed their husbands and remained passive throughout the many physical‚ verbal and emotional
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Objective Comparative Analysis: “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” and “In My Tribe” In “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation‚” author Deborah Tannen claims that understanding cultural differences can apply to gender differences in communication. Thus‚ she also claims that men and women communicate in different ways and because of that wreaks havoc in marriages; however‚ in the essay “In My Tribe‚” author Ethan Watters claims that the people of his generation are getting married later in life and that it is
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The main similarity between Lady Capulet and Capulet’s conversation is that it focuses on Juliet’s union (marriage) to Paris. For example “Younger than she are happy mothers made” (I.ii.12). This quote demonstrates that there are woman that are younger than Juliet and have children. Paris is trying to convince Capulet so he can arrange their marriage. Lady Capulet says “Marry‚ that ‘marry’ is the very theme I came to talk of” (I.iii.68). This demonstrates that Lady Capulet wants to talk to Juliet
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The Conversation directed by Francis Ford Coppola focuses on surveillance and privacy. The central character of Harry Caul works as a for-hire electronic surveillance expert who is compulsively concerned with his own privacy. This is evident in various points of the film‚ such as when Harry does not give anyone his telephone number and when the camera tilts along his doorway as he unlocks the multiple locks on his door. Sound plays a large role in this film‚ as it is extremely environmental and important
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The Woman Warrior‚ Memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts‚ combines myths with autobiography in order to explore Kingston’s identify formation in relation to her mother and female relatives. Kingston uses the first person to narrate five distinct short stories. Each of them contains a central female character. The unique feature of this book is the rearrangement of the traditional Chinese myths‚ legend of Fa Mu Lan and Ts’ai Yen. The combination of fact and fiction and the combination of reality and
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A Woman ’s Power Struggle Of the symbolism in Doris Lessing ’s short story‚ "A Woman on the Roof"‚ the most obvious symbols are the women‚ her roof and the three workmen. This story is about a woman ’s power struggle. In a time period such as the one this story takes place in‚ it may sound a bit ironic and historically speaking‚ we would not mention the words woman and power in the same sentence. Lessing uses symbolism to show the power struggles woman went through to gain freedom from an unequal
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The book "Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life‚ One Conversation at a Time" by Susan Scott‚ is a guide to tackling challenges and help enrich relationships with everyone important to one’s success and happiness through principles‚ tools‚ and assignments. Each component is designed to direct the reader through their first "fierce conversation" with themselves on to the most challenging and important conversations that could be faced. "A fierce conversation is not me telling you
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