WHY DOES EVERYBODY LOVE RAYMOND? Why doesn ’t everyone hate Raymond? He ’s a mama ’s boy‚ lazy‚ and not very attractive. One would wonder why anybody in their right mind would give a guy like this his own television series. Using a couple of Kenneth Burke ’s theories‚ cause-to-effect reasoning‚ and cognitive dissonance theory‚ I will find out just why people can ’t get enough of the show Everybody Loves Raymond. Using Kenneth Burke ’s approach to language use‚ we find that the show makes
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hooks‚ bell. ed.‚ Feminism Is For Everybody Passionate Politics (South End Press‚ 7 Brookline Street‚ #1‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02139). Feminism is for everybody is a political book that addresses the ideas of women’s rights as a whole entire gender as well as individually. The book also ties the Civil Rights Movement as a catalyst for a feminist movement. The book is mainly written chronologically which shows the progression in thinking of the world. She writes about when she first saw and experienced
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Speech Goal: To inform the audience about physical child abuse. Introduction: I. I want everyone to take a moment to think back to your own childhood. Think about the things you wanted and the things you had. For some of us‚ our childhood was the best‚ but for others it probably could’ve gone better. II. Unfortunately for many children a day in life is something unwanted. III. Every child deserves to have a happy and experience a perfect childhood. Most children wish for a
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Speech 101 December 4‚ 2012 · General Purpose: To persuade · Specific Purpose Statement: Today I will hope to persuade you why I feel the Euthanizing of animals can be wrong. · Central Idea: Today I will hope to persuade you in why I feel euthanasia is wrong‚ I will tell you about the advantages of euthanasia‚ next I will tell you about the circumstances in which I am against euthanasia and solutions to how I feel we can help euthanasia rates drop. · Organizational Structure Used: Topical Order
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Specific purpose: to persuade the audience that secondhand smoke is harmful. Claim: Smoking should be banned from all public locations such as schools and hospitals‚ because of its danger to others. Do you know someone who smokes or do you smoke? Have you ever smoked in front of another person before or even worse a child? My interest in secondhand smoke arose when i was younger and my dad smoked. I was about 8 or 9 years old‚ however I lost interest until last semester when I researched a paper
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For this speech‚ I used different technique to make it more persuasive than informative. For the informative speech‚ I just talked about something like explaining. In the persuasive speech I had to not just explain‚ but also view the two different perspectives. I also used the information to show why I think child spanking should not happen. I am not sure what organizational strategy I specifically used. I wanted to talk about first why I am against‚ then the counter arguments‚ and lastly the
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Persuasive Speech/Health Research Paper Presentation ADHD I. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A. Having a hyperactive‚ and easily distracted child could be frustrated for a parent trying to teach their kids how to behave in public or teaching them how to follow directions‚ I have experienced this frustration with my youngest child. As a parents we were seeing some differences between my kid and others‚ my child since he was about six month old‚ seemed to be uncomfortable and always
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Name: Institution: Date: Title: Organ Donation – the life saver. Topic: Most of the times people face challenges with their body organs and yet most of us die with our organs which can be used to save a life. Purpose statement: to persuade the Red Cross club members in becoming organ donors and to act upon their decision to donate. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: What is the feeling of having to wait long for something that you really need? How do you feel when it’s something you
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ALCOHOL THE EVIL BEAST How many of you know some people that drink alcohol. Well for me most of the people I know get drunk every day of the week. It doesn’t matter if they were hungry and they were down to their last three dollars‚ they would still choose to get a beer. Drinking alcohol looks like it almost took over the world but we still have a chance to stop it. All we have to do is make it illegal to use and purchase the liquid drug called alcohol. The reasons why I say this is because
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Instagram and Snapchat are the leading forms of social media right now. I know all of us are guilty of it. I have problems with it just writing the outline. Social Networking can be very beneficial to us‚ but it is very harmful. By the end of my speech‚ I want the audience to know that there are many negatives to social networking. I am speaking on this topic‚ because social networking has many negative aspects. With it being so popular‚ people need to be aware of these dangers. Main Values: First
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