“It ’s Funny Because He ’s Fat” By x A research paper submitted to x in partial fulfillment Of the requirements for PWR 1-DW Stanford University Stanford‚ California March 9‚ 2011 Introduction The quote listed in the title comes from 2009 box-office hit The Hangover. The events that incite Mr. Chow (played by Ken Jeong) to say laughing “it ’s funny because he ’s fat” feature Alan Garner (played by Zach Galifianakis) charging
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Speech-Related Activity: 1-minute Speeches Aims: Practice quick analytical thinking‚ expression of opinions Level: This works best with more advanced students‚ and in smaller groups. Materials: Pre-made topic slips‚ a clock or watch for keeping time. Roles: Each speech requires a speaker and a timekeeper. Procedure: The student to perform the speech randomly selects a faced-down strip of paper containing a topic. The student has a short period of time (3 – 5 seconds)
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Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s Political Discourse Juraj Horváth Abstract This paper examines the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same‚ enshrined in his inaugural address. Our analysis is grounded in Norman Fairclough’s assumptions in critical discourse analysis‚ claiming that "ideologies reside in texts" that "it is not possible to ’read off’ ideologies from texts" and that "texts are open to diverse interpretations"
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In Maya Angelou’s excerpt‚ “What’s So Funny?” she pointed out that vulgarity and crudeness happens to be the direction in which comedians‚ entertainers‚ and people take their jokes. She explains that behind the obscene profanities‚ are people who are just as vulgar as their jokes. By us laughing with them‚ we are not only stooping down to their level‚ we are also taking part in the humiliation. I agree with Maya Angelou’s point. For example‚ laughing when someone makes a joke towards someone
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In the poem “It’s Funny‚” by Juliet Levin (poetrysoup.com) the narrator is struggling with betrayal from the people he/she cares about. The point of view is first person‚ I say this because the word “we” is used a lot throughout it‚ the tone is hurt‚ I think this because he/she cries and hurts about things that they don’t benefit from. Juliet Levin uses symbolism in this text to represent forgiveness and how it can make us weak in times of hardships. The first‚ example of symbolism in this poem
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Analysis of Political Campaign Ads and Speeches. AB English Thesis. College of Arts in Sciences‚ University of Southern Mindanao‚ Kabacan‚ Cotabato. Adviser: RICELI C. MENDOZA‚ PhD The study aimed to analyze the different political campaign ads and speeches of the candidates running for a certain office and employed the Critical Discourse Analysis framework. Specifically‚ it sought to analyze the linguistic features of political campaign ads and speeches‚ determine the issue on social services
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During the beginning of the Revolution many documents‚ speeches and drawings were created in an attempt to unify the colonists and fight the British tyranny. Of these documents‚ there were three that played an important role in the Revolution. These three documents used similar writing methods to persuade colonists into one common goal; rallying against Great Britain. All three of these documents were persuasive speeches‚ written to unify the colonists. None of the documents were actually written
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The Effects of the Speeches of Brutus and Antony One of Shakespeare’s greateset plays is Julius Caesar. It’s about a group of conspirators who kill their king in order to be free. Antony‚ opposed to the killing of Caesar‚ felt that he should make them pay for killing Caesar. He delivered a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was not fair‚ causeing them to start a riot. Brutus also gave a good speech but the Romans didn’t react to it. A battle started‚ and most of the conspirators
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post one of my essays for the free membership thingy...)) Right off the bat you can see some of the similarities between Obama and Regean’s speeches. The first of these similarities is how they address their colleagues in the beginning. In the body of their speech they both talk about freedom for all and peace. Another common theme of both of the speeches are how they are not tied down to a particular party‚ the birthrights of Americans‚ and the benefits of entrepreneurship. The differences start
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On Two Types of “Funny” Life without comedy is like a picture without color. No matter how interesting the scene may be‚ a certain element is lacking and excitement tends to stay confined. The same could be said for humor that is written and humor that is acted out on stage right in front of you; one is grey the other has color. It was surprising‚ however‚ that after reading Bill Bryson’s collection of newspaper columns I’m a Stranger Here Myself‚ and watching Seinfeld’s I’m Telling you for the
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