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    On March 8‚2008 Obama made a speech for his campaign. The speech was in response to race and racism and how we as a nation need to let it pass.Obama also want to clear up accusations about Reverened Wright.Jeremiah Wrights‚ his pastor was involved in a scandal about anti-white and anti-american. With association to Wrights audience automically assume Obama shares the same beliefs. Persuading his audience to potential voters and using the constitution as an example by showing that today some of

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    Comparison of Curly and Lennie Both Curly and Lennie are main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’; although‚ they are very different in many ways‚ first of all Lennie is a very big and strong man we know is as ‘a huge man‚ shapeless in face’ whereas Curley is much smaller and weaker‚ Steinbeck describes him as ‘a thin young man with a brown face’. Therefore you would think that Lennie being the stronger man would be the most aggressive but in fact both Lennie and Curley are very aggressive‚ this becomes

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    English Comp 9/19/14 Rhetorical Analysis Old Spice In early 2010 Old Spice released this ad for body wash. The image shows a buff man riding a white horse on a perfect beach landscape in the rear with the claim “Smell like a Man‚ Man.” The advertisement attempts to entice and create a memorable impression towards the audience through appealing to pathos. The main goal of the ad is presented in a way that allows men to obtain what is unattainable without this product…the love and adornment of woman

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    “We are wrong to think of democracy as a gift of freedom it is really a kind of discipline that avails freedom.” (Steele 458) Shelby Steele is an author‚ professor‚ and well known commentator on race relations. He has a Ph.D. in English‚ an M.A. in sociology‚ and has written several books on racial issues. He focuses mostly on race relations and the issues that ensue from racial biased programs. His mother and father were both active in the civil rights movement and the things they did during it

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    1.05 Jonathan Edwards 1. Explain the mood of this passage. The mood of the passage is persuasive angry admonitory. 2. Using specific examples‚ give one example of a metaphor‚ one example of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. An example of a metaphor is “fire of wrath.” An example of a simile would be “and you would be like the chaff on the summer threshing floor.” The allusion that Jonathan Edward

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    McMahon Here are some topics I gleaned from various sources/books/internet cites. It is unlikely that you will be able to persuade an audience to change a value or principle. Consider a topic that involves making an incremental change. Additionally‚ if an audience already agrees with your speech (no more homework in high school for example)‚ then your talk will not be persuasive. BRAINSTORM for a topic that will involve some scholarly consideration! Speech topic ideas Informative Speech Topics

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    Joel Spencer 3779350 Knowing and Knowledge Assessment 1 Comparative Analysis This essay will be comparing and analysing the techniques used by two Melbourne based university lectures‚ Robert Manne and Patrick Stokes. Both dealing with the thematic subject of opinion. Concerning Climate Change “Clear‚ Catastrophic threats‚ Manne opens the article with an anecdote‚ that  a “part of the english syllabus [as a schoolboy] was “clear thinking”” (Manne 2011). This anecdote should set up a rele

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    Persuasive Language Techniques 1. Attacks Attacks are a version of playing the man‚ not the ball. If you can make your opposition seem less credible‚ you may be more likely to get a reader to agree with your side of the argument. At the least‚ attention can be taken away from the issue itself and put on to the personality. Attacks can attempt to belittle or embarrass or just plain insult an opponent. The idea is that the weaker you can make your opposition appear‚ the stronger you and your contention

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    How the video was a good example of a persuasive speech? The video was a good example of a persuasive essay because of its overall structure from attention-getter and visual aid to the conclusion and performance. The speaker began to start his persuasive speech talking about global warming and what we the listener can do to prevent and lower down the devastating effects of Global Warming. The speaker allowed us to know what type of speech is he exactly giving information about and told us a personal

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    KINDS OF SPEECHES Persuasive Speech Persuade-to do or believe something especially by reasoning. What exactly is Persuasive Speech? -A persuasive speech is written to persuade‚ or convince the listeners‚ of the validity of the speaker’s argument. -This might involve persuading someone to change their opinion or at the very least take into account some elements that have not really been considered before. The Main Elements to Writing a Persuasive Speech 1. Credibility- establish by demonstrating

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