DuShawn Nelson February 1‚ 2010 Coms 305: Public Speaking NBA ALL STAR’S Specific Purpose Statement: To explain the different events and competitions during NBA All Star weekend. Central Idea: All Star weekend is a action packed event where fans vote‚ attend and/or watch the most popular NBA stars battle out in various competitions. INTRODUCTION Basketball or as I like to refer to it‚ B-Ball‚ started in Ontario‚ Canada by James Naismith on December 15‚ 1891. This invention has led to many
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He takes the puck and skates through a crowd of defensemen. He passes the centerline and releases the puck. It’s in the net! The red light is on‚ and it’s official. A goal is added to the scoreboard. This sport is ice hockey. Unlike rugby‚ a specific person did not invent ice hockey. A group of British soldiers created this sport in the mid 1850s. They were stationed in Nova Scotia where they decided to play the sport with sticks made by the Mi’kmaq people of Nova Scotia. In the 1870s‚ students of
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history‚ the United States Constitution has been put to the test over the issue of free speech. The First Amendment states‚ "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Even though free speech is one of the core American values proudly embedded in each citizen‚ some poopAmericans
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Personally speaking‚ education institutions should not adopt a speech code that regulates hate speech. First of all‚ everyone has the moral right to free speech. It means that people have the right to express their opinions freely‚ whether the opinion is right or wrong. At this point‚ a speech code conflicts with the moral right to free speech because it restricts people’s right. We can refute the wrong statements‚ but we cannot forbid them. Free speech is important and essential in the society. It is necessary
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A wise man once said: “ The greatest journeys in life begin with the smallest steps.” My journey began with a small step through the gates of The Vikasa School and today it is that very step which proved to be my greatest‚ wisest and the most cherished one‚ as it has opened the doors of opportunity for me by which I am able to self-discover‚ self-develop and retrospect myself in the right path. Greetings to everyone. I wish to express‚ what to me‚ is inexpressible – the love‚ the pride‚ the
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Free Speech vs. Harmful Hate Speech Freedom of speech is instilled at the beginning of the Bill of Rights and it allows citizens of the United States to express their opinions without being afraid of what might happen to them‚ much like in other countries. Many times people are directly or indirectly harmed by others’ actions that are considered a right under the freedom of speech clause. Though‚ some people worry that if we do not allow for complete freedom of speech‚ it is hard to figure out
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The informative speech was better concerning the delivery‚ the speech flowed better and I was also more confident with my speaking ability which showed because I did not stumble over my words as much as the narrative speech. The narrative speech was not as extemporaneous as the informative speech‚ because I practice it much more almost memorizing what I was going to say. Whereas on the informative speech I just laid out my main points and I covered what I felt like covering when I was standing in
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Chelsea McMillen’s Persuasive Speech Outline General Purpose: To persuade my audience Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience into being in favor of distributing contraceptives (condoms‚ birth control pills‚ spermicides‚ etc.) in high schools. Thesis statement: In order to explain why contraceptives are becoming such a necessity in schools today‚ I will share how teen parenthood is being glorified‚ reasons for such an increase in teenage pregnancies‚ and how effective distributing
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Goodwell Nzou provides an argument for trophy hunting‚ in defense of the dentist who killed Cecil The Lion. 5 Reasons Why Trophy Hunting Is Not Conservation by Alexis Crosswell gives an argument against trophy hunting‚ contrary to Goodwell’s piece. Both articles provide a unique and valuable perspective on the topic. One article‚ however‚ provides a better argument than the other for trophy hunting. The article that has a better argument is 5 Reasons Why Trophy Hunting Is Not Conservation because it
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The Speech Community Peter L. Patrick Dept. of Language and Linguistics University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ United Kingdom Email: patrickp@essex.ac.uk http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/ This article will appear in JK Chambers‚ P Trudgill & N Schilling-Estes (eds.)‚ Handbook of language variation and change. Oxford: Blackwell. ABSTRACT: empirical linguistics‚ is at the intersection of many principal problems in sociolinguistic theory and method. This paper traces its history
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