One major aspect concerning the management of generalized convulsive status epilepticus is deciding which benzodiazepine should be used for treatment. “A seizure can represent an abrupt and transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms resulting from an abnormal‚ excessive discharge from an aggregate of neurons in the brain.”1 If the seizure is continuous over a period it can be described as status epilepticus. Since the brain is so complex and seizure activity involves several neurons‚ many antiepileptic
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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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Speech Topic: The Importance of Sleep Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about how a bad sleep can influence our body physically and mentally‚ and steps to improve the quality of sleep. Audience Analysis: (Refer to chapter on Audience Analysis)(RU Core Goal: a) Summarize Audience demographics‚ prior exposure/knowledge‚ common ground/interest‚ disposition/attitude‚ and situational characteristics. Recognizing that most of my audiences are busy with study and after-class activities‚
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David Hopper COMMS 2110 Austenfeld 04/02/16 Informative Speech Formal Outline Thesis: There are physical and social effects of alcohol that are not only detrimental to your own physiological and psychological well being‚ but also to those you interact with. I. Alcohol is a general term denoting a family of organic chemicals with common properties. Members of this family include ethanol‚ methanol‚ isopropanol‚ and others. This introduction discusses the physical‚ chemical‚ and physiological
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Informative Speech Evaluation The speaker‚ Regina Glover‚ gave an informative Speech about the history‚ significance‚ and aesthetics of AfriCobra. The content of her speech was well developed‚ in how she choose to organize it. It was clever for her to give a brief history first so that the audience could have a glimpse of how AfriCobra began. To present the significance of AfriCobra second was also smart‚ because the audience would have wanted to know the overall purpose of the art‚ which made Regina’s
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The Informative and Surprising Essay: Low-Fare Airlines Are Bad Business for Air Travelers Javier Lopez Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Author Note English 123‚ English Composition Submitted to Professor Linda Silva November 16th‚ 2014 The Informative and Surprising Essay: Low-Fare Airlines Are Bad Business for Air Travelers At the newsstand‚ an aviation magazine headline read “Airbus A380 the Future of Aviation.” Although‚ from a forgotten source‚ it was a bold statement to which
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Nervousness was the one word that described my informative speech. I practiced and practiced but I felt as though I wasn’t prepared when standing in front of the class. I stumbled on my words‚ did not have good transitions‚ and forgot one slide that I was supposed to explain. I had little pauses where I forgot what I was going to say‚ and the word umm crept back into my speech. I thought my first speech went better than my second one. Usually it should be the other way around‚ but I guess it works
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Part 1: Strongest Work The strongest piece of writing that I have done this quarter is my “Informative Essay” on truth about organic foods. There are many areas in this essay which makes me feel that this essay deems to be my best essay so far. Firstly‚ the outline and organization of my essay was apt for an Informative Essay‚ I had devoted the first paragraph for Introduction which had the summary of the information I wanted to present. The last paragraph had the Conclusion which wrapped up all
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I thought that my Informative Speech went very well. There were a few things that I think I can improve on‚ but other than those little hiccups I think that I executed it very well. To prepare for the speech‚ I practiced three times. One time in front of my mother‚ one time in front of my whole family‚ then on time by myself. These practices really helped me feel more confident about what I was going to say and help me figure out what I needed to add and or put in to make the speech better.
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Meho Pasic Dr. Akil SPC2017 3/4/12 Critique on Informative Speech First off I would like to say that I think I did a much better job on my Informative speech than my Symbol speech. There are things that I did well on my informative speech that I am proud of‚ things I’m not‚ and things I can change and improve on for my next speech. One thing that I felt like I did really well on is having knowledge on my subject. I knew what I wanted to say and clearly explained my points. Every sub-point
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