of 80’s synth or soulful guitar‚ however‚ there was one song that caught my attention every time‚ Billy Joel’s "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant". Growing up on Long Island I’d always been a fan‚ but at such a young age I could never fully grasp what most of his songs were about. Instead‚ every time it would come on I would just dance around snapping my fingers to the beat‚ not a care in the world. But‚ like "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is about growing up and facing reality‚ I had to grow
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Speech 101 Hello‚ Good Afternoon fellow students‚ Professor Williams. I am here today to introduce my friend Yamilka Regalado. We had met in class during the fall 2012 semester and quickly became great friends. We shared many same interests as the term progressed. I want to speak to you guys about the topic of companionship and how important it is to our overall being. Yamilka owns two poodles by the names of Daphne and Princess. I myself own a Pomeranian name Charles. With a show of hands‚ who
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Michael Moore Speech Prof. Isaacson Persuasive Outline Specific Purpose To persuade my audience why it’s bad for people to be on their phone while driving. Central Idea Driving and being on your phone can cause you to be un alert while driving‚ your endangering yourself and others and being on your phone will increase car accidents. Introduction How many of you guys are always on your phone either texting or making a call? Many of you guys are also are on your phone while driving
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The speaker of the poem declares that unlike other misguided souls who choose a disciplined life‚ he prefers to be a rowdy rebel. The unfortunate choice of comparing himself and others to plants demonstrates the poet’s lack of skill in poetry composition. The poem consists of five uneven verse paragraphs‚ which regarding the subject matter makes a perverse kind of sense. That it is pretending to be a poem at all then balances the sense in the negative. First Verse Paragraph The speaker begins
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out. Sleep acts as liquid because you can sink down into sleep or rise up and out‚ as if in the water. In Billy Collins’s poem “Reading Myself to Sleep” He explains how on one dark night‚ with only a lamp for reading‚ he lies in bed reading. He wants to keep reading but slowly falls to sleep. The author struggles to stay awake but succumbs to sleep.In the poem “Reading Myself to Sleep” by Billy Collins‚ figurative language is used to create a better understanding of the poem for the reader‚ including
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Can you ever imagine not having homework again and actually having a life away from school in your own environment? The point i’m trying to get to is i believe that students should get a lot less homework‚ or infact no homework overall. Did you know that roughly 30% of students in the US reportedly spend 2 or more hours on homework each night? Why should we have to slave away in school for 7 straight hours which is 240 minutes or 25‚200 seconds and then get another 2 hours of homework. Don’t lie
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The Thematic Intentions of Sunset Boulevard The film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder and staring the main characters of Norma Desmond‚ Joe Gillis‚ and Max Von Mayerling is ideal example of how important film making techniques help depict a movie’s core theme intentions with vivid clarity. Classic Hollywood is the first thing that comes to mind when one speaks about this film’s style. This signature category combined with the visual style of realism and it’s continuity editing; detailed
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In the book Silas Marner‚ written by George Elliot‚ many important themes are presented. It deals with things such as greed‚ prejudice‚ superstition‚ love‚ isolation and others. All the characters have different traits and all fit in to these themes. Prejudice is the most prevalent theme‚ in this book. All of the people in Ravelo were extremely prejudice against outsiders. Here are three characters that were victims of prejudice. First‚ there’s Slilas Marner‚ an old miser. His only joy in life
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You have been invited to give a speech to the Australian Speaking Society on the topic ‘great speeches – the secret of success.’ Write the transcript for the speech including references to at least three speeches set for study. *** Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ an American essayist‚ lecturer and poet of the mid-19th century once said: “Speech is power: speech is to persuade‚ to convert‚ to compel‚” and how correct is he even today. Speeches are an essential form of communication in our society as it has
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Napoleon Bonaparte Speech - Farewell to the Old Guard Napoleon Bonaparte - Farewell to the Old Guard (1814) following the failed invasion of Russia and defeat by the Allies Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell. For twenty years I have constantly accompanied you on the road to honor and glory. In these latter times‚ as in the days of our prosperity‚ you have invariably been models of courage and fidelity. With men such as you our cause could not be lost; but the war would have been interminable;
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