character introduced through his opening speech in the First Episode (lines 159-195) and how does this speech create tension? The bestowal of ruling legitimacy upon Creon sparks off the Greek tragedy. Polyneices and Eteocles‚ brothers of Antigone killed each other during their fateful battle for the Theban throne and Creon‚ as the closest surviving kinsman‚ rules as the Theban king. Creon then approaches the chorus of elders privately and pronounces his first speech‚ wishing to draw himself support from
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Information Sciences 173 (2005) 115–139 www.elsevier.com/locate/ins Investigating spoken Arabic digits in speech recognition setting Yousef Ajami Alotaibi Computer Engineering Department‚ College of Computer and Information Sciences‚ King Saud University‚ P.O. Box 57168‚ Riyadh 11574‚ Saudi Arabia Received 3 October 2003; received in revised form 18 May 2004; accepted 14 July 2004 Abstract Arabic language is a Semitic language that has many differences when compared to European languages such
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feedback Differences between public speaking and conversation 1. Public speaking is more highly structured. 2. Requires more formal language 3. Requires a different method of delivery Stage fright – Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience * Your body is responding to the stressful situation – by producing extra adrenaline. * Controlling your nervousness 1. Recognize when your adrenaline kicks in the most Nervousness include: formality of the
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React to Hate Speech The topic of hate speech and the First Amendment is considered extremely sensitive to many citizens. The First Amendment protects their right of freedom of speech‚ the right to provide their views on a wide matter of subjects. The controversial issue at hand is whether or not hate speech should be protected in the First Amendment or not. On the one hand‚ every citizen should have the right to freedom of speech‚ regardless of the topic. On the other hand‚ hate speech is seen as
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caused some discussions outside of the classroom‚ but he in no way interfered with the day-to-day classroom instruction or school activities. Because he did not cause any disturbance by his action‚ it can be shown that his right to freedom of speech was violated. In another case where a student filed suit for violation of his First Amendment rights‚ Matthew Fraser was suspended for three days by the Bethel School District after he gave a speech at a school assembly. Bethel Sch. Dist. v. Fraser‚ 478 U
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1.1 Explain each of the terms : Speech Speech refers to saying sounds accurately and in the right places in words. Sounds people use to communicate words & speaking fluently‚ without hesitating‚ or prolonging or repeating words or sounds Speaking with expression with a clear voice‚ using pitch‚ volume and intonation to support meaning. Language Language is Using words to build up sentences‚ sentences to build up conversations and longer stretches of spoken language also understanding and
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.” Metonymy Monotony is a Greek word which means “a change of name” is the literal term for one thing is applied to another with which it has become closer associated because of a recurrent relation in common experience. For examples ‘The crown’ or ‘the scepter’ are used to signify king. ‘Hollywood’ for film industry‚ Dramatic monologue A monologue is a lengthy speech by a single person. In a play‚ when a character utter a monologue that expresses his or her private thought ‚
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Attention to Speech. Taglimonte (2006: p.8) suggests that it is “the style from which every other style must be calibrated”. William Labov devised a sociolinguistic interview designed to produce a range of types of speech. His main interest was to obtain and identify data that represented people’s casual speech‚ rather than speech that was altered due to the presence of an observer. Most of the interview was conversational and produced two types of speech‚ these were identified as careful speech “the interviewee
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INSPIRATIONAL SPEECH Always Be Positive Good afternoon everyone. Today I am here with you‚ giving an inspirational speech to help you overcome life’s challenges and I wish that this speech of mine is worthy of your time. One day‚ when I was lying on my bed‚ some questions about life comes to my mind like‚ “What is the purpose of life?”‚ “Why we are here in this world?”‚ and ‘’Why do certain things happen?’’. I had always kept these questions to myself but eventually pushed them away on my mind
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Good morning/afternoon members of the board from Penguin. I am here today to convince you why the three texts Dear Mr President by Pink‚ Magnanimous In Victory by Tim Collins and Nelson Mandela release speech deserve to be in your new book “ Protests that changed the world”. The first text that I would like to submit for your anthology is the song Dear Mr President as sung by P!nk. This song is a protest piece about war‚ poverty and societal classes. The song is full of rhetorical questions asking
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