Samuel Mendoza Period 2 March 9th 2012 RHETORICAL DEVICES ESSAY A speech is an oral presentation on an important issue. A speech consists of three important elements: its purpose‚ the reason for its presentation; its occasion‚ the event that inspires it; and it’s the audience‚ those who hear it at the time or who read or hear it later. Orators get their audiences attention and emotions into the topic by using rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices are special patterns of language used to make
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Our 35th president‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ was inaugurated on January 20‚ 1961. On that day he gave a speech that gave solidarity to America at a time when it needed it most. Kennedy alludes to patriotism as a cure for the problems of our nation in this speech. One type of patriotism Kennedy talks about is war patriots‚ or patriotism through defending our nation. He says‚ “Each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty‚” meaning all Americans have had
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Many conspiracies surround the death of President John F. Kennedy. What the Warren Commission and other American Intelligence resources tell us is simple. The President was killed by a deeply motivated‚ and angry Lee Harvey Oswald who acted alone in carrying out this murder. He fired three shots from the School Book depository in Dallas Texas‚ one bullet missing the car completely‚ another passing through the President and into Governor Connolly‚ and a third delivering the fatal headshot to the President
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Scientist Ben Kennedy begun a very lengthy quest to solve the mystery of the shrinking pumice. This quest would eventually change the way scientists think about volcanoes-forever. One of the things (out of many) that he and his colleagues found out while on the road was that not only the rock was shrinking‚ the pores that make up the rock were shrinking as well. They think that this was due to the heating of the rock‚ and the molten rock’s surface tension. What the scientist found was how some volcanoes
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To our guest of honor Dr.Lorna L. Penales‚ our Asst. Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Rommel C. Bautista‚ our mother supervisor Dr.Elpidia B. Bergado‚ to our teachers‚ parents‚ visitors and to my fellow graduates‚ it is my pleasure to greet you all a very good afternoon. I can say that I am very lucky to stand here for the last time as a student of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo National High School. After receiving our diplomas and we are now graduates of batch 2012. But before leaving our Alma Mater
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To our distinguished guests‚ our indefatigable Director Dr. Liwayway G. Sanvictores‚ our ever-supportive Administrative Officer Dr. Reynaldo D. Faustino‚ our dynamic school administrators and faculty members‚ Members of the Board of Trustees‚ parents‚ donors‚ fellow graduates‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ good afternoon. “The tassel’s worth the hassle!” Yes‚ we waited for three years‚ nine months and twenty-nine days for this day to come. Now‚ my fellow graduates‚ today is the day of our rejoicing
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3.When his lightning bolt is stolen‚ Zeus accuses Poseidon’s son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon’s son fourteen days to return it‚ otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager‚ Percy‚ who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His crippled best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a
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commercial borrows some of JFK’s personal attributes as well; he had his fair share of quirks. At forty-three years of age he would become the youngest President ever to be in office. He was also Catholic unlike any of the thirty-four presidents before him. JFK and his wife Jacqueline Bouvier were also more than just political figureheads‚ they were celebrities that the whole nation welcomed and enjoyed. With all this in mind‚ the Kennedys shared values and hopes like the rest of Americans; the Kennedy Administration
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“The Atlanta Compromise Address” Booker T. Washington‚ considered today as one of the most influential and respected African American figures‚ was born into slavery and was later freed by the revolutionizing effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. His charismatic and peaceful personality along with his role in philanthropic acts‚ politics‚ and negotiations soon turned him into a source of admiration shortly after the end of the civil war. He worked for the coexistence of blacks and whites
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Tara Okunade 3/11/08 AP English 3 2nd Prd The Gettysburg Address Imagine being a soldier in a great war‚ and some of your comrades have been shot down‚ and there they lay: Dead. Wouldn’t your spirits be lowered? This was the story of the soldiers in the Civil War who watched their friends die and couldn’t do anything about it. On November 19‚ 1863‚ the United States was in the middle of a war between the north and the south. This marked the turning point of the way things were ran at that
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