4 Kinds of Presentations Most people are not enthusiastic about speaking in front of an audience. Public speaking can be a very scary and uncomfortable thing to do. Presentations usually serve one of four purposes. Those purposes are to inform‚ persuade‚ entertain‚ or to actuate. The purpose of informative presentations is to promote understanding of an idea or to convey information. They are often used to provide people with information about a concept or idea that is new. The second type of presentation
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a universe which appears to be utterly empty of humor‚ we enjoy this supreme luxury. And it is a luxury‚ for unlike any other social process‚ laughter does seem to serve a biologically useful purpose. In a divided world‚ laughter is a unifying force. First of all‚ laughter is not the same as humor. Laughter is the physiological response to humor. Laughter consists of two parts -- a set of gestures and the production of a sound. When we laugh‚ the brain pressures us to conduct both of these activities
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The podcast Cruel and Unusual covers the issue of the death penalty and whether or not it should be allowed in the U.S. It discusses the controversy within this issue‚ especially the lethal injection and the constitutionality of capital punishment in regards to the ban of cruel and unusual punishment in the 8th amendment. Some of the cases mentioned were Wilkerson v Utah where the Supreme Court initially ruled to allow a firing squad to be used in the death penalty and Baze v Rees (2008) in which
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for many years‚ animals have been mistreated by scientists for the “good of science”. Animal testing should not be done because it is cruel and inhumane for animals‚ animals are completely different from humans and therefore make poor test subjects‚ and animal medical testing is a waste of money for the government and taxpayers . For instance‚ animal testing is cruel and inhumane. Everyday many animals are tortured and abused for medical testing. It isn’t fair to the animals to go through this. The
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‘Of Mice and Men exposes the harsh realities of a cruel world’ Throughout the novella of ‘Of Mice and Men’ the audience is made to desire Lennie and George to live their ‘American dream’. This idea however is turned on its head when Steinbeck reveals the harsh realities of life in the 1930’s. Almost all the characters are yearning for someone to talk to and live a happy life with‚ and all of them remain lonely by the end of the book. Steinbeck does this to clearly outline the loneliness that was
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What is a monster? Is a monster “an inhumanly cruel or wicked person” or is it a “creature that is typically large‚ ugly‚ and frightening” (Merriam Webster)? Both characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein are the definition of a monster. Frankenstein’s creation is a creature that is large‚ ugly‚ and frightening. Victor Frankenstein is an inhumanly cruel and wicked person. Both characters have flaws that make them monsters; however‚ one of these characters is the true monster of the novel. This character
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It all started on October 14th‚ 2016. It was a cool crisp day yet it was not too cold. Inez was awakened by a friend who was in the mood for venting. That was at about 7:15 am. A few minutes after her phone session with her friend ‚Inez did the only that a girl her age would do at 7:15 in the morning. She picked up her phone and headed straight for social media. “ There’s nothing else to do this early in the morning”‚ she said. As she lays comfortably in her younger sister’s bed she raced down
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Are zoos cruel to wild animals? We all know that zoos are a shelter and kind of museum for wild animals. The zoo authority is supposed to import rare wild animals from different places and keep them in the zoo with care and safety. Common man is allowed to watch these animals and understand their lifestyle and habitat. Some extinct animals and birds may be bred and reared in zoos. This not only ensures the safety and existence of these animals or birds but also helps the future generation to
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Cruel Punishment Have you ever wondered how it would feel to be discriminated just because of your religion or what you wear? What do you think it would feel like to be treated like outsiders or terrorists? Well guess what this happens to Muslims every day‚ they are the people who get discriminated and are treated as outsiders. Muslims are given a cruel punishment just for being their religion or if their parents are Muslims. This happens in many different countries especially the United States
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Bailey Votto Dr. Strobel Modern Europe Under a Cruel Star December 4‚ 2015 Under a Cruel Star A corruption of the faithful‚ an exploitation of the angelic‚ a destruction of the young‚ blanketed the earth in the fall of 1941. The gift of innocence‚ so blameless and pure‚ but at the presence of absence‚ eradicates life. The righteous and the sinful‚ the just and the unjust‚ produced social barriers of uncertainty. In Under a Cruel Star‚ Heda Kovály writes of a world filled fear and deception‚ of
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