goal is to influence the belief of an audience‚ convincing them to choose a side. The first persuasive speech I done I was nervous for some odd reason. When it comes to informative speeches I can talk a lot‚ but it’s different with persuasive speeches. Gaining the attention of the audience enough to persuade them is the major key to a good persuasive speech. Speech 3 was the longest persuasive speech being four to six minutes and it seemed to be the longest. With persuasive speeches‚ you want to provide
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Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented . . . When human lives are endangered‚ when human dignity is in jeopardy‚ national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant” (Wiesel). Wiesel’s speech shows that people must not be silent in times of conflict for the sake of the people enduring harm. Likewise‚ Wiesel also elucidated that regardless of if a conflict was somewhere else‚ or if it could affront someone‚ action must be taken. In the
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1. What did I do well in my second speech? a. In my second speech‚ I think I did a good job in researching the subject which was Age Discrimination. I found five articles dealing with this subject. Some showing statistics and examples to make it relatable to the audience members that were present. My facial expressions was pleasant. I kept good eye contact with the audience members. When I was speaking‚ my voice got louder when I stated key words like elderly‚ discrimination‚ and older. I felt my
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Franklin Reyes Professor Neeley Gossett English 1102 1 October 2014 Fences In the play “Fences” by August Wilson‚ the main characters Cory and Troy are building a fence that Rose their wife/mom has asked them to built. August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply because the dramatic action depends strongly on the building of a fence in the Maxson’s backyard. Rather‚ the characters lives change around the fence-building project that serves as both a literal and a figurative device‚ representing
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ways in which text to speech technology (TTS) has created an impact towards adding an extra dimension to the usual reading practice is by allowing the physically challenged to be immersed in the online environment. The advent of social connectivity and the diversity of new technologies that bring people together have reached the realm of healthcare. Among the technologies that have been adapted by he healthcare sector is TTS‚ which is viewed as a potential remedy for speech-impairment. However‚ healthcare
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that made them understandable to any person no matter whom they were. Now this was seen particularly in Churchill’s speech “the defence of freedom and peace” which he presented in October 16th 1938 near the start of world war two in an appeal to British and Americna public to prepare for the strong possibility of war against Nazi Germany. In the speech the defence of freedom and peace Churchill uses a variety of persuasive yet simple literary devices such as allusion‚ rhetorical questions‚ imagery
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Gene’s Responsibility Gene is ultimately responsible for Finny’s death. Though he wasn’t the only person to have caused Finny to die‚ Gene did contribute to Finny dying the most. At first‚ Gene and Finny were best friends. Their friendship seemed perfect‚ as if nothing could stop it. Finny led and Gene let him lead and did pretty much anything that Finny wanted him to do. Gene even jumps off a limb of a tree because Finny wanted him to. Later on‚ when they go to the Headmaster’s tea‚ Gene realizes
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Burhan Ghney Obama Victory Speech On November 4th‚ 2008‚ Senator Barack Obama had won the presidential election over Senator John McCain. Shortly after the victory‚ president Obama was giving his victory speech at Grant Park in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech he explains how America is a land of opportunity. He also preaches about hope and unity as a nation. He also reaches out to the entire American population‚ saying that change needs to come to America. His objective is to make everyone realize
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Bush’s speech is to justify his future military actions and to unite the Americans by appealing to their emotions. Bush used a variety of emotive language and stylistic devices to express his concern over the incident for the audience. Content and Theme Firstly‚ Bush structured this speech is very small paragraphs. When he delivered the speech he speaks very slowly and never speaks more than 6 sentences at a time. Also‚ he pauses very often to allow the audience to clap for his speech. This
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Wiesel opened his speech in a most humble clear tone‚ loud enough to be audibly heard‚ yet soft enough to portray the deep pain he obviously still felt as he told the story of how his father called out to him just before he died in the bunk bed above him and of how he was too afraid to go to his father’s deathbed for fear of the German guards. His opening reference to his father’s heavenly grave was an attention grabber. (Beebe‚ pp. 189‚ 14) He paused for effect and used short simple sentences in
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