How is language used to construct reality‚ inform and challenge? SEMESTER 1 2014 Teacher(s): J.Wilson‚ J.Francis‚ A.Arkwright‚ N.Malik‚ R.Coleman‚ J.Ward Assessment No. and Task Type e.g. #3 test‚ creative response‚ essay #1 Persuasive Oral Length – words/time 5 – 7 mins Evidence of Progress Due Date Week 3/4 Due Date Week 5 Learning Goals See Unit Outline - must align with Assessment Criteria & marking schema/rubric – use dot points - use the following stem ...This
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ENC 1102 Take a Stand “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people” – Helen Keller. Since 1973 it seems that everyone in America has become deaf to the subject of abortion. Dividing this subject into two different parties‚ pro-choice and pro-life‚ everyone has an opinion but no one is listening. In 2012 Planned Parenthood reported about 88‚000 abortions in Florida and 333‚000 in the USA. This number doesn’t include the ones done by a third-party clinic due
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(Topic/Purpose) I will be covering reasons why not to wear contact lenses. IV. (Credibility) I have worn contacts on and off since the age of 13 and have felt the effects that contacts have had on my eyes and my bank account. V. (Preview) In this speech‚ I will discuss the risk/effects that contact lenses can have on the eyes‚ the long term cost of contact lenses‚ and what you can do to prevent these to occur. VI. (Defining contact lenses) Contact lenses are medical devices worn directly on the cornea
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Persuasive Speech Speaking out to persuade others . . . From Reading to Writing Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s powerful “I Have a Dream” speech helped convince Congress to pass landmark civil rights legislation. It also continues to influence people of all ages to believe in and work to achieve their personal dreams. Persuasive Speech Speaking out to persuade others . . . Persuasive speeches such as Dr. King’s can move listeners to tears and inspire them to move mountains. Politicians‚ advertisers
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Jessie Gregory Mrs. Schmal Speech (5) 14 December‚ 2011 INTRODUCTION UFC‚ MMA‚ Ultimate fighting. This is one of the most exciting‚ exhilarating‚ and fierce sport in the world today. So why does it need to be banned? No one is being forced to fight or held against their will. They’re usually born to fight‚ just love to fight‚ and believe or not it even takes out frustrations and personal issues that no one knows about. So I’m going to tell you that UFC shouldn’t because it should be spread
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Through the speech‚ you are expected to change the audience’s point of view within a short period. It may seem difficult‚ but‚ in reality‚ it is not. Remember that the key lies in the speech topic that you have chosen. It is essential to look for a speech topic that is contemporary and fascinating to the audience. Persuasive speech topics should be based on themes and ideas that the audience strongly feels about or may easily relate to. You should choose a topic that interests you. It will be
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By: Anonymous Unidentified flying objects‚ or UFOs‚ are one of the most controversial mysteries known to mankind. From ancient to present times‚ unidentified objects have been seen in the sky by millions of people. The question is‚ of course‚ what is it that we are seeing in our skies? Are they foreign spacecrafts from distant planets‚ merely Air Force experiments‚ or only our imagination? Many people believe that extraterrestrial life is existent and far more advanced then us. Conversely‚ many
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Wanderlust‚ the impulse and desire to travel the world. Running through the jam-packed airport to make the flight that leaves in ten minutes to spending hours traveling down the dirt roads to an unknown destination‚ the want to adventure is real. Jetting over to Greece to experience the white house hillsides to going to the “down under” to live the Aussie life‚ it’s a dream for many people across the world. For many‚ it’s hard to make these dreams a reality due to how much it costs currently in the
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Persuasive Speech Dangers of Smoking Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the dangers of smoking and persuade them not to. Introduction: 1. Did you know that smoking is the number one preventable cause of death in the United States? 2. According to cancer.org there is 440‚000 deaths a year caused by tobacco. 3. On average every smoker costs their employer almost 2‚000 dollars a year in lost labor. By the end of the speech‚ the audience will be informed about
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F Derived credibility refers to the credibility of the speaker produced by everything she or he says and does during the speech itself. 9. T F Terminal credibility is the credibility of the speaker at the start of the speech. 10. T F Terminal credibility is the credibility of the speaker at the end of the speech. 11. T F Speakers who explain their expertise on the speech topic are likely to reduce their credibility with the audience. 12. T F A speaker can have high credibility for one audience
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