The historical value of speeches in Thucydides In writing his history as a whole‚ it is fair to say that Thucydides has always been praised for his relative historical accuracy‚ be that due to his actual presence at events‚ his use of eyewitness testimony or his noted checking of facts. In style Thucydides kept his narrative sections rather impersonal thereby allowing the story to unfold itself. However‚ to then lay bare what stood behind the narrative‚ the moral possibilities‚ the mistakes
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The analysis of “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD” The text under study belongs to famous American writer Harper Lee. It’s a passage of her novel “To kill a mockingbird”‚ but as the extract is rather complete we can define it as a short story. The extract under analysis depicts a trial of Tom Robinson who is accused of assaulting a white girl. So we can easily define the following theme: the trial of a Negro man who has supposedly raped a white girl. The problem raised by the author is an issue of
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Speech 101 PERSUASIVE PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 1. Select a topic‚ which is a problem of current interest that requires your audience to TAKE ACTION. Avoid overworked topics with which most audiences are already familiar with. Pick what you are or will be passionate about. As you choose your topic‚ made sure you select an issue that you believe in enough to do something about yourself AND something that you would like others to believe in and do! Keep in mind that you have to PERSUADE us to
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[pic] TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL District: 82 INSPIRON CLUB Balmatta‚ Mangalore. MINUTES OF THE MEETING 11th February 2012 The President welcomed all the members and also the guests to the club. With the Valentine’s day lurking around the corner‚ he fascinated the crowd with certain facts related to the very day. He then took over the meeting as the Toastmaster of the day‚ who also welcomed the members from the other clubs and proceeded on with the formal meeting. TM Vineeth
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The analysis of the extract from the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Ostrikova Veronika Nelle Harper Lee was born April 28‚ 1926. She is an American novelist‚ who has published only one novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Born in Monroeville‚ Alabama‚ she studied law at the University of Alabama‚ then spent a year in the United Kingdom‚ studying at Oxford. Living in New York City‚ she supported herself working as an airline reservation clerk‚ but was soon determined to pursue a career
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Betsy Elrod Jenna Walters 311 Demonstration Speech Video Assignment Upon completing my demonstration speech on how to make my Perfectly Pipeable Buttercream Frosting I knew that I could have done better. I was worried about timing and got jumbled. In saying this‚ I do not think that my speech was bad. There were things I did well on and some that I did not do so well on. I am moderately okay with the way my speech turned out. I believe that my introduction was possibly the strongest part of
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Proverb: “Things are not always what they seem.” 1. What did you do well? Elaborate on why you think you did well on these aspects of your speech. What I believe I did well on was link the proverb with the speech and told a story that relates to it. The story was about how I tried skydiving for my first time‚ and was nervous for it. But after doing it I ended up liking it. Also I believe I did well when it came to looking at my note cards. Only looking backs at it a couple of times and always tried
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• Identify the speaker’s theme. How successfully did the speaker connect that theme to you as an audience member? o I believe the overall theme was determination. This was evident as he described multiple ways that we kill sleep‚ but it never gives and will ultimately get back at us. As a college student‚ it is easy to relate. By describing the many methods we use all use to avoid falling asleep‚ it made it very relatable • Identify the speaker’s sub-genre. How successfully did the speaker fulfill
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Good afternoon teacher and all my friends‚ today I would like to talk about an animal that we all know. It’s an animal that is dangerous to us‚ but we are dangerous to them as well. They are ambush hunters‚ waiting for fish or land animals to come close‚ then rushing out to attack. As cold-blooded predators‚ they have a very slow metabolism‚ so they can survive a long period even up to a year without food. I believe all of you have an idea on which animal I’m talking about‚ it is crocodile. Crocodiles
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KIRTI EDUCATION CENTRE PREM SIR 9811810567 MAIL AT: kecsolution@gmail.com‚ or Premsingh567@Gmail.Com Visit regularly at: kirtieducation.blogspot.com BSHF-101 2013-2014 Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Sciences Answer any two questions in 500 words each. (DCQ) Q1. Explain the terms ’Industrial’ and ’Post - industrial’ societies. Solution: In sociology‚ industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production‚ supporting a large population
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