Speech Assignment Five Type of speech: Persuasive Persuasive type: Question of policy Time limits: 6-7 minutes Visual aid: Required Typed outline: Required Bibliography: Required Copy of Sources Used: 4 Required Assignment Synopsis: This is the most important speech of the semester. Start early and work really hard on this one. Students are to present a 6-7 minute persuasive speech on a current‚ controversial topic of state‚ regional‚ national‚ or international
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On May 25‚ 1787‚ 55 delegates‚ representing every state but Rhode Island‚ met at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia‚ which is now known as Independence Hall. Notable delegates included George Washington‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and James Madison. At first‚ the convention was very secretive. No members of the press were allowed to observe‚ and no official journal of the proceedings were kept. In fact‚ chaperones were assigned to Ben Franklin at all times‚ the eldest of the
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In 2012‚ the beautiful Cameron Russell‚ who has been a model for the last 10 years and appeared on many magazines‚ gave a speech about “A Genetic Lottery.” The main reason that she made this speech was to make people know and understand that being a model it is not easy as people think. She wanted to show the audience by changing her outfit how fast she can transform what they think of her in least of 6 seconds; the reason she did that was to show that image is something powerful‚ but also superficial
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Out of the three articles‚ I found Michael Bloomberg’s commencement speech the most appealing. It clearly conveys Bloomberg’s thoughts and beliefs into a reasonable message. Bloomberg gives statistics and reasonable statements as to why freedom of speech‚ especially on college campuses‚ should be protected and valued. He states “Tolerance for other people’s ideas‚ and the freedom to express your own‚ are inseparable values at great universities.” Bloomberg speaks on how important different ideas
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Act iii is a crucial scene in Julius Caesar‚ as in it are two significant events‚ the death of Caesar and Mark Antony’s speech at Caesars funeral. Before the third act‚ Antonys role is minimal‚ but during this act he takes on a dominance that he maintains throughout the rest of the play. Antony‚ being Caesars right hand man‚ is loyal to him‚ and quickly grasps that he must deal with the conspirators. He takes advantage of Brutus’s gullibility in order to speak at Caesars funeral so that he can sway
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Examining the Key to Happiness In David Foster Wallace’s graduation speech‚ given to the Kenyon College graduating class of 2005‚ Wallace urges the audience to seek a more open minded perspective on the world. Arguing that societies “default setting” is that of pure self-centered thinking‚ Wallace strives to change the way we all view life before us. He states that liberal education teaches one‚ not how to think (as most believe)‚ but rather teaches one the ability to choose how we want to think
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importance of free speech on college campuses. The Attorney General effectively uses the rhetorical strategies of logos‚ by citing facts and logical arguments; ethos‚ by citing experts’ opinions and elevated grammar; and pathos‚ allusions and anecdotal evidence; to convince his audience of the oppression of free speech on college campuses by the school board and ultimately the government. Initially Aristotle’s technique of logical appeal or logos is convincingly used in Sessions’ speech by intertwining
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attention. Regardless of this‚ through the analysis of the comparative texts of Donald Trump’s Inauguration Speech and the Criticism by Paul McGeough of Trump’s speech it is clear that the perception of truth varies and therefore supporting the statement that the truth is unclear and complicated in understanding the reality of the current state they are in. Donald Trump’s Inauguration speech is an accurate representation in which proves that the telling of truth by Trump is a rather
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In the introduction of Clare Boothe Luce’s speech‚ at the Women’s National Press Club. Clare prepares the audience for the appreciable critiquement. Through various rhetoric modes Clare arranges her message to ready the audience for the critiquement that will later come to play in the rest of her speech. Within the first section of the introduction speech by Clare‚ she asserts that the audience may be alarmed or offended with what she is about to tell them. For the audience to be aware that
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Babe Ruth’s Farewell to Baseball speech was delivered on April 27th 1947 at the Yankee Stadium in New York. Babe Ruth at the time was 52 years old and dying of throat cancer‚ his speech was directed towards his dedicated fans. He wanted to thank everyone for their kind words throughout the years and he knew he wasn’t going to be around much longer. He began by speaking about how horrible his course voice sounded and how it felt just as bad. That statement I’m not quite sure if it could be construed
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