William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early Republic is an amazing piece of historical writing. Alan Taylor‚ the author of this non-fiction work‚ engages the reader with detailed descriptions and thoroughly researched facts‚ bringing the society of New York in the 1780’s and 1790’s to life. The book portrays the true story of William Cooper and his American dream-come-true. William Cooper‚ the main character‚ is the middle child of a poor Quaker farming family‚ who
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Marie Louis Valet 5/2/2013 Speech 07 Principles of Public Speaking The many challenges young adults face today vary greatly from peer pressure‚ to family issues and drug use or abuse. These are some of the difficult choices facing parents and young adults daily and ought to be dealt with. We often think young adults are ready to launch off into a career‚ college‚ and lively adult social scenes. When in fact today’s young adults are faced with so
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Grabe‚ Shelley‚ L. Monique Ward‚ and Janet Shibley Hyde. The Role of the Media in Body Image Concerns Among Women: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies. Rep. American Psychological Association‚ 15 Jan. 2008. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. In the Psychological report that I read‚ the authors really accentuated the point that media has made unattainable expectations for girls‚ adolescent girls‚ and young women and their bodies. Starting at the age of seven‚ young girls of all race and
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THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH Type of Speech: Students will deliver a 6-8 minute oratory that is motivational in nature. Purpose: ❖ To motivate your audience to act on your advice or agree with your perspective. ❖ To develop a speech that includes clarity‚ economy‚ and grace. ❖ To use stylistic devices in your speech (see pages 121-130) ❖ To work without notecards or a manuscript (i.e. memorized…). ❖ To incorporate decisive movement as you speak. Assignment: A. Select your topic B. Develop
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is illegal but many of us do it anyways‚ including myself. Today I will be informing you all about the possible dangers of texting and driving‚ the cost of texting and driving‚ and even the emotional after affects of texting while driving. After my speech today I want you all to think twice before you even think about texting while driving and hopefully you will all agree with me not to. Lets begin with the risks of texting while driving. There was a study by Virginia tech transportation institute
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shocked‚ flattered‚ and elated‚ all at the same time. As the excitement died down and I began to worry about my salutatory address and a myriad of ideas of what I wanted to say flooded my mind. But‚ as June rolled around and senioritis kicked in‚ my speech felt like just another last minute homework assignment I needed to complete. For inspiration‚ I searched “hashtag salutatorian” on all forms of social media: Instagram‚ Twitter‚ and even Tumblr. Unfortunately‚ these all failed to inspire me and
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What’s the gist of this project? In connection with reading Animal Farm and in order to support our study of rhetorical devices‚ you will write and deliver a 3-4 minute speech to the class that calls your audience to action in stopping some sort of injustice. How should I get started? Your first task is to choose a topic. Identify an injustice you see around you‚ whether at home (i.e. chores‚ curfews)‚ at work (i.e. wages‚ hours‚ management practices)‚ at school (i.e. rules‚ homework
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Top five religious persuasions: 1. Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints (Mormons) 2. Orthodox Quaker Religious society of friends 3. Mainline Conservative Christian protestant 4. Mainline Liberal Christian Protestant 5. Christian Science Church of Christ‚ Scientist. Did any of your top five religions match your real religious beliefs? Yes and no. I say yes because Catholics believe in Christ and God just like Quakers and Mormons. All three religions believe that Christ came to teach his
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1-6 Journal: From Problem to Persuasion Many business owners have argued that raising the minimum wage would cause hardship and cause businesses to raise their prices‚ but many workers argue that raising the minimum wage is necessary to help low-income workers to get out of poverty. Two main issues that workers face are insufficient wages to support their families which causes them to depend on government funding. Secondly‚ workers are faced with decreased job satisfaction due to making low wages
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Anthony’s speech was more persuasive than Brutus’ speech. Anthony tried a lot harder to persuade the crowd to see it from his point of view. He used ethics in his speech‚ constantly saying that Brutus is an honorable man to the point where the crowd begins to question whether or not Brutus really is honorable. He later turned that ethical appeal into sarcasm to condemn Brutus. Anthony used a really strong form of emotion at the end‚ saying that “his heart is in the coffin with Caesar.” And that made
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