In the play "Our Town"‚ by Thornton Wilder‚ a character by the name of Simon Stimson makes a very insightful statement about people and their lives. Simon is dead and buried‚ as well as several of the play’s other characters‚ when a newly-dead young woman named Emily joins their ranks and begins to realize the triviality and ignorance of her existence‚ as well as that of every living person. The dead are discussing this insignificance and unawareness of the living when Simon comments with disgust
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Our Town “Our Town”‚ by Thorton Wilder tells a story about life and the people of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The choice of Grover’s Corners is meant to typify every small town or community in America. Grover’s Corner is Anytown ‚ U.S.A. It is a simple place and this reflected in the physical setting of the play. Basically‚ Our Town is about Grover’s Corners and its people‚ particularly the Gibbs and Webb families. It takes the audience through the stages of life‚ in a simple way
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In the article “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚” Wil Haygood demonstrates how the dangers of obesity are rampant in small towns. Specifically‚ how their surroundings are contributing to the alarming obesity rate in this charming little town of Manchester. While Haygood depicts how the locals “celebrate the joys of community closeness‚” he also reveals how “it is one of the unhealthiest places of all”. In fact‚ he points out that an estimated 52% of the 2‚100
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Gun Control Speech Outline General Goal: I want to inform my audience Specific Goal: I want my audience to understand that gun control is not the answer to crime rates‚ suicide and homicide‚ but rather better and more mental health recognition and help and gun safety awareness. INTRODUCTION I. Columbine‚ Virginia Tech‚ Aurora‚ Newtown are just a few places where mass shootings have happened that have left people forever scarred and unable to forget. Because of these and other incidents
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CST 100 Sample Speech 4 Outline Fact/Value Persuasion Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that Death Penalty should be legal Introduction I. [Opening Device] There has been a murderer. II. [Credibility] According to Wikipedia thee are 170‚000 inmates incarcerated for murder in the United States. (Wikipedia.org) [Bridge/Link] Let me ask you this: what would you do if you just heard this verdict? Think about it. What if your loved one had been murdered and all they received
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Speech Outline I. Introduction A. Attention Getter - Are you finding it difficult to find activities to do with your kid and are trying impress that lucky woman for Valentine’s Day? Well here is your chance to do both. I am going to show you how to get in that kitchen to make a great desert to following a romantic evening. B. Reveal/Relate Thesis - My goal is to teach you guys how to make a red velvet cake. C. Personal Credibility - I am a pastry chef at the Anaheim White House
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Informative / PowerPoint Speech Formal Outline TITLE: Exercise GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform my audience about exercise. SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about types of exercise‚ Benefits And long lasting effects. THESIS/MAIN IDEA: Exercise has many heath benefit and can affect your life in the most positive of ways. INTRODUCTION I. Types of exercise II. Benefits of exercise III. Long lasting effects of exercise Do you get 30 minutes of exercise daily? Less than 5% of
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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES SMALL TOWNS WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROGRAMME (STWSSP) MONITORING AND EVALUATION CONSULTANCY SERVICES FINAL REPORT NOVEMBER 2011 PSE CONSULTANTS LTD | | |1 AKPABIO STREET‚ | | | |G.R.A.
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Narrative Speech Outline Intro - Attention Getter :In today’s society‚ one will be paid more if their job is more economically important. So what professions do we define as economically important? Teachers‚ doctors‚ public defenders‚ The President of the United States. Explain relevance of narrative to audience: When I was watching TV the other day they were talking about a player who wanted to be traded to another team mainly because he wasn’t getting paid enough‚ yet his salary was capped
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze Peter Hessler’s memoir River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze chronicles his two-year experience as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching at the Fuling Teachers College in Fuling‚ a remote village in China’s Sichuan province. In addition to writing about his life and experiences in Fuling‚ Hessler provides detailed descriptions of the landscape‚ its people‚ and history. The village of Fuling had not seen foreigners in at least fifty years prior to the arrival of Peter
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