Odysseus was one of the legendary heroes in Greek folklore. He was the king of the island of Ithara and the central character of Homer’s heroic poem‚ The Odyssey. Son of Laertes and Anticlea‚ known for his persuasive speech and for his wisdom and comprehension. Odysseus saved the people of Greece in the Trojan War and helped them to emerge victorious. In this mythology‚ the war between the Trojans and the Greeks took place when Paris‚ who was the Trojan prince‚ kidnapped Helen. Helen was the wife
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HSC ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING: PERSUASIVE SPEECH EUTHANASIA Imagine a world where anyone‚ even the curably ill or depressed‚ is easily assisted in suicide. Where someone else decides when you’re life is no longer worth living. Where it is a societal expectation to die rather than receive long-term care. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ this is the world that awaits us if we legalise euthanasia. Euthanasia‚ or assisted suicide‚ is defined as the practice or act of ending the life of a terminally ill person
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SPEECOM PERSUASIVE SPEECH COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE Topic: To Work Abroad or Not Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that within our respective distant future‚ we should stay within our country‚ work here‚ and not elsewhere Thesis Statement: As the future hope of our country‚ we should not aspire to work abroad. I. Introduction A. Attention Material/Credibility Material: Let us play with our imaginations & aspirations a little bit and assume that we’re 10 years older‚ already
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completely healthy. But anyone infected with HIV can infect other people‚ even if no symptoms are present‚ it could take as long as 6 to 12 months before you get your first symptom according to Ben young M.D‚ P.H.D. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ in the U.S. the estimated number of people with HIV/AIDS is about 1‚185‚000 with approximately 25% of them unaware of their infection. The estimated number of new cases of HIV is 42‚0 00 each year.
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Persuasive Speech Outline Format Name: Andrew Salazar General Purpose: The effects of bullying and how it hurts children. Specific Purpose: To find solutions on how to fix the childhood bullying problem. I. Introduction a. Attention-getter: Being the bigger person over another one is always a great feeling‚ you feel the rush and power like you can rule the world. Push‚ shove‚ kick‚ punch‚ slap‚ tease that’s all the dominant person sees when they are having “FUN” with someone
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suIbrahim Sakiri G-4 Persuasive Speech Introduction In every industry or career path‚ there will always be people that are either overpaid or underpaid. Today I will be talking to you about why athletes are overpaid. I will first talk about if athletes really are overpaid‚ then I will talk about the top five most paid professional athletes‚ lastly I will explain if athletes really do deserve being paid that much for what they do. Transition: Now for my first main point‚ are athletes really
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or kill her baby. Seemingly linked to that‚ is the choice to be pregnant at all. Although the rampant use of birth control among young women has caused uproar in society because of its relation to abortion and religious and health reasons‚ it is important to know exactly what kind of birth control is being discussed‚ how it works‚ and why people are against it. Not all forms of birth control are abortion‚ but that
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10/31/12 Persuasive Speech Outline I. ADG- It is not a myth why people call fast food disgusting. On a Friday night during my graveyard shift at McDonald’s a drunken customer passed by the Drive-Thru around 2:30a.m.While my coworker was taking his order the customer decided to cuss and call her really offensive names because she couldn’t get his order right. She got mad and decided to spit in the customers Sweet Tea‚ she was immediately fired when another coworker told the manager. Since I started
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Persuasive Speech - Merger A MERGER has a great deal in common with a marriage. In both cases‚ each side needs to be clear-eyed about the other’s strengths and weaknesses‚ to find areas where the partners can work together and other areas where they could each use some personal space. As in a marriage there is always a discussion about whether a name change will occur‚ and couples may fight about whether to keep or toss one person’s beloved orange sofa. Merging companies too often botch their strategizing
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Persuasive Speech Strategy Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that Capital Punishment does not deter crime and that it should be abolished. Central Idea: Homicide rates are lower in non-death penalty states when compared to states with the death penalty. Main Points: I. The death penalty has no deterrent effect. II. The costs of administrating capital punishment are prohibitive. III. States with the death penalty have higher murder rates than those without
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