States of America in 19th century. It’s the President Abraham Lincoln famous Gettysburg address. One of the main points for Lincoln when he giving this speech is to persuade both union and confederate (two different sides during the civil war) citizens to come join together to create the new equal and justice United States. This persuasion speech made me known why many people saw him as the great man. He did not antagonize‚ nor did he show disrespect to the dead‚ even those who fought for the Confederacy
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Romeo replies to Juliet’s speech by agreeing to disown his name “Henceforth‚ I never will be Romeo”. Shakespeare implies the danger that the lovers are in when Juliet points out “the place death‚ considering who thou art”. This creates tension for the audience‚ and demonstrates Juliet’s concern for Romeo’s safety – “If they do see thee‚ they will murder thee.” Romeo speaks metaphorically when he says “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls”‚ suggesting there is no boundary to
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it‚ shall we? You know‚ when we consider all the hate speech on Islam right now‚ you’d think that we’d be a lot more sensitive with what we teach to our kids. You know‚ promote acceptance‚ world peace and those sorts of things. But instead‚ we’re stuck with The Merchant of Venice: an Elizabethan Playbook of sexist beliefs‚ overt racism and unfair treatment of minorities. I’m sure‚ Ms Jones‚ you will agree that a play which incites hate speech and physical assault towards religious minorities has
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of his speech praises what the founding fathers did for this country‚ his speech soon develops into a condemnation of the attitude of American society toward slavery. Douglass begins his speech by addressing "Mr. President‚ Friends and Fellow Citizens." Here‚ he is likely addressing the president of the Anti-Slavery Society — not the president of the United States. It is noteworthy that Douglass considers himself a citizen‚ an equal to the spectators in attendance. Throughout this speech‚ as well
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type. The people in the jury are devoted to following the church and try to be pious and humble. With this speech the Inquisitor serves a double purpose: having the jury forget Joan’s piety and warning them that no matter how humble or god-loving you are‚ the church knows best. The multiple warnings throughout the speech are used both for warning the jury members not to do the heretical acts mentioned but also do not congratulate or empower anyone who does these things; namely Joan of Arc The Inquisitor
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specific details. The result can reflect the level of learners’ cognitive ability and the development of communicative competence. II. Relevant theories The relevant theory concerning this communicative language test is speech act theory. Researches done in the area of speech act theory by linguists J. Austin and J. Searle have thrown light on
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Jimmy v speech analysis Jim Valvano‚ better known as Jimmy V‚ was a men’s basketball coach in the NCAA for many years and is remembered most for coaching his North Carolina State Wolf pack squad to the 1983 national championship over the Juggernaut University of Houston team. That team established the term “Cinderella” as no one ever expected them to win the way that they won. Jim Valvano received some horrible news in the middle of 1992. His doctors told him that he had terminal cancer. Several
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First we are presented with the Continental philosophy and within it contain some other philosophical thoughts. Some of the other philosophical thoughts include existentialism and phenomenology. An existentialist can and “do not guarantee that this existential predicament‚ as it might be called‚ can be solved.” (Moore & Bruder‚ 2011) What this means is that there is no answer to the existence of life and that a person cannot find value or meaning with in it. “In brief‚ phenomenology interests
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of Pragmatic Competence through a Voice-driven Video Learning Interface"‚ the writer Gabriel Culbertson studies the effect of video learning in developing pragmatic competence through a voice-driven system based on repeating phrases out loud from any video with 27 participants‚ to show that participants use the voice-driven system more than a text-based system. In the introduction‚ the writer defines pragmatic competence‚ as sensitivity to meanings expressed by tone and word choice. Pragmatic input
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Thematic Analysis Template Student: Copy and paste the down arrow ( ) into boxes to show that a unit of material is continuing. Copy and paste the left arrow ( ) into boxes to show where a unit of material ends. column #1 Paragraphs (Submit in parts 1–3) Column #2 Immediate Context (Submit in Parts 2–3) Column #3 Major Points (Submit in Part 3) Column #4 Major Sections (Submit in Part 3) Column #5 Theme (Submit in Part 3) 1:1–5 Introduction 1:1-26 Before Pentecost
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