purpose and relationship through love. Lastly‚ if Love was worth praising? The two speeches that got my attention were the ones given by Phaedrus and Eryximachus. Phaedrus’ speech mainly focuses on the self-sacrifice and the beauty that comes with Love. Phaedrus comprehensively explains Love by illustrating self-sacrificial acts through stories. One story that Phaedrus illustrates is that of Alcestis and Achilles. Alcestis was the only person who was willing to die in place for her husband. The gods
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down on potential threats has become priority. Not only are there threats of mass violence‚ but racist speech and sexist speech‚ that some would define as fighting words. A question to ask is when does speech become a fighting word. Having to decide what speech is protected by the first amendment‚ worthwhile‚ and what speech has no social value and is not protected‚ worthless‚ is controversial. Speech that is defined as worthless include: lewd‚ obscene‚ profane‚ libelous‚ and fighting words. Focusing
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Pragmatic Failure Pragmatic failure is the inability to understand what is meant by what is said. It refers to the errors in our speech communication because of failing to accomplish a perfect communicative effect. In 1983‚ a British linguist Thomas came up with the pragmatic failure. In his opinion‚ pragmatic failure is not simply the wrong use of language‚ namely‚ grammatical mistakes‚ occurred in common usage‚ using words or making sentences but it refers to inappropriate speaking‚ improper
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On March 1st‚ 2016 I was privileged to witness Laurie Hazard speak on Procrastination. She centered her speech on the goal of organizing your behavior over an extended period of time. She than proceed with giving us the advice of organizing your goals into two categories called objective and subjective goals. Objective goals focus on attaining a specific standard of proficiency on a task‚ usually within a specified time. On the other hand‚ a subjective goal tends to be more of a general statement
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a horse and became paralyzed. Back then‚ the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) had not been passed‚ making it hard for disabled people to get around and have access to things. In 1996 Reeve spoke at the Democratic convention‚ trying to convince people to be on his side about passing the ADA. These are some ways he achieved this goal in his speech. Reeve used many literary devices to make a convincing and appealing speech. He started off by stating statistics about the American people. “One in
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legislation through Congress to establish the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO).In this speech‚ the purpose Lyndon B. Johnson outlines his vision and goals for "The Great Society‚" a massive web of government programs and legislation aimed at societal improvement and progress. This speech was given during the University of Michigan’s graduation commencement ceremony on May 22‚ 1964 in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan. The speech that was delivered was persuasive‚ however the intended audience (college graduates)
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Speech Analysis-Republican Presidential Debate-CU Boulder Frist of all‚ Debate was not organized at a place of everyone’s reach. I cannot think why anyone chose to have debate in such a small community where almost everyone has met what they have dreamed in their life. Boulder is a community where there are no people left behind and are not hard hit by country’s harsh political moves. It sounds to me that venue selected for debate came from a mindset of staying away from possible agitations from
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Speech Strategies During the Civil Rights Movement‚ there were two notable African-American activists who played essential roles in breaking racism towards Blacks in the 1950s to 1960s. These two leaders were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Though both had their own individual ideas on bringing racial tension to an end‚ they presented their beliefs through their influential speeches: I Have a Dream by King and The Ballot or the Bullet by Malcolm X. In
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Christopher Reeve (a.k.a. Superman) spoke at the Democratic National Convention to persuade his audience that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is important. In his speech he used a considerable amount of diction and details. He used these devices to really make the audience not just hear but listen and then care. They obviously cared enough because later on that act was passed. First‚ he says‚ ?family values? then he says ?we?re all family? I believe he says this to make the audience feel like everyone
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Aly Cartwright -Speech Outline Coms 1030: Introduction: Attention getter: When was the last time somebody did something nice for you? Thesis: Random acts of kindness are very powerful‚ and can change somebody’s day within seconds by doing just a small thing for another person. Preview: During my time at Ohio University‚ so far I have helped pick up some girls books‚ paid for somebody’s Starbucks drink‚ and helped my roommate with her math homework. Transition: With this in mind‚ I’m going
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