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    After listening to this speech I would have to say that the central idea of the speech is equality. He uses this speech to inform us on why he writes the things he does. He also uses this speech to tell us his thoughts on equality. He tells us why he writes these strong women characters. One of the things that stood out most to me is when he talks about his mother. He says all these strong women characters can be traced back to his mother. Also‚ how she influenced him in his writing and in his life

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    On 4th April 1967‚ Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech called “Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence”‚ at a meeting of concerned clergy at Riverside Church in New York City‚ New York. The address was part of a conference held by CAL-CAV (Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam)‚ an organization working to bring the war in Vietnam to an end. The speech mainly focuses on the war in Vietnam. The purpose of the speech is to make the clergy aware that the war is not only affecting Vietnam‚

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    Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense

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    Roquan Jones Ms. Cuba ELA lll. 4 31 January‚ 2017 Frederick Douglass Fourth of July Speech Frederick Douglass‚ born as Frederick Augustus Bailey‚ was born in February 1818. He didn’t know the date he was born‚ but throughout his later life he celebrated his birthday February 14th. He was a 19th century abolitionist leader and he also was a famous speaker. He was born and raised in Talbot‚ Maryland; where he spent his life as a slave. He was separated from his parents at a young age‚ and he never

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    The speech that I am going to examine‚ is that of Melania Trump. This speech took place at the GOP convention on July 19th. Melania was set to open for her republican nominee presidential candidate‚ Donald Trump. In every aspect of the speech it was successful and powerful in delivering a message. However‚ there was a strange similarity in her speech. It sounded as though we had heard it before. As many began to realize‚ her speech indeed did sound like a speech we had all heard before. Who’s was

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    spoke at the Peace Memorial and the speech was also broadcasted worldwide. President Obama had a very humble tone throughout the speech that conveyed his respect for the people of Hiroshima. He expresses this when he says "We come to mourn the dead... Their souls speak to us. They ask us to look inward‚ to tkae stock of who we are and what we might become." He acknowledges the horrific event in the beggining paragraphs of the speech. Toward the body of the speech‚ the President moves more toward

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    of water issues and continuing her grandfather’s work. The speech was held at WSRE Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio and was sponsored by WSRE Public Square Speakers Series. The studio was like a movie theater with seats going all the way up with the Middle Island where the audio in camera was. The stage had a red rectangle in the middle and a podium off to the right with a big screen in the background. The general purpose of the speech was to give her background and also bring up some of the issues

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    state relating to women and put her in charge of the National Socialists Women’s Association or NSF. In 1935 Scholtz-Klink delivered a speech at the Nazi Party Congress to the members of NSF in which she gave guidelines that helped women to‚” combine work and motherhood‚ while encouraging them to become enthusiastic disciples of National Socialism.”1 Within the speech Scholtz-Klink reveals

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    everyone says he is? On October 2‚ 2017 he seemed to prove many wrong by giving such a heartwarming speech in memory of the deceased during the Las Vegas shooting‚ which occurred on October 1‚ 2017. The Las Vegas shooting as everyone knows was such an unexpected and morbid incident. It was expected for the president of the United States to give some kind of acknowledgement to the cruel event‚ and his speech was a good start. He really showed support to all the unfortunate families that lost a loved one

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    me great discomfort. That being said‚ my first speech was overall below average. Not only in certain categories‚ but most of them. The main problem and an important one was my speech delivery. To start off‚ my goals for this speech were very simple. The main thing I wanted to do was to be able to present my speech with little to no anxiety. I wanted to become comfortable talking in front of people. I wanted to get my point out and present my speech with ease as well as thoroughly informing the audience

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