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    soldier and explain why he or she is still important in today’s society. The tone of Wiglaf’s speech is accusatory‚ critical‚ but whimsical at times because he reminds them of times in the Mead Hall when they promised to serve Beowulf with their lives. MacArthur’s tone is inspiring and motivational‚ yet mournful and powerful when talking about the debts American soldiers have paid. Wiglaf’s speech had a lot of words like “boasting”‚ “swore”‚ “trusting”‚ “promises”‚ to evoke a sense of guilt in

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    Short essay about Mrs. Thatcher’s Bruges speech Margaret Thatcher as we all know‚ was a very intelligent‚ firm and decided person‚ one of the greatest and most popular characters of the international ambit‚ first and only woman as a Prime Minister‚ which gave her the name of “The iron Lady”. Her speech‚ long and concise‚ I think was very touching and had a lot of important information to consider back then and what is more impressive is that it is still so actual that almost seem to be written

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    The speech I selected was Susan Cain- The Power of Introverts. I think the speaker (Susan) was very professional‚ appealing‚ confident‚ and her tone of voice was perfect not too loud or not to low. The speech she was relating to the audience was about introverts and she also wrote a book about Introversion that actually took her seven years to write. She talks about her grandfather; being an introvert and how he could not see people in the eyes when he could talk to them even though he had been in

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    Many of the most influential leaders throughout history accompanied their actions with their words. A fine speech compels its audiences and convinces them to believe a different view. The three notable speeches of my class that exceeded my expectations were Jeremy Wong’s on the rising costs of homes in the lower mainland‚ John Thomas’ on the benefits of driving electric vehicles‚ and the banning of Niqab during Canadian citizenship ceremonies by Gabriella Hermary. Firstly‚ they all maintained a relaxed

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    Wd Hughes Speech Analysis

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    This emotional blackmail is evident is all pieces of his work and of his government. Context: It was written as accurate manuscripts of speeches given by W.M Hughes. Since Hughes was for conscription there was bias towards conscription. The speech was heavily biased into making people feel guilty for not going to war and tries to make people vote for conscription. Hughes mentions things about how many soldiers that other countries are sending and that Australia is failing to send as many troops

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    Oklahoma City. The explosion caused massive damage to the building and killed 168 people‚ 19 of whom were children (Rosenburg‚ 2011). On April 23‚ four days after the bombing‚ President Bill Clinton addressed the public and gave an effective‚ excellent speech. The overall goal of the message was to appropriately respond to the Oklahoma City bombing‚ support the ones who lost loved ones‚ and address what America as a nation should do to keep this from happening again. This goal was achieved through these

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    D-Day Speech Analysis

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    Ronald Reagan‚ the 40th president of the United States of America (Bio Reference Bank)‚ delivered his “On the 40th Anniversary of D-Day speech” on June 6th 1984 (Academic Search Premier). This day was the 40th anniversary of D-day‚ when 150‚000 men charged the beaches of Normandy to retake Europe from the Nazis (American History Online). The speech was also delivered during the Cold war‚ an arms race between the USA and USSR (American History Online). President Reagan uses logos‚ pathos‚ and anaphora

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    and complicated presidential elections in all of American History. One of the major highlights of the election was William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech that sparked the people’s interest for the Democratic representative. This speech not only had a firm and well defined meaning‚ but its delivery was also delivered superbly. The speech itself was concerned with many problems‚ such as growing class divisions that later were the cause of many violent outbursts among the people. Money was the

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    Act Of Silencing

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    In performing certain speech acts‚ sometimes actions speak louder than words. The act of silencing is effective when the biased group manipulates the illocutionary and perlocutionary speech act and prevents certain groups from being able to speak or feel comfortable to express their opinions freely. The speech act of consent is the illocutionary act of saying “yes” or “no” and trying to convey to the fact that we accept or do not accept what is happening. The perlocutionary force is where the hearer

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    First‚ tone serves as a prima facie aspect of Rudy Giuliani’s speaking given that the sole purpose of his speech was to comfort the American public through the eyes of the United Nations. Essentially‚ Rudy Giuliani directs his speech towards the UN General Assembly as a symbol to adopt more counterterrorism measures in order to prevent attacks like 9/11 from occurring in the future. Despite him addressing the UN General Assembly‚ it seems as if he uses the United Nations to channel his message to

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