*Michelle Fuller* December 2‚ 2010 Persuasive Final Speech Purpose: To persuade my audience to go green to help save our planet. Introduction: According to the U.S Census Bureau‚ the world population is growing at a mindboggling rate. The world reached 1 billion people in 1800‚ 2 billion by 1922‚ and over 6 billion by 2000. It is estimated that the population will swell to over 9 billion by 2050. This means that if the world’s natural recourses were evenly distributed‚ people in 2050 will
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Mandatory Retirement Has to Go Traditionally‚ people retire from their jobs when they reach the age of sixty-five. In some jobs‚ this is not an option but a requirement. I object to mandatory retirement for capable workers because it violates personal choice‚ discriminates against senior citizens‚ and wastes valuable skills as well as money. First of all‚ I believe that mandatory retirement violates an individual’s personal choice of continuing to work or retiring. The older working person should
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“ ” It’s absolutely terrifying to not know where you’ll end up‚ isn’t it? To not know what to do‚ where to go‚ who to befriend - it’s scary‚ it scares me. I don’t like uncertainty‚ as a matter of fact - I hate it. Why would you want to take a journey but not know where you’re going? You see‚ the reason why letting go is so scary is because it requires such a tremendous amount of faith because you don’t know that the floor isn’t going to give under your feet; you don’t know that the next step you
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Letting Go and Holding On Oh how I love life‚ walking outside in spring and summer and smelling the honeysuckle floating on the warm breeze. Couples walking hand in hand‚ smiles of happiness from being in love owners walking their dogs‚ kids laughing and playing‚ birds chirping and singing all day long each and every day the world continues on. Life is crazy‚ and totally unpredictable... It’s going to push you over‚ kick you while you’re down and hit you when you try to get back
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Everything Happens for a Reason I don’t believe in luck. I don’t believe things happen by a coincidence. I believe that everything that happens has an explanation behind it. Life is a complicated thing and it has challenges throughout it‚ but if life didn’t have these challenges‚ what would be the point? Life would be meaningless. Certain obstacles that occur in my life not only helps me learn and have a better understanding from it‚ but it gives my life meaning. Starting college was a “wakeup call”
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Among causes of the French Revolution‚ the principal condition was the "revolutionary situation" which had developed in 18th century France through mismanagement of the economy and‚ in particular‚ the costs incurred in fighting the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolutionary War. The economic crisis was compounded by years of bad harvests and resulted in urban and rural resentment of the wealth and privilege enjoyed by the nobility and clergy. In due course‚ the crisis led to the convocation
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A famous saying by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that “we [as men] shall overcome”. What King makes clears is that the human race will always push forward and will overcome harsh struggles. In Dylan Thomas’s poem Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night‚ many of the lines focus about death and the aspects of losing someone. To add‚ Thomas’s “overcoming” human struggle is symbolized by not submitting to death‚ but rather resisting it. Thomas wants humans to be in “rage against the dying of the light
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Wilbur H. Jennings depicts a tragic love story through “My Heart Will Go On.” Much like Zhong Yu‚ Rose from Titanic was in love with Jack‚ a man who she was forbidden from pursuing for status-related reasons. The song tells the story of how Rose constantly thinks about Jack and how she will never forget him‚ that he is always there in her heart. Jennings claims‚ “Love can touch us one time / And last for a lifetime / And never let go ’til we’re gone‚” (lines12-14). This further emphasizes that Rose truly
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Dylan Thomas’ poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night simultaneously comments on how people should die and how they should live. This poem serves as a statement that every life should be meaningful and impact others‚ and we should refuse to accept death and cling to this life. The first stanza introduces the main message of the poem: to fight death at all costs. This is apparent when he says “Old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage‚ rage against the dying of the light” (Thomas). In
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In a society filled with wants and needs‚ advertisement serves as a persuasive yet informative factor while aiming for an appealing effect on the potential consumer‚ Advertisement’s influential role on the consumer has provided a reliable resource for successful sales‚ while simultaneously creating a more competitive environment for opposing companies. For example‚ Rimmel London and Cover Girl‚ two extremely successful makeup industries are at constant war in advertising. When selling similar products
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