Class boycott in Hong Kong Arouses International Attention A weeklong class boycott that was launched by the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism on Monday has aroused international attention. Over six foreign press‚ including the BBC and The New York Times report the event‚ and some have paid attention to the democratic process of Hong Kong since April this year. On Monday‚ more than six foreign presses reported details of the class boycott with at least one page. The New York Times
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his false relics. He specifically personifies medieval rhetoric‚ or the use of poetic tropes such as metaphor and exemplum to elevate speech and sway his audience. This elevation occurs at the expense of transparency however‚ as the Pardoner’s decorative rhetoric veils his speech with layers of symbolism and subjective interpretation. The Pardoner’s language therefore
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and Pixar‚ Steve Jobs presents his speech‚ about finding and doing what you love‚ to the Stanford graduating class of 2005. Job’s purpose in his commencement speech was to convince and encourage the graduates to follow their heart in their pursuit of happiness‚ no matter what obstacles get in their way. Throughout his speech he adopted a serious tone as he convinced them to “…find what you love…” (4)‚ through anecdotes‚ pathos and ethos. Jobs begins his speech by pouring the most underprivileged
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the aspiring orator Phaedrus‚ I attempt to illustrate how Plato establishes his theory of a true art of rhetoric. The Phaedrus begins with Socrates encountering Phaedrus in Athens‚ where Phaedrus remarks that the famed rhetorician Lysias wrote a speech on favoring a relationship with a non-lover as opposed to a lover. Doubly stricken by the opportunity to accompany Phaedrus and hear a speech‚ Socrates accompanies Phaedrus on a stroll outside the city walls in search of a quiet spot to read‚ soon
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Anthony Morrow Intro to Rhetorical Theory CMST 210 Mini Paper 1 Rhetoric Rhetoric is the study and use of languages that can either be expressed in written‚ spoken or visual form. Rhetoric is a tool that aids in investigating how language can be shaped and modified to shape people. In addition‚ rhetoric helps in organizing and sustaining social groups and in coordinating behavior of people in a society. Rhetoric integrates three appeals to the audiences that allow and encourage effective communication
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The way that Alfred M. Green brings up all the struggles they have faced and the hope for the future is what really makes the speech inspirational. Green does a beautiful job of highlighting the struggles that African Americans have endured‚ but he does not focus too much on the struggles but instead brings them to the future in a more positive time. Within the second paragraph of his speech‚ Green
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Gian Carlo V. Garcellano BSCE-2A What is a paragraph? A paragraph is a group of sentences that are all about one specific idea. It should begin with a topic sentence‚ that is‚ a sentence which addresses the subject of the paragraph. The other sentences in the paragraph should supply information that helps to explain the topic. How long should a paragraph be? There is no set length for a paragraph‚ but‚ generally‚ three full sentences
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The three Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 were part of the Voting Rights Movement underway in Selma‚ Alabama. By highlighting racial injustice in the South‚ they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act‚ a landmark federal achievement of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. Activists publicized the three protest marches to walk the 54-mile highway from Selma to the Alabama state capital of Montgomery as showing the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional
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BUS TOPOLOGY REMAINS THE MOST USED Bus topology is the physical and logical design of a bus network. All the nodes (devices) on a bus network have to share access to the network to communicate. The nodes can only transmit data one device at a time. A bus is the central cable‚ the main wire that connects all devices on a LAN (Local Area Network). Bus topology is known as the simplest network topology‚ and also known as a linear bus (Oliviero and Woodward‚ 2009‚ p. 104). Bus topology is the
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The Contemporary Unethical Use of Rhetoric in the Media to Manipulate the Public Aristotle believed that rhetoric is an art that could‚ and should‚ be studied and that good rhetoric is not only persuasive but also ethical. I agree with Aristotle’s claim that good rhetoric is not only persuasive but it is ethical. Rhetoric is value neutral in that the principles of rhetoric are not necessarily moral or immoral; it is dependent on how they are utilized. I believe it is unethical when good rhetorical
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