In his emotionally charged speech given to the 2018 graduating class at Lesley University‚ Jason Reynolds inspires and encourages his audience through the telling of a personal story and the repetition of similar sounds to share the importance of being there for others while still striving to be their best. Jason Reynolds tells a personal story in order to catch the interest of his audience. He tells the story of a high school teacher who taught him that “sometimes doing the right thing has consequences”
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Wendell Phillips‚ a white American abolitionist‚ used the power of language to his advantage to collaborate an influential speech filled with praises and moving words for the former slave‚ Haitian general‚ Toussaint-Louverture. His words reveal an unmistakable abolitionist fervor that screams to Americans to allow African Americans to serve in the military and open their eyes to the oppression of slavery. He attempts to ignite this passion through his zealous attitude‚ his strategic defense for
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against oppression. At the UN World Conference on Women in 1995‚ Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a powerful speech about the duty of countries to promote women’s rights. She discusses her personal experience with these issues‚ the struggles women face‚ and how people can make a difference in this fight for equality. In this speech Hillary Clinton effectively persuades her audience about the urgency and severity of women’s oppression. She firstly convinces her audience that they should consider her
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Before we used reason and logic to answer our questions and conclude our ideas‚ we used thoughts of superstition. These thoughts were later seen as ineffective and not credible. To emphasize the use of reason and logic Patrick Henry states in his speech‚ Speech in the Virginia Convention‚ “I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. (Paragraph 2)” Today‚ we use history as a resource thus‚ using the past to answer modern day questions. We also use history to learn from our past mistakes
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Madelein Albright‚ the United States Secretary of State‚ gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College in 1997. With that being a women’s college in Massachusetts‚ Albright uses emotional appeal‚ examples‚ descriptions and metaphors to inspire and motivate the graduating class to continue achieving greatness‚ especially as women in society. To begin‚ Albright starts off her speech by appealing to the audience’s emotions. She does this by saying‚ “as individuals‚ each
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Comparatively‚ the Japanese acquired 271‚000 troops in Manchuria with plans to offensively attack and divert the Russian infantry into eastern Manchuria. Ironically‚ the Russian military also planned to carry out an offensive attack against the Japanese. The Japanese developed a plan which‚ if executed correctly would push the Russians backward. However‚ if the Japanese had difficulties synchronizing their attacks‚ the Russians would have an opportunity to maintain their position allowing them
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President Trump’s Inauguration Speech President Trump started by accusing the administrations that have been there before him‚ including that of Barrack Obama‚ of minding their own selfish interests leaving the people of America to bear the costs and sufferings. He talked of politicians prospering while many people are jobless. However‚ by January 2017‚ statistics show that there more people employed in the US that any other time in the American history. This statement by Trump only speaks to how
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Faulkner’s speech was short. He introduces his main point at the beginning of the second paragraph‚ “Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it.”.He was speaking in 1950. The Cold War between the United States and the U.S.S.R. had begun. Both sides were building more and more atomic weapons. The U.S.S. R. was building enormous long-range missiles to deliver the atomic warheads anywhere in America. The U.S. had short-range missiles
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want to bring America together as one. He want Americans to work together to achieve the goal that we are all chasing. Candidate Obama`s audience for his speech are his potential voters and the press. The purpose of his speech is to let everyone know he disagrees with Pastor Wright. Pastor Jeremiah Wright made a very controversial speech about America. Mr. Wright was blaming Americans for the terrorist attack on September 11th ‚ 2001. He was also making anti-American statements.
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1905‚ Kelley gave and impeccable speech at the Convention of National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia about child labor laws. To successively persuade her listeners‚ Kelley used versatile amounts of strategies‚ ranging from repetition of key words‚ to ethical appeal and even inserting political allusions. Florence Kelley utilized persuasive techniques to convey her message that she is dearly passionate about. Kelley used repetition in her speech to show that children are deprived
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