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    colour of their skin‚ King addressed the situation with a power and inspiration speech that is famously known around the world. King was a civil rights leader who was assassinated for protecting the rights and stolen opportunity of the black people. King uses a series of rhetorical devices and speech conventions to give meaning and impact towards the audience. Some of these conventions and devices extended metaphor‚ alliteration and anaphora. In King’s speech‚ extended metaphors were used many times

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    Negotiation Situation MGT/445 In the negotiation of a mortgage refinance‚ you can run into many different types of situations that you have to be prepared for. How we interact during a negotiation can make or break an agreement. Successful use of communication tools and preparing yourself to handle personalities will contribute to the outcome. Analyzing the Roles of Communication In this situation the initial state of the negotiation was not moving forward in a positive direction. The bank

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    In the speech‚ “The Crisis‚” by Carrie Chapman Catt is portraying the empowerment of women and urges women groups to join the fight for equality and the fight for Women’s Suffrage. Carrie Chapman converses of a sexual bias in the society that lives even in the modern day. From having our first female candidate stand for election for the post of President to a President that is that opposite of everything good in America. We live in the society where we think the society has got past the racial &

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    Daniel Webster created a speech in 1825‚ which he delivered to the people who were fighting in the American Revolutionary War. Webster uses pathos‚ logos‚ ethos‚ diction‚ and syntax in his speech in different ways‚ some of them more than others. In this speech Daniel Webster uses pathos fairly often. He talks about “...human faces‚ glowing with sympathy and joy...” Webster is giving examples of people who are giving sympathy to people who have been fighting in the American Revolutionary War. He also

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    Franklin Roosevelt’s speech was presented on December 8‚ 1941 following soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. It was presented in front of congress in order to explain the tragic events of the previous days atrocity‚ as well as create a declaration of war against Japan. Roosevelt’s speech triggered numerous emotions in his audience. However‚ it was also logical‚ comforting‚ and helped ensure our nation that we will rebuild following our tragic downfall. Roosevelt clearly addresses

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    The Life Of A Shearer Erol Foster was born in Weethalle 1940‚ and was the youngest of five children. At this time his brother was fighting the Japanese in World War II‚ life was hard at home during the War. Despite this‚ Erol started his education at Weethalle primary school in 1946. On the first day of primary school young Erol started off with a bang‚ he had been hit with the cane for urinating in the pot plant if front of a couple of female class mates. This was the day Erol decided he didn’t

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    Compassion is one of the most important emotions to get across in this situation. Before stating the names of those who were lost‚ he says “we mourn seven heroes” as a nation. Calling the men and women heroes shows their huge importance to America. It conveys how catastrophic he knows this is. He continues to be extremely complimentary

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    Nixon for the positive first term momentous national victories he achieved or for his dedication to the American people. His final speech in office was an emotional appeal to the people to retrieve some of his dignity and to quell the sourness left by his crimes. Nixon’s pathos becomes a crutch for him in this final speech. In listening to the vocal reading of the speech there is heaviness to his words as he reflects upon this solemnly‚ “I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever

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    Frederick Douglass’s speech highlights the inconsistencies in America’s ideas of freedom and equality by creating a contrast between America’s celebration of liberty and the brutal realities of slavery. Addressing a crowd in Rochester‚ New York‚ Frederick highlights the extreme hypocrisy in a nation holding pride in freedom while holding millions of its citizens in bondage‚ “The great paradox of celebrating liberty within the context of slavery in the United States”- (Bernard K. Duffy‚ Richard D

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    British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave this speech to the House of Commons on September 1st‚ 1939‚ hours after Hitler’s troops had invaded Poland. Chamberlain and others had spent years negotiating with Hitler in order to prevent another war in Europe. The point of this speech is too inform people of what Hitler has done and of what the British response will be. In the beginning of his speech‚ Neville Chamberlain reminds you of his qualifications and actions as leader by stating‚ “Eighteen

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