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    his Pearl Harbor speech to reassure and inform his audience. In his speech FDR creates the tones of informative and reassurance by using repetition. Roosevelt only uses these two different tones and shifts his tone in the middle of the speech. He begins the speech informing the people what has happened and then then ends by reasurring the American people everything will be ok. The change in tone helps make the article sound less depressing and more reassuring. FDR starts this speech with an informative

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    his purpose. Right after Malcolm gave his speech‚ he quickly became an alarming figure towards the African American community across the nation‚ since he had prompted numerous African-Americans to utilize force. He states‚ "Don’t be throwing out any ballots. A ballot is like a bullet. You don’t throw your ballots until you see a target‚ and if that target is not within your reach‚ keep your ballot in your pocket” To understand his frustration‚ this speech was given during the Civil Rights Movement

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    For Ms. Raisman’s speech‚ the last three canons of style‚ delivery‚ and memory‚ coincide and dwell amongst each other. Stylistically‚ robust and deterministic language defines the entire statement. Raisman does not make this address to for self-gratification‚ but for the purpose of challenging U.S.A Gymnastic to create a safe and accountable environment for athletes to train‚ while also addressing society as a whole to hear women when they speak of abuse or concerns of misconduct. The harsh tone

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    children‚ “And I want to say something to the school children of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttles takeoff. I know it’s hard to understand‚ but sometimes painful things like this happen.” Reagan uses an interruption in his speech personally stating “I” clarifying to the children that science and exploration despite the risks must

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    I think the speech I connected with the most in the opening ceremony was the main speech given by Dr. Marie LePage. It was not the whole speech‚ just one paragraph. Doctor LePage said that even though she had all this expertise in her field‚ sometimes she had this doubt that she belonged there with her colleagues‚ or even that she did not know she was doing. I missed a large portion of the next part of the speech because I was stuck ruminating on this confession of Dr. LePage. I had been struggling

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    included in society. In the following sentences from his speech‚ he expresses how no change has happened over the course of time towards the Black population. “But one hundred years later‚ we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.” “One hundred years later‚ the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” These key phrases express the main objective in his speech and that is the division between the Whites and Blacks

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    In Austin Berghuy’s speech he persuaded the audience to stop eating fast-food in order to prevent to risk of obesity. One interesting main point he made in his speech is that although fast food is not the only contributor to obesity‚ it is still the largest influencing factor on why many people are obese. Another main point Austin made in his speech is that obesity is not only taking a toll on the lives of adults but also affecting the health quality of children. Austin’s posture to me was very

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    In Douglass’ speech‚ his tone mainly appeals to emotions. He engages the listeners emotionally by stating his opinion over the topic of slavery. Douglass states‚ “My subject‚ then‚ fellow-citizens‚ is AMERICAN SLAVERY. I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave’s point of view‚” (52-54). This quote from his speech goes to show that he is standing up as a person who has actually experienced times of slavery. There is a great deal of credibility in Douglass’ writing because

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    how they enjoyed hearing her speak. Her ability to keep the audience engaged and waiting for her next line to come out was evidence of how connected she was with them. It is rare to see someone be able to hit each of the emotional components of a speech. Each one

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    Sitting Bull’s speech to his fellow natives relied on a strong emotional appeal. He effectively used an ethos appeal in garnering his Indian family’s support in fighting back against the invaders who have gained power and numbers. His whole speech has an overlapping tug at the emotions of his audience by first presenting a quick synopsis of Native life and how they have "the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land (par 1)‚” talking about the animals that roam the lands. The next appeal

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