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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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    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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    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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    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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    an ardent speech addressing the dispute about gender inequality in the world. Her intention was to raise awareness of the struggles that women and men face throughout their life regarding this issue. During this speech‚ Watson uses numerous strategies to engage her audience’s absorption of the subject along with the three major elements of the speech; her introduction was striking‚ the body was sympathetic‚ and the conclusion reached the main goal of the speech. Watson opened her speech with a statement

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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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    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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    Out of many prominent speeches throughout recent and non-recent history‚ the speech by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ “I Have a Dream” is indubitably the most enthralling‚ gripping‚ and well written. This speech and all of its entirety are solely based on the idea that all human beings living in the United States should have the prerogative to be treated as equals‚ regardless of their race/ the color of their skin‚ their religion‚ or other associations that one might have with a group of people. Moreover

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    father cry for the first time. I remember watching George Bush’s speech following the attacks with my family‚ but I was too young to truly understand it at the time. When I recently read and watched the speech‚ I was reminded just how powerful and emotional his speech actually was. Bush’s intended audience was not only the U.S. Congress and the American people‚ but also America’s allies and enemies. When Bush delivered his speech nine days after the attacks‚ the entire nation was furious and confused

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