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    Messimore Luis Marin English 1013-036 2 September 2014 Kenyon Commencement Speech David Foster Wallace gave a speech called Kenyon Commencement Speech to the Kenyon College in 2005. He delivered the message that a change in thinking can save citizens from the daily grind of their eight to five jobs. Wallace gave examples of this point in his speech starting with a fish in water‚ a person in a crowd‚ and how not to think. Wallace started his speech with a short story about an older fish asking a couple

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    David Foster Wallace’s speech “This is Water‚” explodes with creativity. He links simple items‚ like water‚ to apply to higher education‚ and just simple life. He puts a lot of emphasis on how to think consciously‚ and just being compassionate and thinking about others.     One of the first point that David makes is that a liberal art college teaches you how to think. Then‚ he goes into great depth about how we think unconsciously. One of his examples is “The point here is that I think this is one

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    this to you to inform you of the dangers of the Wallaces and their store. The Wallaces are dangerous‚ racist whites that burn and kill us blacks. At the store‚ they give children alcohol and drugs(41)‚ and they mock us and call us racist slurs. We all need to band together and boycott this store (98). I know you will have objections to participate in the boycott but there are ways to over power them. For instance‚ one you might have is that the Wallaces or Night Men might hurt you or take your possessions;

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    A commencement speech consists of several aspects in context‚ wisdom‚ and advice supported by someone notable. While providing opportunities for graduating class students to obtain a source of encouragement and hope. Michelle Obama‚ the former First Lady‚ delivered an effective commencement speech at an all female institution— Spelman College. She expressed how judgments and stereotypes should not determine ones future or goals. This was demonstrated by examples of ethical‚ pathos and logical techniques

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    appreence in the speech is that he is wearing a sweater‚ t-shirt‚ and jeans. His facial expression is showing no emotions at all. As I have been following David Blaine‚ I can say that‚ that is his common face. He doesn’t show too many emotions and except stays in a very serious face unless he makes a joke. When he makes a joke he has a small smile. David however‚ does use hand gesters while giving his speech. In his speech there is a lot of monotone. He doesn’t show too many emotions. David only had pauses

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    The speech was give by Shonda Rhines she addresses her fear in accordance to the speech she was given. She discusses how over the course of the years giving a commencement speech has drastically change and has been emphasized in ways anyone who was an “introvert” would quickly deny doing. She admits that she not very fond of talking in front of group or crowd there this was a new experience to her. As she beings her speech she talks first to the parents how have just broke free from the responsible

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    Rhetorical Situation Rhetoric – any PUBLIC symbolic expression that creates meaning in society which‚ in turn‚ helps us: make sense of our experiences‚ construct our identities and live our public lives 1. “Public symbolic expression” – speech‚ writing‚ art‚ media (television‚ radio‚ Internet)‚ performance‚ music‚ films‚ etc … in the public arena 2. “experiences‚” “identities‚” “public lives” – how we make laws‚ discuss ourselves (i.e.‚ as Americans‚ as Euro-American/Af-American‚ etc

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    MLK speech Rhetorical Situation Martin Luther King Jr’s‚ I have a dream speech is one of the most powerful speeches in the civil rights movement. He himself was the most important voices to the movement because he did all he could to show people that “all men are created equal”. He was crucial to the civil rights movement because he was one of many to take a stand against the racism and the inequality of the time. He wanted to eliminate the racial segregation‚ not just in public but

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    A rhetorical situation is a situation that is modified by an issue‚ an audience‚ and a set of constraints‚ or limitations. Through this‚ you create a context that applies these three things in unison. The first part being an exigence‚ or issue. This is the main motivation of the discourse or situation that is likely to be desired to change. These contain the part of the rhetorical situation that might apply a question and cause the need for resolution. The second part‚ audience‚ are (at least in

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    by Steve Jobs in one of his speeches‚ which signified the level of confidence and faith he had in his work. The only way to be satisfied is to do great work‚ which can be attained only by loving your own work. This was the main idea of his commencement speech in Stanford University. He was a born hero as even after going through serious difficulties in his career life‚ he still had that faith and confidence in himself‚ which made him the CEO of a two billion dollar company. He dropped out from college

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