Attention to Speech. Taglimonte (2006: p.8) suggests that it is “the style from which every other style must be calibrated”. William Labov devised a sociolinguistic interview designed to produce a range of types of speech. His main interest was to obtain and identify data that represented people’s casual speech‚ rather than speech that was altered due to the presence of an observer. Most of the interview was conversational and produced two types of speech‚ these were identified as careful speech “the interviewee
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CAMPAIGN SPEECH (for school election) To my beloved teachers‚ fellow students‚ candidates‚ the faculty and staffs‚ and to our guest‚ a pleasant day to all! First and foremost‚ I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for being here‚ for your time‚ for allowing me to share my ideas‚ and for having this election‚ without your presence this election wouldn’t be of great success. Actually‚ I’m out or words right now‚ as I stare at you guys because I’m impressively mesmerized by how gorgeous
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McMicken 27 Summer‚ 2013 Tues./Thurs. 8:00-9:20 Instructor: Ms. Nancy Schulte Telephone: E-mail: Office: Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 7:30-8:00/11:00-11:30 Objectives: ❖ To research‚ outline‚ and organize a public speech by tailoring the message to the audience ❖ To deliver narrative‚ informative‚ and persuasive‚ speeches ❖ To identify and respond to the interests‚ needs‚ and reactions of listeners and adapt to their individual‚ group‚ and cultural differences
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THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH An Acceptance speech is written to providean expression of gratitude for some form of award. An award is a symbol signifying approval or distinction or an honor or reward which has been given on the basis of merit‚ for excellence in a specific field. Courtesy requires that sometimes an acceptance speech is necessary in response to such an honor. Easier said than done! You will need to sound grateful but not condescending‚ modest but not retiring and humble and not arrogant
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Persuasive Speech Ideas These penguins are persuading their friends to take a dip in the cool water... but you can persuade our class on any of the following ideas or come up with one of your own. Remember these are broad topics so make sure you narrow your area and choose your side so that you can properly defend your position. Also I NEVER censor speech topics HOWEVER keep in mind I want the ideas fresh‚ some topics are very OVER DONE - for example: "smoking is bad for you"
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FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Adjunction: Adjunction refers to a clause or a phrase‚ usually a verb‚ that is added at the beginning
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discussed in class or‚ if at an after-school club‚ can be about a current affairs issue‚ a school issue or any other interesting and challenging topic. An example of a motion is ‘This house would ban school uniform’. (See Useful motions). Proposition The proposition is the name for the team or teams proposing a motion. This means that they are in favour of the motion. So in the example given above‚ the proposition team or teams would be arguing in favour of banning school uniform. Their role in the debate
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Knox En 1103-01 Ms. Kimbrough 29 June 2011 Freedom of Speech or Denial: An Analysis Of “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law "respecting an establishment of religion"‚ impeding the free exercise of religion‚ abridging the freedom of speech‚ infringing on the freedom of the press‚ interfering with the right to peaceably
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Traditional school institution displays their school-related racism through their own White teachers’ negative attitudes and behaviors‚ disproportionate placement of Black children in special education classes‚ and a disproportionate number of Black students in school punishments. In this case‚ traditional school teachers have "many racist stereotypes and attitudes that have been ingrained in them‚ in particular‚ the notions that Blacks lack intelligence or that Blacks are notoriously lazy and bent
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Becoming an Educator Choosing my path to become an educator was something that completely shocked myself. Growing up I hated school and always knew college wasn’t for me. I wanted to be a cosmetologist‚ something that doesn’t even require college. But as I got older and high school came to an end reality set in that maybe college was my better idea. My parents at this point weren’t really giving me a choice if college was an option or not‚ I was going. As I started to research different jobs and
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