1. What did I do well in my second speech? a. In my second speech‚ I think I did a good job in researching the subject which was Age Discrimination. I found five articles dealing with this subject. Some showing statistics and examples to make it relatable to the audience members that were present. My facial expressions was pleasant. I kept good eye contact with the audience members. When I was speaking‚ my voice got louder when I stated key words like elderly‚ discrimination‚ and older. I felt my
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ways in which text to speech technology (TTS) has created an impact towards adding an extra dimension to the usual reading practice is by allowing the physically challenged to be immersed in the online environment. The advent of social connectivity and the diversity of new technologies that bring people together have reached the realm of healthcare. Among the technologies that have been adapted by he healthcare sector is TTS‚ which is viewed as a potential remedy for speech-impairment. However‚ healthcare
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Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams III was the co-founder of the Crips‚ with its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1971. In 1979 he was convicted of four murders committed during the course of robberies‚ and he remained in prison for the rest of his life. Later on in his life‚ he became an author of twelve books‚ including anti-gang and violence literature and children’s books. Williams apparently rebuffed the police in their efforts to investigate his gang‚ and was implicated in several
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The Misfit‚ a Character beyond Redemption”() In Flannery O’ Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” the Misfit is a character who is interpreted as the epitome of evil. He had just escaped the federal penitentiary‚ and‚ according to the Misfit‚ he was incarcerated for allegedly killing his own father. He encounters a family who has been involved in an accident. The play culminates with the Misfit shooting and brutally murdering the grandmother after she reaches out to him. Despite the
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An Explanation on “Redemption” George Herbert was a religious poet who lived from 1593 – 1633. His poetry portrayed his struggles with God and how he defined their relationship. “These poems reflect Herbert’s struggle to define his relationship to God through biblical metaphors invested with the tensions of relationships familiar in his own society: king and subject‚ lord and courtier‚ master and servant‚ father and child‚ bridegroom and bride‚ friends of unequal status.” (Norton‚ 1705) His poem
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The Meaning of Redemption One meaning of the word ‘redeem’ (and the one that applies to the Biblical use of the word) is “to set free or release from evil by the payment of a price”. We hear today of terrorists who hold a people hostage‚ demanding that so much money be paid for the release. If that money is paid and the people are released‚ we could say in an earthly sense that those people have been redeemed. They have been released from some evil by the payment of a price. We find an example
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Mississippi Burning and The Help. It appears that the civil rights movement was diluted by white supremacist trying to redeem their names through bringing individuals to trial and serving justice. Romano’s Interpretation In Rene Romano’s Narrative of Redemption‚ the author has noticed that there are three recurring themes in the civil rights movies and is upset about which areas of the civil rights movements have received attention. The first of the three themes that Romano says stand out is that whites
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Burhan Ghney Obama Victory Speech On November 4th‚ 2008‚ Senator Barack Obama had won the presidential election over Senator John McCain. Shortly after the victory‚ president Obama was giving his victory speech at Grant Park in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech he explains how America is a land of opportunity. He also preaches about hope and unity as a nation. He also reaches out to the entire American population‚ saying that change needs to come to America. His objective is to make everyone realize
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Bush’s speech is to justify his future military actions and to unite the Americans by appealing to their emotions. Bush used a variety of emotive language and stylistic devices to express his concern over the incident for the audience. Content and Theme Firstly‚ Bush structured this speech is very small paragraphs. When he delivered the speech he speaks very slowly and never speaks more than 6 sentences at a time. Also‚ he pauses very often to allow the audience to clap for his speech. This
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Wiesel opened his speech in a most humble clear tone‚ loud enough to be audibly heard‚ yet soft enough to portray the deep pain he obviously still felt as he told the story of how his father called out to him just before he died in the bunk bed above him and of how he was too afraid to go to his father’s deathbed for fear of the German guards. His opening reference to his father’s heavenly grave was an attention grabber. (Beebe‚ pp. 189‚ 14) He paused for effect and used short simple sentences in
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