Alex Bauer Informative Presentation Outline Topic: New York City General Speech Goal: To Inform Specific Speech Goal: I want my audience to recognize what makes New York City the city that never sleeps. Introduction I. Attention Getter: I want all of you today to imagine yourselves walking down a street‚ but this is no ordinary street. You feel like you’re a mouse in a maze‚ the skyscrapers are keeping you trapped within the city‚ thousands of people walking in different directions‚
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I have chosen “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie to discuss about. This literacy narrative first appeared in “The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the pleasures of Reading.” Sherman Alexie is a well known Native American writer that publishes short stories‚ novels and poetry. Out of the three narratives‚ I found myself connect with this story more than the others. Alexie tells us about his childhood as a Indian boy that grew up on the Reservation. His father was a big reader so as a
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NEW YORK CITY There is a huge difference between a city in the Mid-West‚ such as Columbus in the state of Ohio‚ and east coast landmark‚ such as New York City. Each city has its stereotype‚ something everyone can say. For instance‚ New York equals skyscrapers and lots of people. Whereas when you say Columbus‚ people tend to think of average size city‚ rather quiet for it?s size. Lets take a closer look. Majority of people have a very set feeling about New York: they love it or they hate it. Some
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Different Worlds Same Struggle Sherman Alexie and Frederick Douglass both grew up in different time periods‚ in different environments‚ and ultimately in different worlds. They both faced different struggles and had different successes‚ but in the end they weren’t really all that different. Although they grew up in different times they both had the same views on the importance of an education. They both saw education as freedom and as a sense of self-worth and though they achieved their education
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issue for New York City. It is said that the residents living within the city of New York are at high risk to cancer. According to Scorecard.goodguide.com‚ the pollution information site‚ New York City is ranked highest for added cancer risk per 1 million within the state. New York comes in first place at 1900 (per 1‚000‚000) compared to Wyoming at 49th place with 140 (per 1‚000‚000) of Hazardous Air Pollutants. (Refer to Table: 1) Some of the most substantial problems New York City faces are
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Nature The summer solstice marks a shift in the year: everyday gradually becomes shorter‚ and closer to winter. In some religions‚ the summer solstice represents enlightenment‚ and new beginnings. The image of nature as pure is repeated throughout “Summer Solstice‚ New York City” by Sharon Olds. “Summer Solstice‚ New York City” relates the story of a man trying to commit suicide‚ but choosing life and finding comfort in the police sent to rescue him. Initially‚ the title seems irrelevant to the rest of
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The overarching tone of this piece is shamefully miserable. Sherman Alexie conveys this by using negative diction‚ for example; Alexie begins his first grade excerpt by saying‚ “My hair was short and the U.S. Government glasses were horn-rimmed‚ ugly…” The author uses the word ‘ugly’ to indicate young Alexie lacks in self confidence and is ashamed of his appearance. Alexie continues on saying‚ “… in school the other Indian boys chased me from one corner of the playground to the other. They pushed me
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Document: Herbert Hoover’s "New York City Speech" (1928) 1. What type of document is this? (Ex. Newspaper‚ telegram‚ map‚ letter‚ memorandum‚ congressional record) This document must have been excerpt from a record of Hoover’s Speech‚"New York City‚" in The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover‚ 1928. This speech was published in Palo Alto‚ CA: Stanford University Press‚ 1928)‚ pp. 149-76. 2. For what audience was the document written? Herbert Hoover is speaking to the general population
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Stick Song is filled with the bittersweet‚ a boy struggling with his identity as an Indian‚ who has to leave his home‚ who was not set up from birth to be a success. When reading One Stick Song‚ you get the sense that the author is a person who has a sense of humor. Yet‚ not one of his poems or vignettes made me laugh‚ and I think that is a product of how well Alexie infuses his writing with the past. Many of his writings are extremely clever‚ with little twists in them to catch the reader. This is
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New York City Draft Riots of 1863 In September of 1862‚ President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. This was to take effect on January 1‚ 1863; this document was what freed the slaves in states that were still in rebellion with the Union. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was not what New Yorkers wanted to see embraced. In March of 1863‚ a form of a stricter draft law was formed. The law required all male citizens between twenty and thirty-five
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