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    Kaelinh Trinh December 10‚ 2014 Mrs. Craig Title of Speech – Eating Disorders: Our Society Slowly Killing Itself Thesis: To persuade my R110 audience so that they agree to sign a petition urging Indiana’s State Representatives to join the National Eating Disorders Awareness Caucus in order to spread awareness for eating disorders by persuading them that eating disorders are a rising problem among college students‚ that there is a solution‚ and that there are benefits of adopting this solution.

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    Journeys Essay/Speech

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    journeys are a really important aspects to all of our lives because they apply to everybody‚ once a journey starts you cant escape it‚ all journeys big and small can be unpredictable but all have a positive aspect of being a learning experience. Today’s speech will focus on imaginative journeys and how I have used three different perspectives to develop the concept of a journey. Imagination refers to a persons mind forming images or concepts of external objects not immediately present to the senses or

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    Liberty Persuasive Speech

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    A very noble quote by Benjamin Franklin says “Those who would give up essential Liberty‚ to purchase a little temporary Safety‚ deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” (Franklin‚ B. (n.d.). Speech.) After all‚ if the safety is genuinely that essential‚ how could we give it up just to get a little temporary something else; Liberty? Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life‚ behavior‚ or political views. (Johnson‚ S. (1831)

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    9 Parts of Speech

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    9 Parts of Speech 1) Verb-is a word that conveys action a) Action verbs – Sheryl throws the ball. b) Being/Linking – Sheryl is an intelligent woman. Max seemed very nervous. Hot chocolate taste good. c) Helping verb- Margaret did say that we’d leave at 9:30 be‚ have‚ do‚ may‚ must‚ can‚ could‚ would‚ should 2) Pronoun-is a pro form that substitutes for a noun a) I-am‚ we-are‚ you(s)-are‚ you (p)-are‚ he/she/it-is‚ they- are b) Antecedent- the word that the pronoun refers to The carpenter

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    20 Figures of Speech

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    20 figures of speech 1. Alliteration Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around august. Eric’s eagle eats eggs‚ enjoying each episode of eating. 2. Anastrophe "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country "Arms that wrap about a shawl." 3. Anaphora Five years have passed;Five summers‚ with the length ofFive long winters! and again I hear these waters... Tears‚ idle tears‚ I know not what they mean‚Tears from the depth of some divine

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    Stamp Act Importance

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    Stamp Act In order to make your debt go away‚ you must increase the revenue. George Grenville had approached a huge increase in debt after the French and Indian War; he needed to come up with a solution. There was already a tax in progress‚ but to tax the English would not be allowed anymore. He wanted more control of the American colonies‚ so instead of raising the taxes of the British‚ he raised the revenues by taxing the American colonist. The Stamp Act was the first serious attempt to declare

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    Notes on Parts of Speech

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    Topic: Name: Date: Chapter One: Parts of Class: Period: speech‚ Adjectives and Verbs The adjective A word used to modify a noun or pronoun; to “modify” means to describe a word or make its meaning more definite • What kind? “gray skies” • Which one? “those girls;” “either way” • How many? “fewer hours” Demonstrative • This‚ that‚ these‚ and those can be adjectives used both as adjectives and as pronouns • When they modify nouns or pronouns‚ they are called “demonstrative adjectives‚” but when they

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    Grammatical Categories of Speech The main grammatical categories are Determiner‚ Auxiliary‚ Coordinator‚ and Complementizer. As also mentioned above‚ it is hard to define grammatical categories in terms of meaning because they have very little. Their function is to make the lexical categories fit together. • Determiner (D) The determiner category includes the articles a(n) and the‚ as well as demonstratives‚ possessive pronouns‚ possessive nouns‚ some quantifiers‚ some interrogatives‚ and

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    offensive speech‚ like hate speech and bullying - online or in person - be restricted and prohibited? “On October 17‚ 2006‚ Megan Meir‚ a thirteen-year-old girl in Dardenne Prairie‚ Missouri‚ who had been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and depression‚ committed suicide because of postings on MySpace‚ an Internet social networking site‚ saying she was a bad person‚ whom everyone hated and the world would be better off without” (John O. Hayward). Throughout the years offensive speech‚ like

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    Factory Act in Bd

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    Factories Act‚ 1965 (No. 4 of 1965). 1. CHAPTER I.- PRELIMINARY 2. CHAPTER II.- CHIEF INSPECTOR‚ INSPECTORS AND CERTIFYING SURGEONS 3. CHAPTER III.- HEALTH AND HYGIENE 4. CHAPTER IV.- SAFETY 5. CHAPTER V.- WELFARE 6. CHAPTER VI.- WORKING HOURS OF ADULTS 7. CHAPTER VIII.- LEAVE AND HOLIDAYS WITH WAGES 8. CHAPTER IX.- SPECIAL PROVISIONS 9. CHAPTER X.- PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 10. CHAPTER XI.- SUPPLEMENT 11. The Schedule CHAPTER I.- PRELIMINARY Section

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