Indirect speech: Statements Note applying to all indirect speech exercises. When the speaker says you‚ and the person spoken to is not identified‚ it is good practice for the student to assume that the remark was made to himself. you will then become I/me or we/us. ‘You can phone from the office‚’ he said. He said I could phone from his office. This must not‚ of course‚ be done when the person spoken to is identified: ‘You can phone from my office‚ Ann‚’ he said.
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The speech I chose to analyze is Steve Jobs’ speech at the Stanford University Commencement Ceremony in 2005. The speech was available for viewing online and was about 15 minutes long. Steve Jobs’ speech was captivating‚ effective‚ and relevant in many ways. Jobs’ exercised an effective use of organization‚ tone and rate‚ and audience awareness. Jobs use of clear organization provided for a speech that was easy to follow and maintained the attention of his audience. From the beginning‚ Jobs got
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Northeastern University presented a TED Talk called‚ “Synthetic Voices‚ as unique as fingerprints.” As a speech scientist‚ she wanted to engineer a solution that focused on building customized voices for people with speech impairments. She started the Human Voicebank Initiative‚ which allows people of all walks-of-life to donate their voices to the VOCALiD project for infusion into compatible speech-impaired voices. This bank made the matches between donors and receivers based on the receivers’ personalities
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delivered the awe-inspiring speech “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address.” The speech was given in response to the detrimental bombing that occurred in Oklahoma City only four days prior. This presentation was delivered to the family‚ friends‚ and community of the victims. The speech is considered to be one of the top rhetoric speeches in American history‚ and it is deemed as such because of its beautiful array of literary devices and appeals present. At the time the speech was delivered Clinton was
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One of her most memorable moments was when she gave the speech The Destructive Male at the 1868 Women’s Suffrage Convention. With this speech she passionately states how the intelligent‚ wise female is kept from having any involvement in the world and how this affects our nation since
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The United States prides itself on the freedoms that are afforded to each of its citizens. Among those freedoms is the first amendment freedom of speech. However‚ that freedom is often called into question. For instance‚ the Snyder v. Phelps case. In the Snyder v. Phelps case‚ Albert Snyder who is the father of Matthew A. Snyder‚ argues how the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) picketed his son’s funeral asserting offensive statements due to his Albert Snyder’s homosexuality. Moreover‚ Snyder filed a
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ENGL101 Final May 15‚ 2012 Invention Conan O’Brien gave his commencement speech at Dartmouth in 2011‚ congratulating the graduating class and imparting a few words of wisdom.During his speech‚ he appealed mostly to pathos and ethos‚ being as this was a commencement speech‚ there wasn’t very much need to appeal to logos using stats or facts. He used pathos to appeal to the graduating students by telling about his falling out with NBC and how he came back to fame with his talk show on TBS. He
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Jade Richmond Kimberly Southwick English 702 Wednesday‚ April 15‚ y Hate Speech: Could It Hurt? As a little girl‚ money was scarce. Living in in a tiny apartment poor was well known in my vocabulary. I was around children who had money and opportunity and two parents where I had no money‚ and just a single mom. Kids laughed when I had holes in my shoes and ripped stockings and none of the popular toys‚ and parents whispered when my mom couldn ’t afford to rent a hall for my birthday party or a
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Aristotle thoroughly describes his understanding of the tragedy in the Poetics and bases this conception on certain requirements. According to Aristotle the three most important variables that define a tragedy are plot‚ characters‚ and theme. Using Oedipus Rex as a sort of ideal‚ this philosopher demonstrates how a tragedy functions in order to evoke catharsis while exploring themes and human flaws‚ or mistakes. In Oedipus Rex‚ the main figure‚ Oedipus the King is a subject of fate‚ unable to escape
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Is it generally agreed that each neighbourhood represents its own world or it is just the way of bringing some guesses? When we approach this question specifically‚ Indeed‚ we receive a variety of facts that can prove the idea. Now I am going to contrast and compare two neighbourhoods in Chicago with some examples. These neighbourhoods are Lakeview and Lincoln Park. They are located side by side to each other. Although they are next to each other‚ both neighbourhoods perform a huge amount of varieties
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