Graduation Speech Welcome everyone. I will like to thank everyone for coming to join the class of 2013 at our graduation and commencement ceremony. Thanks to our family‚ relatives‚ faculty‚ and professors for being here on our special day. Today is the day of entering or facing the "real world" that so many of us have been talking about for four years. In some cases it may had taken more than that but that doesn’t matter‚ what matters now is how we are going to use it to benefit us. We are here
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"modifies" a noun (a big dog). Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard). We can often use two or more adjectives together (a beautiful young French lady). Adverbs Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions such as how?‚ where?‚ when? how often? and how much? Pronouns Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he‚ you‚ ours‚ themselves‚ some
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Good morning everyone. I’m the chairperson of the English Club. Today‚ I’m going to share a topic to all of you. But first‚ let me ask you two questions. Are you bored with reading‚ grammar and writing? Would you like to find a more fun and entertaining method to improve your English? I believe you all will have the same answer‚ right? In fact‚ listening to English songs is a useful and interesting way to learn English. It might be one of the best ways to retain or remember vocabulary and grammar
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Stuttering is a speech pattern that contains an abnormally high frequency or duration of disruptions in the forward flow of speech affecting its continuity‚ rhythm‚ rate‚ and effortfulness. A disruption in speech is called a disfluency. We all have disfluencies in our speech‚ such as “uh”‚ “um”‚ pausing‚ or rewording‚ but it is only considered stuttering when we are disfluent more than ten percent of the time. The Essentials of Stuttering Fluency is the effortless flow of speech. There are four
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Defining any technical terms that you will be using NEED STEP II. Statement of Need A. Illustration B. Ramifications 1. 2. C. Pointing There are potentially two kinds of needs (your speech uses one of these): * To urge a change-point out what’s wrong with present conditions * To demand preservation of present conditions-point out the danger of a change The Need Step is developed by: * Illustration: Tell of one or more incidents
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Austin’s Speech Act Theory and the Speech Situation Etsuko Oishi Esercizi Filosofici 1‚ 2006‚ pp. 1-14 ISSN 1970-0164 link: http://www.univ.trieste.it/~eserfilo/art106/oishi106.pdf AUSTIN’S SPEECH ACT THEORY AND THE SPEECH SITUATION Etsuko Oishi The talk starts with a question‚ why do we discuss Austin now? While answering the question‚ I will (I) present an interpretation of Austin’s speech act theory‚ (II) discuss speech act theory after Austin‚ and (III) extend Austin’s speech act theory
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311 Demonstration Speech Video Assignment Upon completing my demonstration speech on how to make my Perfectly Pipeable Buttercream Frosting I knew that I could have done better. I was worried about timing and got jumbled. In saying this‚ I do not think that my speech was bad. There were things I did well on and some that I did not do so well on. I am moderately okay with the way my speech turned out. I believe that my introduction was possibly the strongest part of my speech because that is where
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My shield speech went a lot better than I thought. Speaking in front of a crowd creates nerves‚ but I was able to take a deep breath and control my nerves. The pace I developed remained constant and created fluency and clarity for the audience. The longer I was in front of my fellow classmates‚ the more comfortable I became. My practice tactic was simple; practice in front of people I would naturally get nervous in front of. An example of this would be my boyfriend who I practiced in front of twice
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Obama’s back to school speech given in Philadelphia was given to a crowd of all ages and all different levels of education. His speech was based on how important education really is and how inspiring the youth of today is by the hard work their giving in school. He discussed how he was once not as determined as he is today and how he overcame his obstacles in school by a motivational talk with his mother. She told him to put his best foot forward if he wanted to get far in life. He explained to the
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word play. Speech acts by Austin (1962)‚ Searle (1969)‚ and Grice (1975) are considered a kind of pragmatic meaning to clarify the ambiguity of meaning of a sentence within its context. Speech act theory must reckon with the fact that the relationship between the words being used and the force of their utterance is often oblique (Back‚ 18). Indeed‚ Austin’s How to Do Things with Words (1962) sheds light on the use aspect of language since he has established the groundwork for speech act theory
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