General Purpose: To Inform Topic: To discuss the Burj Al Khalifa’s architectural structure and the construction of the building. Statement of Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the Burj Al Khalifa’s architectural structure and the construction of the building. Thesis Statement: The Burj al Khalifa‚ the world’s tallest single-standing structure‚ is the most carefully designed and constructed architecture piece in the world. I. Introduction A. Being Chicagoans‚ we find
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The stranger Chapter one commentary Meng Hua In chapter one of the stranger Camus have used special techniques and skills to portrait Meursault’s inner character without direct reference. Camus has achieved this using different diction‚ sentence structure‚ metaphors‚ contrasts and other types of literature techniques. Each line is carefully done so that readers can quickly grasp the unique character of “the stranger”. At the beginning of chapter one Meursault immediately reveals himself
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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah My Topic is about any Leader‚ so In this world there are many leaders. We know most of them‚ but my speech is about “Quaid-e-Azam”. He was a Great politician and statesman of 20th century. He was generally known as the father of state of Pakistan. He was the leader of The Muslim League and served as the first Governor General of Pakistan. Quaid-e-Azam was his official names.His real name is Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Quaid-e-Azam (“The Great Leader”) and
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In “It Couldn’t Be Done” written by Edgar Albert Guest‚ the tone is optimistic and this is revealed by the use of diction throughout the poem. The main character is clearly described as a person who is constantly challenging the norm that society implants through his actions. The first stanza depicts a challenge that is given to the main character by someone who said it could not be accomplished which led him to be “buckled right in with the trace of a grin” (Guest 5). The word choice portrays the
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Marie Louis Valet 5/2/2013 Speech 07 Principles of Public Speaking The many challenges young adults face today vary greatly from peer pressure‚ to family issues and drug use or abuse. These are some of the difficult choices facing parents and young adults daily and ought to be dealt with. We often think young adults are ready to launch off into a career‚ college‚ and lively adult social scenes. When in fact today’s young adults are faced with so
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is illegal but many of us do it anyways‚ including myself. Today I will be informing you all about the possible dangers of texting and driving‚ the cost of texting and driving‚ and even the emotional after affects of texting while driving. After my speech today I want you all to think twice before you even think about texting while driving and hopefully you will all agree with me not to. Lets begin with the risks of texting while driving. There was a study by Virginia tech transportation institute
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English Speech It was Albert Einstein who said that ’as an artist‚ or a musician‚ Mozart was not a man of this world’. His extreme talents enabled him to master a piano piece in half an hour at just 4 years old‚ write a symphony at five years old and complete writing his first full Opera at the age of 12. Was Mozart a genius or just a talented and hard working person? A scene in Amadeus the play written by Peter Shaffer uncovers Antonio Salieri’s realisation of Mozart’s Genius. This is discovered
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The first theory to look at is called Albert Bandura’s social learning theory‚ a portion of the psychological theory. Bandura’s theory focuses that by observing others‚ individuals learn to be aggressive and criminal. This could explain Cho’s case on wanting to shoot up his university as The Denver Post claimed that Cho idolized the Columbine shooters‚ Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. Cho had done a video manifesto‚ much like Harris and Klebold did before their shootings (called the “Basement Tapes”)
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shocked‚ flattered‚ and elated‚ all at the same time. As the excitement died down and I began to worry about my salutatory address and a myriad of ideas of what I wanted to say flooded my mind. But‚ as June rolled around and senioritis kicked in‚ my speech felt like just another last minute homework assignment I needed to complete. For inspiration‚ I searched “hashtag salutatorian” on all forms of social media: Instagram‚ Twitter‚ and even Tumblr. Unfortunately‚ these all failed to inspire me and
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FIGURES OF SPEECH Idioms or figures of speech are combinations of words whose meaning cannot be determined by examination of the meanings of the words that make it up. Or‚ to put it another way‚ an idiom uses a number of words to represent a single object‚ person or concept. Unless you recognise when an idiom is being used you can easily misunderstand the meaning of a text. An idiom is a figure of speech that is used to help express a situation with ease‚ but by using expressions that are usually
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