College graduates are increasingly being asked to give presentations as part of their job interviews • Internet & other technologies has not reduced the need for pubic speaking The tradition of public speaking • Oldest handbook on effective speech was written on papyrus in Egypt 4‚500yrs ago. • Eloquence was highly prized in ancient India‚ Africa & china as well as Aztecs and other pre-European cultures of north & south America • Greece and Rome essential role in education & life • Aristotle’s
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considered absences. Participation: MANDATORY. Completion of all On Line work and participation in all classroom activities are necessary to pass the class Make-up speeches cannot be allowed: Time scheduling is too constricted to allow it. Speech outlines will NOT be accepted late. All major speeches must be completed on the scheduled day‚ to pass this class. Assignments: All other assignments must be on time to get full credit. Plagiarism: Policies on cheating and plagiarism will
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loyalty to the interests and well-being of Hamlet‚ and‚ as Hamlet’s death draws near‚ his role as the reliable transmitter of Hamlet’s story and legacy. Hamlet’s recognition of these attributes of Horatio enables him to maintain a sincere‚ profound friendship that becomes fortified with the passage of time. Unlike virtually everyone surrounding Hamlet in the royal court of Denmark‚ including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ complete lackeys to the king‚ Polonius‚ who flatters Hamlet even for the latter’s
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THE FRIENDSHIP OF ANTONIA AND JIM “Since I’ve been away‚ I think of you more often than of anyone else in this part of the world. I’d have like to have you for a sweetheart‚ or a wife‚ or my mother or my sister anything that a woman can be to man (Cather 240). In Willa Cather’s My Antonia‚ Jim Burden spoke those words to his lifelong love‚ Antonia Shimerda. Jim and Antonia were close friends‚ but were so far apart in other aspects; therefore‚ they never got a chance to be husband and wife. One
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Anonymous (L.S.) The Complications that Arise from Friendships of Utility Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ conveys the tale of an unlikely friendship between two very different individuals in a time where companionship is scarce and times are difficult for everyone. George‚ an intelligent and quick witted fellow‚ finds himself in more trouble than he’s bargained for when Lennie‚ a strong but rather incompetent man‚ makes a transgression ultimately causing them to become fugitives
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concept and practice of friendship. Aristotle himself sets three requirements for friendship‚ as well as three separate categories for friendship‚ the categories being‚ utility based‚ pleasure based‚ and virtue based. While Aristotle does state that a virtue based friendship is the strongest‚ one could also put forth the argument that friendship only exists for the benefits of utility that come from friendship‚ leading to the true conclusion that friendship for the sake of friendship does not exist. The
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the virtues that really stood out to me was his examination of friendship. Although Aristotle seems to be more interested in distinguishing the various forms that friendships have ‚ his main theme in Books VIII and IX is to show the compatibility of the relationships between virtuous activities and friendship. He breaks down the different types of friendship into three categories: utility‚ friendship of pleasure‚ and a virtuous friendship. When two people realizes that the other person has a good character
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come back in a few days to give our vivas and 8th sem exams. But then I guess we have to make do with what we have‚ and I’m happy that I got a chance to speak to all my friends from college on this occasion I think that a farewell speech is probably the ONLY speech where students actually listen to the speaker (well I am hoping at least that is the case right now!) Now that I have your undivided attention‚ let me share a few experiences I had during the past 4 years of my life in K.J Somaiya
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William Deresiewicz wrote the passage called a “Faux Friendship” to shed light on the damage friendships have taken over the years. He states that “we live in a time when friendship has become both all and nothing at all” he uses this sentence to briefly explain what friendship means and how its been affected. Not only does he compare friendship to the 18th and 19th century but he also mentions that “were all on a first name basis‚ and when we vote for president‚ we ask ourselves whom we’d rather
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make friends with. Example: People from ‘Uptown’ tend to make friends with those of a similar background‚ or financial status as them. Similarly people of limited means stick together and form friendships. However there are some exceptions‚ especially in more open society of today where there are friendships formed across classes due to similarity in personality or social activities. Society is
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