Megan Johnson President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech After being sworn-in by Supreme Court Chief Justice‚ John Roberts‚ Barack Obama gave his inaugural speech in front of U.S. Capitol. On January 21‚ 2013 Obama addressed the nation as a president for the first time in his new term. Since April 30‚ 1789 Presidents have given an inaugural address after taking the oath as president. Usually an inaugural speech includes their vision of America and the plans they have in mind for building our country
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1 Of Speech .. SPEAKING IN PUBLIC CHAPTER’S SUMMARY PUBLIC SPEAKING Public speaking has been a vital form of empowerment. It can and often does make a difference in things people care about very much. The key phrase here is “make a difference.” This is what most of us want to do in life –to make a difference‚ to change the world in some small way. Public speaking offers you an opportunity to make a difference in something you care about very much. “Speech communication
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anxiety is to collaborate with others striving toward the same goal.” (13) I used to be a quiet student in class‚ who would not raise hand initiatively to answer questions. However‚ since the first day of this speech class‚ I realized that this class had the greatest opportunities for me to improve my public speaking skills just by speaking up in the class. I would even force myself to raise my hand‚ and regard each speaking opportunity as a mini speech. And I would be less fearful in this way‚ because
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black or white. Many say all black men are awful people who lie‚ but they know this is a lie. The rest of Atticus’s speech is about how racism is morally wrong and all men are created equal. Atticus makes the point that the fate of this man’s life depends on a person’s moral compass and he hopes the jury will do the right thing. I think what is most interesting in Atticus’s speech is when he talks about Tom Robinson feeling sorry for Mayella Ewell. In every trial there is always a time when an
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Freedom of Speech: Introduction: The American Flag is slowly being folded into a perfect triangle by soldiers. Bystanders watch as a twenty one gun salute is given to a veteran’s family who gave his life for our country. The family weeps over their lost loved one. This sacred moment in time is one that no one should interrupt. A group out of Kansas known as Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) travels around the country protesting at soldiers’ funerals that the death is God’s punishment to the U.S. for
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Speech # 1 Informative Speech SPEECH GOAL: I would like the audience to learn and understand the importance of retirement planning at a young age. THESIS STATEMENT: To create a safe financial retirement we need not to rely only on social security but also have other retirement plans such as a 401K and/or an IRA account. INTRODUCTION: I. How many of you expect to live past the age of 60? II. How many of you would like to one day retire and enjoy the golden days of life? III. Today I want
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Speech 101 D 10/14/12 Delivery Outline Introduction Attention getter: Take the time to think‚ how well do you know the people you call friends? Reveal topic: John Wayne Gacy was one of the Notorious Serial Killer in the United States. Thesis: Gacy was one of the well-known serial killers during the 1970’s. Credibility: In a 1982 news paper article from the Washington Post News “Gacy killed at least 33 young teenage boys by lower them to work for him.” Preview: We will look at details involving
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary a speech community is defined as a socially distinct group that develops a dialect; a variety of language that diverges from the national language in vocabulary‚ pronunciation‚ and grammar. Gumperz‚ Dorian‚ Fishman‚ Labov‚ Hymes‚ and Corder helped define a speech community. This essay will touch on the basis of multiple aspects of a speech community depending on their similarities and differences as well as how the concepts of these speech communities relate to such articles
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The Speech I have chosen to analyze is Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Address‚ also known as the “Infamy Speech‚” which was given on December 7th‚ 1941. Talk Card: FDR is using a leader talk card while addressing the nation after Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor that would lead to America’s involvement into World War II. In his speech‚ he asks congress for a declaration of war against Japan as a result of the attack. It was important that FDR used a leader talk card because the United
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Victor B. Andrews IV Sean Ennis Writ 102 April 24‚ 2013 “Speech Sounds” Speech Sounds is a fictional story written by an African-American science fiction author by the name of Octavia E. Butler. Octavia Butler received both the Hugo and Nebula awards for various works of hers. At a very young age Octavia was diagnosed with dyslexia and had acquired a slight speech impediment‚ which led to ongoing teasing and humiliation from her peers. She was often belittled and bullied by this and also
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