blessings in your life? Lou Gehrig preferred to count his blessings and continued to fight. He went day after day knowing his time was coming to an end‚ yet still managed to focus on the beautiful life he lived. In his speech “Farewell to Baseball Address”‚ Lou Gehrig uses rhetorical questions‚ repetition‚ and positive diction to effectively convey the idea that even though he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis he is still blessed. Lou Gehrig used rhetorical questions to display how he
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3 Warnings from Washington’s Farewell Address: ◦Cultivate peace and justice toward all nations. ◦Avoid alliances and maintain neutrality among nations. ◦Be guided by principles‚ not interests. “Cultivate peace and justice toward all nations”‚ “Avoid alliances and maintain neutrality among nations”‚ “Be guided by principles‚ not interests”. Despite attempts the country have been failed in this three warnings. The country have been trying to live up to “cultivate peace and justice toward
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The different tones of the two excerpts emphasize both authors’ reasons to address grammar snobs. In accordance to Emma‚ I also enjoyed the second article’s mocking tone and its utilization of humor‚ overall making it a more informal article. Casagrande’s point that everyone is susceptible to grammar misusage (“all grammar bullies get their comeuppance”) shows her disdain towards the e-mails from sanctimonious readers who sought pleasure from discrediting her own grammar. Casagrande mocks the pretentious
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Stefanos Lazaridis Professor Weatherup English 102 November 16‚ 2013 JFK Recognized around the world for his leadership qualities‚ charismatic speeches‚ and anti racist views‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a husband‚ father‚ and beloved 35th president of the United States. Kennedy was born in Brookline‚ Massachusetts on May‚ 29th 1917‚ to a mother who was a philanthropist and a father who was a wealthy business man. Kennedy had a privileged life and went to a variety of elite schools before attending
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In president Roosevelt’s speech “Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty” he describes the the promise of American as “...a unity in language and speech‚ in law and in economics‚ in education and in general purpose‚ which nowhere finds its match.’’ The promise of America is to have equal opportunity‚ unity‚ and liberty for all those who live in America. But only by the efforts and devotion of those who live in America can we make its freedom safer‚ make it richer
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the civil war would finally come to a closing I wished so desperately for this day to come sooner‚ despite all the conflict was elected for a second term in office. ‚I hung one last picture of all before I prepared myself for my second inaugural address where I will start to announce my plans for the future please take a seat mr. president. I kindly thanked him and sat down at the chair‚ i’m hoping to focus on healing‚ instead of triumph over winning this war I do feel that healing is most necessary
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On Tuesday January 20‚ 2009‚ President Barack Obama announced his Inaugural address outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington‚ D.C.‚ as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. Obama’s Inauguration speech was a noteworthy moment that was observed not only by three million people attending the event‚ but also by people around the world. The structure of the speech starts with Obama speaking about American hardships and the important challenges they face‚ the wars that Americans
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other hand‚ the Union was anti-slavery and wanted to abolish it. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President‚ his main goal was to keep the United States together and would do everything in his power to keep it that way. Lincoln said in his inaugural address that “I have no purpose‚ directly or indirectly‚ to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so‚ and I have no inclination to do so” (1860). While Abraham Lincoln was the face
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of our society nowadays. Without it we would probably still live as they did back in the Stone Age. The younger generation must accept the importance of education‚ as it will benefit themselves and the society as well. In the speech “Commencement Address” at Bowie State University‚ May 17th 2013‚ she wants to deliver a message about the importance of an education with the aim to reach out to younger people especially the African American. Her message gets clearer for the listener by the way she expresses
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New Legislation to Address Truancy in Schools Starting October 1‚ 2012‚ many families in Michigan will be faced with new legislation requiring their children to attend school or lose their state assistance. What this means to the parents of children in Pontiac is an extra effort must be made in getting their children to school. Community activists‚ educators and elected officials cite numerous explanations for the increasing truancy but that appears to have little impact on deterring the policy
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