“My Country” Persuasive Speech Have you ever wondered about what it means to be a ‘True’ Australian? Does it mean to be “Fair Dinkum’ or does it mean to be of Australian Blood? Does it mean to live in the bush or desert and wear an Akubra with jeans and an old shirt? Hello fellow students. Today I am standing here to discuss how and why ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar best represents Australia. Although some may argue that this poem was written in 1908 and since then Australia has changed in
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A love letter to my country: from a transgender Filipina InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 Mga minamahal kong kababayan (To my beloved Philippines): I know that it has been an emotional three weeks to all of us who have been affected by the death of Jennifer Laude‚ the 26-year-old transgender woman whose lifeless body was found with her head in a motel toilet in Olongapo City‚ Philippines on October 11‚ 2014. I know‚ too‚ that Jennifer Laude’s story has divided us as a nation. While
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My Little Bit of Country What would the ideal lifestyle contain? Would it be a busy life‚ surrounded by tall buildings and lots of people or would it be on the country‚ enveloped in the uncontrolled nature and with a small society? Some would argue for the city-life‚ while others would argue for the country-life. It might be impossible to conclude which lifestyle is really the best‚ but there is definitely both cons and pros to each of the two lifestyles. In an article called My Little Bit of
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My Little Bit of Country The text is about a woman called Susan Cheever‚ an essay from 2012. Susan was born in 1943‚ and later on‚ she became an American writer. The text is Cheever’s memories from she was about 3 or 4 years old‚ and up to her older years in 2012. In the beginning‚ the telling takes place in New York City‚ until Cheever’s parents decide to move her brother and her to the country. Susan Cheever is a 1st person narrator with access to her very own memories. Her father went home from
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If I could create a country of my choosing‚ I would create a Union State similar to the defunct Soviet Union with some important changes. The country I would create would be composed of the same countries that formed the former Soviet Union: Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Azerbaijian‚Tajikstan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ Belarus‚ Moldova‚ Kazakhstan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Ukraine and Russia. This state would also be a one party country dominated by the Socialist Union Party. This is where the
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annoyed voice replies‚ “She’s my friend and I hang out with my friends and since when do you care who I hang out with?” “Since I realized that she likes you! She is always around wherever you are and I just can’t stand it.” Jessica lowers herself onto the couch next to Johnny and pauses the game and snarls‚ “and sometimes it seem s like you want to be around her a lot more than you want to be around me!” “Yeah maybe because she is not always nagging me about everything I do‚” Johnny whispers as he
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hear) Br. Chandok: Aap ne kuchh kaha cadet Amardeep Huda? Huda: (startled to hear his name) n..no.. no..Sir..maine to kuchh nahi kaha. Br. Chandok: And you shouldn’t even dare to.(pauses for a moment or so and starts again) So‚ tomorrow at 8 sharp‚ I want to see you all in the main campus ground for the drill. Thankyou. (and then he leaves) Huda: Budhe ke kaan bade tej
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MY COUNTRY: ANALYSIS Dorothea Mackellar’s ‘My Country’ is a poem expressing Mackellar’s deep passion and love for her country‚ Australia. The whole poem’s intention seems to evoke the sense of praising for the country and express Mackellar’s deep relationship and passion with her land. Mackellar attains this response from the audience by using numerous language techniques such as; Juxtaposition‚ personification‚ sound patterns including alliteration and assonance‚ imagery‚ and paradox. The use of
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The Day I lost Him Do you ever look at your boyfriend/girlfriend‚ best friend‚ brother/sister‚ or anyone you love and wonder what would life be like without them? Or do you ever imagine that they would just be gone one day? I never think that way. I think that everyone is invincible and everyone is going to live forever. That is how it seems at least. That is definitely not the case. I guess you could call me an idealist‚ but in reality people that you see everyday could be gone tomorrow. That
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The Best Days In Your Life The quote school days are the best in your life is a very personal question to the person. For it involves them looking back at their life and remembering their experiences in the school and out. Lots of kids say that they hate school‚ and say they never want to go. But without schools we wont learn the skills we need for jobs in later life. This would make jobs unsafe for we would not have the knowledge and technical know how. In some countries it is not essential for
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