Chapter 2 Giving your firs speech: developing confidence Three different purposes for giving a speech (p. 25). -Do you want them to learn something? If so‚ your general purpose is to inform. -Do you want them to respond by believing or doing something? Then‚ your general purpose is to persuade. -Do you want them simply to laugh and enjoy themselves? Your purpose is to entertain. 4 different ways to introduce a topic (p. 27) -orient the audience by drawing their attention to subject
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‘Increasing pleasure is more important than ending pain and suffering.’ How far would utilitarian’s agree with this statement? A utilitarian’s opinion on increasing pleasure rather than ending pain would depend upon the severity of the case being assessed. Although utilitarianism is used to decide whether or not in theory carrying out an act will bring about more pleasure‚ some utilitarian’s may argue that there are cases of suffering which require more serious attention‚ to put an end to that
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Should advertising influence people by giving information? Discursive Essay Final draft Kosherbek Azamat‚ ID 20120676 Academic Reading and Writing GEN 1120 Instructor (Gulnar Zagitova) 26 September 2012 Discursive Essay Outline Student’s name: Azamat Kosherbek Essay question: Should advertising influence people by giving information? I. Introduction Thesis statement: Although‚ some advertisements have negative
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Middle School Public Debate Program -- www.middleschooldebate.com Television is a bad influence Key Terms Sources V-Chip American Psychological Association Passive http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html Impressionable Pop Cultures Programming http://www.popcultures.com/articles/tv.htm Study: TV On‚ Reading Ability Off http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/28/health/main580490.shtml Fact Set • The average American watches television for more than four hours a day. • A recent
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Juan Martinez 19 September 2012 Professor Joyce English 099 American Beauty Beauties are qualities that bring pleasure or satisfaction to a person or an animal. People have their own opinions on how they define beauty. True beauty is not about physical appearance but also the goals and morals they have in life. With the combination of having problems in people’s lives it is hard to find their inner beauty. While watching the movie American Beauty by Alan Ball it describes problems
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In a technology dominated world‚ simple pleasures for children are lost. Comment. Technology is the development and application of tools‚ machines‚ materials and processes that help to solve human problems. As a human activity‚ technology predates both science and engineering. The term technology often characterises inventions and gadgets using recently discovered scientific principles and processes. Technology has become very important in our society recently‚ and more people are getting involved
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follow from four? Mill’s Doctrine of Higher and Lower Pleasures: The notion that the ultimate end of human existence is the enjoyment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain strikes many as ignoble‚ something porcine rather than Socratic. Hoping to counter this perception‚ Mill tries to show that not all pleasures are equal‚ that some are intrinsically superior to others and ought to be preferred. What Mill wants to show is that the higher pleasures of intellect‚ imagination‚ and emotion are superior
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Sometimes giving up seems easier than trying. It is very frustrating when the paper has to be just right. There cannot be any mistakes or any unaccepted marks. These are things you have to know. My father told me "You got it‚ do not let frustration get the best of you." Normally I would ball the paper up and start all over again. There was a blockage in my mind where I could not get the inspiration that I needed. This has to be one of my best papers yet. I have to win first place. Staying calm and
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work is rather controversial and leaves many questionable thoughts on religion and philosophy after the reading. It is full of the religious debates over the topic of human pleasure. An attentive reader may face a question: did Augustine end his pursuit of pleasure at his convention? Augustine did not cease his search for pleasures after he had converted to Christianity in book VIII. Before this important event in his life‚ Augustine has never missed an opportunity to enjoy
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Good afternoon‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ and thank you for attending this workshop. My name is Kerry Chin‚ from ABC Private Limited‚ and I am here to present a little speech on‚ ironically‚ “The Essential Elements of Giving a Speech.”. First I would like to thank my employer for giving me the opportunity to present a speech‚ and I would like to thank my dear colleagues for supporting me during my preperation. I would also like to thank the organisers for preparing such a wonderful and useful workshop
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