Year 10 Speeches 2013 Choose 1 of the following 4 topic areas for a 3 minute speech : ‘Starstruck’: celebrity topic Celebrities are big business. The stars of film‚ TV‚ music and sport are some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. Their faces sell millions of magazines and products. Every detail of their lives is captured by journalists and the paparazzi and distributed to their legions of fans through traditional media and the internet. * Do we really need all the
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Dread filled his soul as he noticed his own sphere of light growing dimmer with each passing moment. He had already died‚ there was no knowing what came after death‚ only possibly oblivion. The light continued to fade‚ as his anxiety grew‚ he began to scream internally as he consciousness began to fade along with the light. Oblivious to the feeling of warmth‚ and the soft sounds that greeted him when it
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humans because of its strong nocturnal habits rarely see it. Although they are rarely seen‚ kinkajous have a wide variety of vocalizations that can be heard throughout the forest’s canopy. Their shrill barks and screams have been said to resemble a woman’s scream. Kinkajous usually scream when they are going to attack because of agitation. Kinkajous also make a kissing sound when they are happy or interested. Another form of communication is by scent. Kinkajous have large scent glands near their mouth
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You all were brought into this world‚ lived as a child happily with a loving family. A fence keeps you contained from running wild; you are surrounded by your family. You played with your sisters and brothers‚ embracing the life you have. You have grown up‚ you are strong now‚ you are bigger now‚ and you can feel every emotion now. Suddenly strange figures surround you; you are trapped within the fence of your life. You are being forced onto a ship; you are being separated from your family. Other
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Candide Free-will-agent Determine the course of action Leibniz Cause-effect Nature catastrophe disaster=knowledge Good and bad=moral Third person Good may distance readers from the protagonist/hero Genealogy Chain reaction‚ trace back the origin Disease: syphilisparody of genealogy love and cause and effect become questionable El Dorado The best‚ utopia Good: no material wealth‚ all in agreement‚ knowledge/gallery‚ safe (very hard to reach and surrounded by mountains)‚ open
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Rhetorical Appeals Essay “The louder she screamed‚ the harder he whipped; and where the blood ran fastest‚ there he whipped the longest.” This gruesome quote comes from the authentic book Frederick Douglass An American Slave. Douglass‚ the author of the book‚ scribes his experiences as a slave‚ and the peculiar people he meets along the way. Through his writing‚ Douglass appeals most to pathos through the cruelty thrown upon his aunt‚ the freedom of the Chesapeake‚ and his struggle with working
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must not close my eyes tonight. “SHUT YOUR EYES NOW‚ TOMMY! DO IT NOW!” roars the monster. The roar scares me‚ and I accidentally close my eyes. I shut them so tight I begin to see purple spots and that’s when I realize what I’ve done. I try to scream‚ but no sound comes out. The monster has taken my voice. Then‚ I feel a thumping from beneath my bed. Thump. Thump. Thump. The monster is trying to get out. Thump. Thump. Thump. I close my eyes again and pray that it won’t be too bad tonight. “Thank
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complications occurred during the birth of her child. Accompanied by the doctor‚ are his son Nick and Uncle George‚ who rows across the water‚ into the Indian camp. The pregnant woman is in a shabby hut. It has been two days of intense pain and screams so loud that the men left the cabin and settled at some distance ("the men had moved off‚ up the road"). The doctor explains to his son‚ Nick‚ that the wife was in labor and she screamed because it hurts to deliver a baby. Since he had no narcotics
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As I slowly opened my eyes‚ all I saw was darkness. I try to feel my surroundings and all I touched were bars. I call out her name and all I heard back was mmm. They came back after a few hours‚ I tried to scream‚ I tried to break the bars‚ pull them apart‚ nothing‚ nothing worked. I hid in fear at the corner of the cell‚ watching them enter the room‚ I hadn’t realized where we were until they turned the lights on. I started screaming at them to let us go‚ or if not me to let her go‚ she is of
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true intentions are‚ and adds an ironic tone to the protagonist’s name. The traveler that Goodman encounters on his journey is eventually revealed to be the Devil himself in the scene when the traveler touches Goody Cloyse with his staff and she screams out “the devil.”‚ on page 588. Travelling with the Devil during Goodman’s journey can represent Goodman’s efforts to avert temptations as well as personify his struggle to deal with his faith in his religion. Throughout the short story‚ the author
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