Sample MONROE’S MOTIVATED SEQUENCE Persuasive Outline Making a Difference Through the Special Olympics Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate time to the Special Olympics Central Idea: it would be very rewarding to volunteer to work with the Special Olympics because they have contributed a lot in helping people with disabilities Introduction I. ATTENTION: In Seattle‚ nine young athletes began racing in the 100-yard dash as the gun went off. A. All except one little
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The Secrets We Keep “We all have secrets; we live and breathe them every day. We may not know what one another’s secrets are‚ but we know they’re there.” This quote is from the famous author Gail Saltz‚ M.D of the book Anatomy of a Secret Life: The Psychology of Living a Lie. Everyone is known to have a private side‚ which they may reveal to few‚ if any. According to Merriam Dictionary a secret is defined as “something that is kept hidden or concealed.” On the other hand‚ the Merriam Dictionary
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Greek Olympics The Greek Olympics were the building blocks for the modern day Olympics. The Olympics started in 776 B.C. and began to see who the best athlete was in all of the city states of Greece. Even during war time the Athletes were safely able to travel to the Olympics. There are many games that we have in our modern day Olympics that were used in the Ancient Greek Olympics such as Wrestling‚ Boxing‚ Sprint‚ Long jump‚ Boxing . The Olympics were not just about games it was also a religious
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Before I begin my paper I wanted to give a little history on the background of the Special Olympics. The first International Special Olympics Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago 1968. It was originally started by a woman named Anne McGlone Burke‚ who was a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park school district. She began with the idea for a one-time Olympic-style athletic competition for people with special needs. Burke then contacted Eunice Kennedy Shriver‚ who was the head
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Competitors in the Olympics are known to be strong‚ fearless‚ indestructible and passionate for the Olympics and the sport that they are competing against. The Olympics consist of a variety of sports that require competitors to be physically active but what these sports don’t do is improve health or memory. A sport that is proven to improve health and memory‚ but not in the Olympics is thumb wrestling. If competitors were as passionate for this sport like their own sport the world will have more educated healthier
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“I’m Gonna Give All My Secrets Away” A secret can undoubtedly be considered an urban myth in today’s society. The very concept of keeping a secret has been forgotten. I believe that a lot of the blame can be directed at social media and its effects on confidentiality‚ as well as peoples grasp on reality. I think we forget how big of an effect our words can have‚ when they are so easily typed and uploaded for anyone and everyone to see. When I say I believe people have lost their grasp on reality
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Is it time we took the Olympics off the shelf? The Olympics is always a costly event‚ especially the London 2012 Games. The price was originally planned at £2.4 billion‚ but has progressed to £9.3 billion‚ soaring by an extra £6.9 billion. At the same time‚ the government is making cuts in health and education. If we were to put the Olympics in a time capsule‚ would of future generations be proud‚ knowing we spent £9.3 billion on stadiums‚ security and fancy ceremonies when there are still so many
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family room to the kitchen‚ it was put in by my father during the Olympics‚ an event that attracted a lot of tourists into the beautiful city of Vancouver. The Vancouver Olympics used many First Nations’ symbols and mythical creatures for mascots. Though my family actively participated in the festivities of the 2010 winter Olympics‚ we were not aware of the past and ongoing violence against the First Nations. Though the 2010 winter Olympics gave many aboriginal groups the opportunity to showcase their
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The Secret Book Report The book that I chose to read for the book report was “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne‚ byrne is a television writer and producer‚ she is best known for the book she has written “The Secret” and the sequel “The Power.” She was also featured in time magazine‚ top 100 people who shape the world‚ she is also well recognized because she was a guest on the Oprah show. Her book sold over 19 million copies world-wide in 2007. Byres philosophy is that believing will
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Aia Shalan Professor Rzonca 4 December 2012 Writing 1 Final Essay- Draft # 1 The Secret in the Texts We all have our secrets- secrets we wish to keep to ourselves and no one else. Sometimes‚ these secrets are motivated by dark thoughts and hatreds for others. The hatred grows and festers until it swallows us‚ making it almost impossible to return to our natural normal state. The same idea goes for pain. What is pain really? Sometimes pain is extreme that we get used to it. The
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