A Mile in My Shoes by Katherine Hillman 1 Someone once said‚ you don’t really know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes. Whoever said this must have met many a person like me. Where one’s shoes have been and what they have done can give you a great deal of insight into a person. I think my shoes reveal a lot about me—not only my everyday activities and hobbies‚ but the events that have shaped my inner self. 2 If you closely examine my shoes‚ you’ll notice many things that connect me
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than living for money. In the beginning‚ Kay presents the speaker describing a young twenty- year old female who was honored and brilliant. Kay uses many words that can symbolize the same meaning to describe the girl. In the first stanza‚ the words brilliant‚ adored‚ and Phi Beta Kappa all symbolize positive similes of this girl. The girl that Kay describes is in an honors club‚ which symbolizes that she is smart. As Kay presents the speaker in the second stanza saying‚ “She learned the cultured jargon
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ancestors and her own pain. Though each part holds its own significance and brings its own unique element to the poem‚ they are correlated heavily by the tone of aggression and rage portrayed by the reader. In the first part of the poem‚ in which the speaker is addressing the state of this modern California and the hatred she feels for the people who have created it‚ Cervantes uses several words such as “cuts”‚ “cesarean”‚ “fertile”‚ “bastard”‚ and “raped” to portray a feeling of a corrupted innocence
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Daring to Dream Introduction "I have learned‚ that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams‚ and endeavors to live the life he has imagined‚ he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." ~ Henry David Thoreau What is the American Dream? The concept of dreams — the dream of practicing religion without persecution‚ the dream of having the freedom to pursue happiness‚ the dream of equality and self-betterment‚ and the dream of wealth and comfort — has molded America
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Whenever it is time to prepare for a speech in class the first thing I think about is how I can connect with the audience. I do this first because I feel that any audience member should feel a connection between them and the speaker whether or not they agree or disagree with the speaker. And the way I display this connection with the audience is through the types of immediacy such as verbal immediacy‚ nonverbal immediacy‚ technological influences on immediacy‚ and cultural influences on immediacy. In
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In this piece work I shall give an outline of our presentation‚ talk about my role in the presentation‚ what I have learnt from the exercise and use feedback both from tutor and peers to talk about the effectiveness of our presentation. The presentation was about how to care for a diabetic patient and our objective was to cut across learning outcomes 3‚4&5 these were; the role of the nurse‚ communication skills and working in a diverse society. This topic was chosen because it was related
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and internal barriers. Internal Barriers. Internal barriers are those that deal with the mental or psychological aspects of listening. The perception of the importance of the message‚ the emotional state‚ and the tuning in and out of the speaker by the listener are examples of internal barriers. External Barriers. External barriers are the barriers other than those that deal with the mental and psychological make up of the listener that tend to keep the listener from devoting full attention
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Reflective Journal Entries Liberty University Week 3 # 3 Barriers Between Listener and Speaker This weeks reading focused on the barriers that can be between the speaker and listeners and how these barriers can effect communication. One of the most notable barriers mentioned was awareness. The idea of improving or changing anything demands that there be a measurement of awareness. The way we can improve listening habits is to use listening
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one would ever suspect a killer lived in the very same house Forche is visiting. However‚ this scene begins to change after the first and second lines and then the reader begins to see that the speaker is trying to foreshadowing some sort of evil is about to take place. For instance‚ in line three the speaker talks about the colonel” keeping a pistol next to him on a cushion”. This should give the reader an indication of something not being right or that the colonel must protect himself at all times
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Topic for Persuasive Speech The speech you will prepare will be 3-4 minutes long. Make sure you look at the instructions below and sample information provided to complete this assignment. There will be two grades assigned. Portion of your grade (30%) will be assignment to the written preparation which will be due the class before the start of your presentation. This written assignment will be uploaded on Angel. Make sure that you have submitted your first part. If it is missing you will not
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