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    freedom of speech is important to America. It’s important to remind us about the wars we won to have the freedom of speech and how many people actually sacrificed their lives for us during that war. Freedom of speech protects everyone from all walks of life to think and express themselves freely. Freedom of speech is the liberty to speak openly without fear. The rights to speak your mind freely is important to society and hold the power that plays a role in our lives. The freedom of speech is important

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    Thoreau they portrayed his Transcendentalist beliefs when he said “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself‚ than be crowded on a velvet cushion”‚ a quote that actually touches on two key Transcendentalist principles. The most obviously expressed precept is that one should live their lives simply with “simple food‚ simple clothing‚ simple housing‚ just the bare necessities of life and nature‚ the “perfect” concoction. However‚ the transcendentalist ideas of simplicity and

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    essence of free speech; it is‚ as Orwell believed‚ the mother of all civil rights. Without the unconditional freedom to offend it cannot exist. Ideas are‚ more often than not‚ dangerous things. There is little point in having freedom of speech if it only defends the most popular and innocuous of opinions. The freedom to offend can perpetrate racial‚ social or religious intolerance; however‚ conversely‚ it is also the only means available to fight against such bigotry. Free speech is not something

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    When discussing free speech‚ it is important to recall the purpose of having the right of free speech. It allows the common people to speak their minds publically without punishment. Protests greatly use free speech to deliver their messages. Political opinions‚ personal stories‚ and bad restaurant reviews can be shared without punishment. On the other hand‚ our freedoms also allow individuals to share their negative emotions in the forms of online bullying‚ hate speech‚ and YouTube comments. The

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    ENGL101 Final May 15‚ 2012 Invention Conan O’Brien gave his commencement speech at Dartmouth in 2011‚ congratulating the graduating class and imparting a few words of wisdom.During his speech‚ he appealed mostly to pathos and ethos‚ being as this was a commencement speech‚ there wasn’t very much need to appeal to logos using stats or facts. He used pathos to appeal to the graduating students by telling about his falling out with NBC and how he came back to fame with his talk show on TBS. He

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    Rhetorical appeals‚ syntax‚ and tone drive a piece of writing or speech and create the full effect of the text. The appeals in writing provide connection between speaker and audience. Use of syntax‚ the word order‚ influences the effect and overall meaning of the text. The tone‚ the general attitude of the piece‚ influences how the reader or audience perceives what is being said. In Amy Poehler effectively utilizes rhetorical appeals like pathos‚ syntax‚ and tone (in her Harvard University Class

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    Unit 14 Support Children’s Speech‚ Language and Communication Unit Code: T/600/9789 1.1 There are many speech‚ language and communication needs of children. Speech refers to saying sounds accurately and in the right places in words; the sounds people use to communicate words; speaking fluently‚ without hesitation or prolonging or repeating words and sounds and speaking with a clear voice‚ using pitch‚ volume and intonation to support meaning. Language refers to speaking and understanding

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    As an advocate‚ I will be arguing against the proposition stating that campus speech codes are required to ensure that all voices are welcomed. To start off‚ campus speech codes are defined as regulations that prevent discriminatory speech directed at a person’s race‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ or other element of identity. However‚ I think there can be an argument made that these codes can set a different standard on what it means to be discriminatory. Therefore‚ these regulations can unjustly restrict

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    is in all nature and humanity Transcendentalist generally believe everything in the world is a reflection of god‚ intuition can lead people to understand God ’s spirit‚ a person can be close to god through nature and not necessarily be a church-goers‚ self-reliance‚ individualism‚ and that true feelings are more valuable than book knowledge. Some of Emily Dickinson ’s values are that of a Transcendentalist while some are not. Emily Dickinson does show transcendentalist qualities when she embraces individualism

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    Should schools be able to revoke your freedom of speech? No I do not believe so because of many reasons. One‚ it’s against the first amendment in the constitution. Second‚ the whole point of our founding fathers came over here to America was to have freedom. Third‚ this is a democracy. So‚ no school should not be able to take away our freedom of speech Our amendments were made for a guide line for our government and to give us rights. If a school that runs off of taxes paid from the people of

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