life is my mom. I can’t but admire my mom’s strength and her wisdom. I am a strong believer in the saying “like father"‚ “like son" goes with both genders‚ however‚ I do think that this is more a result of following example rather than a result genetics. It is common knowledge that not everyone is perfect‚ even heroes‚ and in realizing this I know. Although I wish to be like my mom in most ways I do not at all. This realization may be one of the most important things I have learned‚ my mom has taught
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Speech Act By: Janice Widjajakusuma – 2013008114 Speech acts is an utterance that has formative function in language and communication. As what I have learned earlier in class‚ there are apologize and complaint as example for speech acts. Below I will give some other verb of speech acts that people often use together with the definition and example so we can see the difference between each verb. |Speech Acts Verb |Definition
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Just imagine a life without cooking‚ so basically no food. I’m sure for some people they are thinking; yeah my speech is about food. Well sorry it’s not‚ I’m talking about the cooking part of the whole food making process. Basically my speech is about how I started to like cooking from the very beginning‚ also all the history going way back in time for cooking. Cooking is my natural high‚ whenever I have the chance to cook that is all I do for hours or a whole day if possible. In my opinion I fell
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way after losing her mother at a very young age and growing up with her father and grandmother and five siblings‚ one being a twin. My mom’s dad had to make sacrifices while raising my mom and her siblings; it wasn’t easy growing up without her mother‚ my mom put herself through college with the help of her dad. My mom has a successful career and is married and is raising a happy family. Initially I thought of a celebrity as a person with the most influence in my life‚ but as I thought about it‚ I realized
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THE LAST SPEECH OF PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO : BETWEEN FARAWELL AND WARNINGS. Italian President of Republic‚ Giorgio Napolitano delivered a special speech on New Year’s Eve. He starts confirming the assumptions on his resignation‚ but he also directed strong words of warning to Italian politicians and of hope to citizens. 31st December is the day when leading political figures traditionally welcome the new year with a reflection on the past one. In this occasion with a 21 minutes speech aired on television
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Madelyn Gilmore Witt P. 5 Betrayal Speech Betrayal is a tricky thing. For instance‚ you do something that goes against another person’s beliefs/actions‚ but you’re doing what you think is right. In a recent poll of 175 high school students over half of them had said that they were betrayed by a friend or a loved one‚ but then later on realized that the betrayal was for a good reason. One student (who wished to remain anonymous) that we talked to was nice enough to share her story. “At first I was
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Divorce Speech Has the word divorce ever came upon your marriage before or either your family? Well I advocate the resolution regarding divorce. Contention one is people divorce for insufficient reasons and my second contention is divorce can affect your health conditions. Have you ever wonder why people divorce? Do you think they ever considered children’s feelings? Contention one was people divorcing for insufficient reasons. People divorce because of their selfishness or maybe because
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how to correctly combine the ISO‚ shutter speed‚ and aperture in order to capture a photo manually with a DSLR camera. Introduction Attention Material (I)(Going to ask class question) “Raise your hand if you or someone you know‚ wither it be your mom‚ friend‚ aunt‚ whoever‚ has a DSLR or ‘fancy’ camera. Now keep your hand up if you actually know how to use it. All right‚ well I want to change that! Credibility Material: (II) I am currently in a photojournalism class at WKU and I pick up taking
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On the school’s stage I was hosting a school event. I was asked to give a short speech about children’s first experience in a palace away from their mothers love. I wrote the speech with my own words and emotions‚ I felt that I left an impact on the audience when I saw their tears of joy and sadness. Since that day I realized the significant power of writing. Using my pen‚ I turned my thoughts into letters‚ words‚ sentences. I was not a professional writer since I was a 12-year old. As a child I
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BAHUROOPEE GANDHI Written By Anu Bandopadhyaya Forwarded By Jawaharlal Nehru Forward This book is for children. But I am sure that many grown-ups will read it with pleasure and profit. Already Gandhiji has become a legend. Those who have not seen him‚ especially the children of today‚ must think of him as a very unusual person‚ a superman who performed great deeds. It is desirable‚ therefore‚ for the common aspects of his life to be placed before them‚ as is done by this book
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