"modifies" a noun (a big dog). Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard). We can often use two or more adjectives together (a beautiful young French lady). Adverbs Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions such as how?‚ where?‚ when? how often? and how much? Pronouns Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he‚ you‚ ours‚ themselves‚ some
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Good morning everyone. I’m the chairperson of the English Club. Today‚ I’m going to share a topic to all of you. But first‚ let me ask you two questions. Are you bored with reading‚ grammar and writing? Would you like to find a more fun and entertaining method to improve your English? I believe you all will have the same answer‚ right? In fact‚ listening to English songs is a useful and interesting way to learn English. It might be one of the best ways to retain or remember vocabulary and grammar
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Stuttering is a speech pattern that contains an abnormally high frequency or duration of disruptions in the forward flow of speech affecting its continuity‚ rhythm‚ rate‚ and effortfulness. A disruption in speech is called a disfluency. We all have disfluencies in our speech‚ such as “uh”‚ “um”‚ pausing‚ or rewording‚ but it is only considered stuttering when we are disfluent more than ten percent of the time. The Essentials of Stuttering Fluency is the effortless flow of speech. There are four
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September 30‚ 2014 Speech #2 Professor Toast Speech Assignment 1. Introduction: a. Attention Getter: As Doctor Seuss once said “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams”. b. Topic Revelation: For those of you who don’t know me I am Johnny’s only and younger sister‚ NAME. It is an honor to be given the opportunity to stand up at my brother’s wedding and give this toast. c. Preview: If I were to describe Johnny in one word‚ it
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Defining any technical terms that you will be using NEED STEP II. Statement of Need A. Illustration B. Ramifications 1. 2. C. Pointing There are potentially two kinds of needs (your speech uses one of these): * To urge a change-point out what’s wrong with present conditions * To demand preservation of present conditions-point out the danger of a change The Need Step is developed by: * Illustration: Tell of one or more incidents
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Austin’s Speech Act Theory and the Speech Situation Etsuko Oishi Esercizi Filosofici 1‚ 2006‚ pp. 1-14 ISSN 1970-0164 link: http://www.univ.trieste.it/~eserfilo/art106/oishi106.pdf AUSTIN’S SPEECH ACT THEORY AND THE SPEECH SITUATION Etsuko Oishi The talk starts with a question‚ why do we discuss Austin now? While answering the question‚ I will (I) present an interpretation of Austin’s speech act theory‚ (II) discuss speech act theory after Austin‚ and (III) extend Austin’s speech act theory
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But little do you know that we didn’t give each other the time of day. We would go dirt bike riding‚ snow boarding‚ and wake boarding together‚ but never say a word to each other. I never knew that eleven years later I would be here giving a speech at your wedding. Being this close to crystal‚ we share many juicy and hilarious secrets. I will spare you guys from those stories because 1) It would take me days to tell them all and 2) because I respect crystal too much to embarrass her on what is supposed
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311 Demonstration Speech Video Assignment Upon completing my demonstration speech on how to make my Perfectly Pipeable Buttercream Frosting I knew that I could have done better. I was worried about timing and got jumbled. In saying this‚ I do not think that my speech was bad. There were things I did well on and some that I did not do so well on. I am moderately okay with the way my speech turned out. I believe that my introduction was possibly the strongest part of my speech because that is where
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ICEBREAKER SPEECH – SAFWAN ZAROOK ‘Success’ Thirty five years ago‚ it was on a Friday late night around 11:52 a mother had been in labor pain. This mother was blessed to have a baby boy at that night‚ in the beautiful city of Colombo. Being the bread winner in the family‚ I crowned my parents with two new titles‚ a “mother” and a “Father”. Over the years‚ I grew up with three siblings. Studied in public school. I was kicked out of school being the naughty child. By the way my teachers‚ they never
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My shield speech went a lot better than I thought. Speaking in front of a crowd creates nerves‚ but I was able to take a deep breath and control my nerves. The pace I developed remained constant and created fluency and clarity for the audience. The longer I was in front of my fellow classmates‚ the more comfortable I became. My practice tactic was simple; practice in front of people I would naturally get nervous in front of. An example of this would be my boyfriend who I practiced in front of twice
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