Persuasive Language Techniques 1. Attacks Attacks are a version of playing the man‚ not the ball. If you can make your opposition seem less credible‚ you may be more likely to get a reader to agree with your side of the argument. At the least‚ attention can be taken away from the issue itself and put on to the personality. Attacks can attempt to belittle or embarrass or just plain insult an opponent. The idea is that the weaker you can make your opposition appear‚ the stronger you and your contention
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Finding my cultural identity As a teenager my cultural identity has been impacted through the years with my family‚ cultural traditions‚ and even the music I listen too. Living in Louisiana has formed a part of my identity that couldn’t have been developed in any other state or country. From the crawfish boils every easter to the festivals every season playing the sound of zydeco‚ I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. First off‚ my cultural identity would not be the same if it wasn’t for my
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Cognitive Behavior GEORGE A. SMITH PSY 3002 Developing a Psychology Perspective Capella University Cognitive Behavior There are so many different forms of depression‚ even with the different diagnoses some of the symptoms are similar and at times the very same. Trying to decide whether or not the cognitive perspective outweighed the biological perspective was unfair because both are equally important with both causing depression
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Jenna Meneses COM115-750 December 2. 2014 Fall 2014 Fast Food? Topic: Don’t eat fast food. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience not to eat fast food‚ and to start eating healthier Thesis Statement: Eating fast food regularly can affect your health drastically‚ and can be disastrous. It’s up to you as an individual to start making healthy habits‚ and stop consuming all those unhealthy foods. Intro Attention Material/ Credibility Material: When we’re hungry‚ and don’t have time to cook we all
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Amber 4 April 2012 The Double Edged Sword of African American Literature Throughout history‚ little by little our great country has progressed‚ from a nation that was barely getting on its own feat in the early 1800’s to legalizing the rights of every American citizen within the United States during the1960’s. But what about the African Americans? Anyone who is familiar with our American culture and History can tell you that African Americans have played a major role in our histories movements
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Proposal Outline AUDIENCE: 000 MY OBJECTIVE: 000 would be my client next week. NEEDS: My audience 000 has the following needs 1. Money-smart spending plan which keeps 7% annual earning under 30% market ups and downs. 2. Retirement Plan for 20 years later. 3. Have more time to take care of his work and family. Plan: 1. Being employed as his personal financial consultant. 2. Given at least three hundred thousand dollars to manage. How it works: 1. I will review his financial
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TO: Harri Karvinen‚ President FROM: Saurabh Mishra‚ Regional Manager of Sales DATE: 19th July‚ 2009 SUBJECT: Review of proposal to eliminate STP On behalf of all the regional sales managers and the salespersons in TeknoSport‚ I would like to put forth this request to kindly review the pending decision to eliminate the legendary TeknoSport’s Sales training programme(STP). Being part of the business for a long time‚ and from the rich ground work experience that we all believe we have‚ we feel that
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Speech Goal: To inform the audience about physical child abuse. Introduction: I. I want everyone to take a moment to think back to your own childhood. Think about the things you wanted and the things you had. For some of us‚ our childhood was the best‚ but for others it probably could’ve gone better. II. Unfortunately for many children a day in life is something unwanted. III. Every child deserves to have a happy and experience a perfect childhood. Most children wish for a
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Speech Proposal Speech Purpose: To persuade. Audience Analysis: My male-to-female ratio is 50/50 with an age range from 18 to 24. There are four seniors‚ four juniors‚ seven sophomores‚ and two freshmen. Many are from the Southeast‚ however‚ we do have a couple from the Northeast‚ leaving one accounted for the Midwest‚ West‚ and a foreign country. There are seven African Americans and eight whites. Their interests include sports‚ travel‚ movies‚ fashion‚ cooking/eating‚ family‚ and the beach
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Jesus Hernandez 1/14/13 2nd period Dear mayor: I am writing this letter I hope not to bother. My name is Jesus Hernandez a teenager at Richmond high school. The reason for this letter is because I want to give you the idea of building a healthy restaurant in the city of Richmond. The idea of this restaurant it happened when I read an article about the obesity percentage increased the recent years in California. In Richmond theirs not to many healthy places to eat so the obesity percentage
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