Steven Johnson‚ the author of “Watching TV makes you smarter” sheds light on the concept he calls the Sleeper Curve that essentially states that the cognitive complexity of today’s popular media is steadily increasing with passing time. And shows like Greys Anatomy and House clearly portraits the sleeper curve that Johnson is talking about when it comes to multithreading‚ flashing arrows and social networks. These shows are both medical dramas which use a ton of medical jargon which could make it
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that the unconverted sugar floats around the blood‚ which is very harmful" unquote. V. To sum up‚ there are 3 reasons why fast food is bad for you. a. High in fat b. High in calories c. Heart disease Meaningful sentence: you should start watching what you
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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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When I was younger I always thought that I would just wake up one day and I would be “grown up”‚ by grown up I don’t mean a certain age or height‚ but a time in your life when you have to be older and more mature than the people below you‚ to set a good example for them. That day never really seemed to come‚ even though I was the same age as some of my childhood heroes like Nick Freer‚ Steve Hicks and Shane Teirney when they were covering the front page of the Herald Palladium‚ I didn’t feel like
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they will discover the pros and cons of the death penalty. 3. Will they learn something new? We feel that each audience member will take something away from this speech. Each audience member can take different information‚ and it will resonate with each of them differently. Purpose Statement: By the end of our speech the audience will have a better understanding of the death penalty. The audience will be persuaded to either sign a petition to repeal or reject the petition and find the
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My persuasive speech was on home schooling. My stand point was that home schooling as a negative affect on students socially and academically. Having a standpoint is very important. My goal was too be extremely confident and have back round information on what I was trying to persuade. When giving a persuasive speech my body and voice were my best tools. They we’re each particularly important. I did not want to be monotone because I knew that could send my audience into a nap and I did not want
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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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without fully being aware of the side effects; I was combining my aspirin and herbal supplements‚ which caused me to have nosebleeds. C. Proposition: My goal is to make you aware that taking supplements is not beneficial and can be dangerous D. Speech Preview: It is unnecessary to take supplements it’s harmful‚ cannot be a food substitute has bad side effects and can cause death. Transition: Now‚ I will give you a few reasons why you should not take supplements. B. BODY A. First Argument
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for a smoker the choice is theirs and I shouldn’t have to suffer with them by just merely walking by. Secondhand smoke is clearly a threat to both non smoking adults and children‚ so I hope we can take more actions to protect them. I also hope this speech will make smokers more aware of their surroundings and who they will be
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Instagram and Snapchat are the leading forms of social media right now. I know all of us are guilty of it. I have problems with it just writing the outline. Social Networking can be very beneficial to us‚ but it is very harmful. By the end of my speech‚ I want the audience to know that there are many negatives to social networking. I am speaking on this topic‚ because social networking has many negative aspects. With it being so popular‚ people need to be aware of these dangers. Main Values: First
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