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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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    the campaign speech for Charles Foster; the speaker presents strong‚ sound‚ effective arguments and counterarguments‚ with the use of rhetoric devices and fallacy‚ to help get his point across more effectively. The speaker stated his arguments clearly and backed them up with strong‚ sound evidence. In the speakers counterarguments’‚ the speaker addressed‚ what he believed the audience might say or question‚ in a productive manner. The speaker was biased through out his speech. Examples of biased

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    In David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” he speaks about how most people are crafted with very similar thoughts in mind. According to Foster all people hold one same quality from birth. By looking at Wallace’s usage of “Default Setting”‚ we can see that their is ambiguous meaning but chiefly it is referred to as a quality that people are cursed with‚ which most readers don’t see; this is important because Wallace speaks on the notion that people are selfish and don’t consider how others feel‚ and

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    graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization and importance to the issue of why he was there. From the commencement of the speech‚ Billy Joel set a personable and comfortable tone. He spoke

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    papers that I wrote in high school using rhetorical situations I was very excited. This was because I knew exactly what paper I wanted to write about; the paper that I enjoyed the most‚ which was my short story called speech to Roseanne. I wrote it in high school for my teacher Ms. Drysdale’s class. I first began incubating the first day thinking and planning in my head exactly what I wanted to say in this paper. I knew I had to focus on rhetorical situation from my paper which included exigence‚ negative

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    degree never oblige one to do anything. Rather‚ the choice belongs to the graduate. Throughout her commencement speech at Bowie State University‚ Obama repeatedly announces that graduates have the duty to educate future generations for the sake of giving meaning to their past; she urges them to keep alive the hunger for knowledge and improvement. In her Bowie State University Commencement Speech‚ Michelle Obama utilizes historical events to relay her point which states that graduates have the obligation

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    Rhetorical Situation: Everyone’s birthdays seems to be around the corner. Choosing what you want to get them is the hardest thing to do. You can buy them a gift ‚ write a letter or even bake cupcakes for them. You want something that they will remember. Gifts are set aside‚ letters are stashed away but cupcakes will catch their attention. All you need is creativity‚ taste of flavor and of course an oven. This will be a yummy gift they will always remember. It’s as simple as having a pan and batter

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    Javier Hernando Ortega Cuellar Universidad Nacional De Colombia Philology and Languages: English Written Communication IV August 20 – 2010 Steve Jobs Commencement Speech’s Review. “I’m honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told‚ I never graduated from college‚ and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today‚ I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories

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    why you’re making design decisions. 2) The three elements of the rhetorical situation are audience‚ purpose and context. 3) Some examples of large-scale responses to the rhetorical situation of a document include 11’’ x 17’’ four panel format‚ heavier paper‚ and arrangements of the documents major elements -brochure-like format‚ visual demeanor. 4) Some examples of local-level responses to the rhetorical situation of a document are typography‚ large‚ bold type‚ bulleted list‚ single

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    earth dead‚ broadcasting that what is created can be destroyed. Carbon’s malicious path did not end all those years ago‚ but instead it continues to destroy the earth and everything it inhabits. In the article "The Uninhabitable Earth"‚ the author David Wallace-Wells does an excellent job of showing what the horrific outcome of the plant will be. However‚ he fails to address the tremendous effort

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