Wiesel opened his speech in a most humble clear tone‚ loud enough to be audibly heard‚ yet soft enough to portray the deep pain he obviously still felt as he told the story of how his father called out to him just before he died in the bunk bed above him and of how he was too afraid to go to his father’s deathbed for fear of the German guards. His opening reference to his father’s heavenly grave was an attention grabber. (Beebe‚ pp. 189‚ 14) He paused for effect and used short simple sentences in
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such as myself are rarely in the position to be forced to fight against the power. While it is difficult to put myself in the mindset of someone who would deem it necessary‚ I am aware of some injustices that I would rebel for: democracy‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of religion. The first thing that would make me want to fight back against any government is if my right to vote was inhibited. Just because I’m a minor and can’t legally vote doesn’t
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Adolf Hitler entered Kroll Opera House on the first of September‚ 1939‚ as his troops prepared to invade Poland. Propaganda was a major facet of Nazi Germany’s success and this speech reiterates the plight of Germany‚ Hitler’s beliefs on who was to blame for their failing economy‚ and what must be done about the crisis. Like many of Hitler’s speeches‚ outside of those in physical attendance‚ nations all over the world had tuned in via radio where these speeches were translated in real time. This
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June 12‚ 1987‚ standing upon a pillar gazing toward a West German crowd‚ President Reagan began to deliver a monumentally paramount speech. As he stood in the midst of alternating German and American flags‚ armed with a podium with a single microphone‚ President Reagan’s began to speak. While knowing every eye of the world was bearing down on him‚ the remarks he delivered at the Brandenburg Gate were a valiantly majestic attempt to burn down the evils of the Soviet Union‚ and from the ashes allow
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States of America in 19th century. It’s the President Abraham Lincoln famous Gettysburg address. One of the main points for Lincoln when he giving this speech is to persuade both union and confederate (two different sides during the civil war) citizens to come join together to create the new equal and justice United States. This persuasion speech made me known why many people saw him as the great man. He did not antagonize‚ nor did he show disrespect to the dead‚ even those who fought for the Confederacy
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myself for this research paper is to get a clear understanding of the topic I wanted to learn more about‚ such as speech impediments. At first I wanted to do lisps in general but I was told that topic was TOO specific and to broaden my focus. After learning this‚ I broadened it up to speech impediments. At first‚ all I could do was research what a speech impediment was. In addition‚ I decided that there were too many to cover within this paper‚ so I just decided to stick to speech impediments. Most
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Bono’s speech at the Harvard University Bono‚ the lead singer of the famous rock band U2‚ gave a speech at the Harvard University on June 6th‚ 2001. Bono focused on the world’s primary problems. Bono tries to convince the students at Harvard University‚ that the world has some issues that someone should take care of. In the beginning of Bono’s speech‚ Ethos is used to get reliance from the audience. He begins describing himself; “I am a singer and a songwriter but I am also a father‚ four times
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Interpersonal Self-Reflection It all depends on the situation and who all is involved when affinity comes into play in my life. I love all my family‚ friends‚ and co-workers‚ but when it comes to a certain person of those groups‚ I tend to show more appreciation to that person more than another person. Certain times‚ stories‚ and dramas all bring out a different side of me and depending who else is involved. My dad is a truck driver and only comes home about once or twice a month. We never
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Homelessness was my chosen issue for my speech and the main purpose was to inform the audience. Through my speech‚ I wanted to inform the issue of homelessness today due to the fact that people are still blind to it. My intention was to raise awareness about the problematic issue of homelessness which is clearly evident in today’s general society. My goal was to promote change and ask for assistance in treating the issue. My intended audience was simply for everyone‚ however particularly targeting
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I attended a speech by Dr. Eric Polley about his effort to create a computer algorithm program to match the type of cancer based on biomarkers to the optimal treatment. Even though some of the information went way over my head I did understand most of his speech. Today there are so many drugs that have been developed to help people battle cancer‚ but each drug only works with specific types of cancer. There are also countless types of cancer with each tumor being different from the rest. His goal
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