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Analysis Of The Ellen Show
When I watched the episode of “The Ellen show” published on September 9, 2015, I noticed how uncomfortably you felt in the studio. It was visible through your non-verbal communication, especially in terms of the gestures (see fig. 1) and facial expressions (see fig.2).Interestingly, however, that by virtue of the established eye contact with the audience, you managed to get people interested and engaged into your performance. The audience, being under influence of their emotions, and being impressed by your words, even applauded to you after the first question was answered.
 Speech acts Analysing the speech itself, I noticed that despite it is very “I-centred” it is also rather emotional. Thus I made a conclusion that your strategy of

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