The Boscastle Flood 2004 Boscastle is a village on the North Cornish Coast which receives many tourists annually. The river Valency flows through the village and joins with the river Jordan‚ a tributary of the Valency‚ in the centre of the village. The flood of Boscastle occurred on Monday 16th of August and was one of the worst incidents of flooding in local memory. It was a flash flood event which took many by surprised due to the fact that Boscastle is not prone to regular annual flooding unlike
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Speech analysis In David McCullough’s June 2012 Commencement Speech You Are Not Special‚ he argues that no one is really special. In this speech he is saying that everyone is alike somewhere and somehow. Even though he is seems to be bashing the graduating class‚ he still adds encouraging words. Throughout the whole speech he continuously states that you are not special‚ but then ending the speech with saying‚ “You are not special because everyone is.” I argue that both McCullough and Sierra use
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Speech Analysis Throughout the course of history‚ there have been copious amounts of famous speeches‚ given by many different people. From political figures to sports players‚ these people have provided deep thoughts and great insights about who they are and the world we live in today. Speeches also play an important and powerful role in both persuading and convincing large groups of people. Adolf Hitler‚ for example‚ somehow managed to persuade much of Germany to follow his beliefs‚ and actually
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Speech Analysis Obama’s State of the Union Address President Obama overall is an excellent performer while giving speeches. As always he delivered his State of the Union speech with the same stride and punctuality as his previous speeches. The speech took place at the House of Representatives due to their ability to accommodate a lot of people. Where he had addressed his speech to the House of Representatives‚ the senate and of course the viewers who watched his televised speech.
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Speech Analysis On October 10‚ 2013 I gave a speech to my classmates about the three most important steps in investigating a murder case. These are including separating witnesses‚ collecting evidence‚ and interviewing suspects. Watching the video of my speech‚ I observed many strengths and weaknesses: strengths including a lot of facts‚ an interesting topic‚ and talking at an average pace. Weaknesses that stuck out to me were my hands consistently being in my pockets and reading directly off my
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Speech analysis The speech made by Manal- Al Sharif called “A Saudi woman who dared to drive” is presented in a TED conference (Technology‚ Environment‚ and Design) which is a global set of conferences. They offer live streaming of the talks and address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture. The speech was filmed sometime within June 2013. Manal- Al Sharif is a woman from Saudi Arabia who advocates for women’s right to drive‚ male guardianship annulment‚
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You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible jalopy painted gold"(581). She lets the reader know that Arnold is not a teenager when Connie begins to notice the
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no emotion -none. It is -last stage of all -When we are frozen up within‚ and quiteThe phantom of ourselves‚To hear the world applaud the hollow ghostWhich blamed the living man. Matthew ArnoldGrowing oldTitle: Growing oldText type: PoemComposer: Arnold‚ Matthew’Growing old’ is a poem which shows the changes everyone will eventually go through when ageing. It explores a person’s feelings towards old age‚ and how they change as a feeling of being old takes over. The composer sees growing old as much
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Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies Stylistic Analysis of Barrack Obama´s Presidential Victory Speech Iveta Vondráková Nitra 2012 Content Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 1 Basic characteristics .................................................................................................... 4 1.1 References from the
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Assessment: Germany 2011 Germany from 2004 until 2011‚ showed a positive trend with the GDP per capita. From $29‚684.33 in 2004‚ Germany boosted their GDP per capita up to $39‚187.01 in 2011‚ which is approximately a 50% increase. This shows that Germany managed to put its economy in an upward trend‚ although the Eurozone was struggling with its economic growth‚ particularly during 2009 and 2010. Similarly‚ GNI per capita of Germany in 2004 was $29‚938.63‚ yet by 2011‚ the GNI per capita was
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