The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is known as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70‚000‚000 people‚ mainly in France‚ then Belgium‚ Switzerland‚ in former French and Belgium colonies in Africa and Canada. It is now spoken by 265 million people. The French language is descended from Latin and first appeared in writing in 842 AD when it was used in the Strasbourg Oaths. Before
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Essay on how to write a speech When you are asked to write a speech‚ first of all consider the following 3 points 1. WHO you are writing your speech for (the audience) 2. WHAT your speech is going to be about (its topic) 3. HOW long it needs to be eg. 3 minutes‚ 5 minutes... The basic speech format is very simple. It consists of three parts: 1. an opening or introduction 2. the body where the bulk of the information is given 3. and an ending (or summary). Think of it as a sandwich. The
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Katina Lucero Informative Speech Outline COMM 101 Online 6/26/2013 Autism General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech‚ I want my audience to understand what Autism is and the effects on children. Thesis: Every person should be aware that the children with Autism are unique‚ intelligent‚ and they can see the world in a different perspective then we do. Introduction I. Found out my niece had Autism‚ and how little I knew about what Autism is‚ and what
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Title: Candlemaking Specific purpose: To demonstrate to my audience how to make candles. Thesis: To show my audience how easy and inexpensive it is to make your own candles at home. I. Introduction A. Attention Material: What comes to mind when you see candles? We associate candles with celebrations (like Christmas or birthdays) or special occasions. Candles date back to the Ancient Egyptians who are credited with making the first candles. They used torches made by soaking the spongy
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Maximilien de Robespierre was a French politician that started the Committee of Public Safety. Because of the lower classes rebellion 300‚000 were captured and 20‚000 were killed. Eventually Robespierre’s Committee was charged for a crime and the leaders of this group were sentenced to
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currently doing a Fetac Level 5 Childcare Award and I am hoping to achieve the major award and continue doing Future Education and Training and get a part time job. My aim is what I am hoping to achieve from this assignment to choose a play activity and how I am going to plan it‚ evaluate a developmentally appropriate and enjoyable play activity for a group of children in my work place. My objectives are to research a range of play activity and then consult with my workplace supervisor as to their suitability
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country is hard enough. But not being able to speak the language everyone else is speaking is more troubling. Not knowing how to speak the language of the country you are in will affect you tremendously. People are so heartless and with them feeling like they can get over on someone who don’t understand will be taken advantage of. Amy Tan nervous level became very high due to the fact her mom had broken English. When Amy Tan decided to give a speech in front of the crowd. She was using correct
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Questions about Sam Raimi’s A Simple Plan ACT ONE 1. How does Raimi establish the simple‚ rustic nature of life in late 1990s Minnesota in the opening sequence? How does protagonist Hank Mitchell’s opening monologue support this rustic simplicity? The death of winter shows the winter decline The untended fence and rundown farm are metonyms for the broader economic downturn that characterized rural America in the late 1990s (context) The monotony of Hank’s life is established in the opening shots
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Ligeia The story of Ligeia describes a man who meets a women in which the circumstances of are filled with hallucinations and mystery. The existence of Ligeia starts to come develop as the narrator starts fixating on her erratic learning‚ rare beauty‚ and the care for language. The narrator describes the first encounter with Ligeia in Germany‚ in which he states‚” Yet I know that I met her most frequently in some large‚ old‚ decaying city near the Rhine.” (Belasco‚ Johnson pg. 1021). The narrator
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Socrates’ demonstration with the slave boy‚ is an effort to use mathematical reasoning to illustrate the process and the importance of keeping an active mind. Simultaneously he is using mathematical reasoning to illustrate how a similar process of reasoning is used in virtually every decision that we make. When Socrates asks the slave boy to find the length of a side of the square with the area of 8‚ he finds that the answer can neither be 2‚ nor 3. The manner in which Socrates poses this question
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