most people have experienced this feeling before‚ the feelings of being seen‚ but not truly “seen.” As if every part of their being‚ their roots‚ their culture‚ and history meant nothing and holds no value to anyone but themselves‚ just as the speaker is raised in a bi-lingual‚ bi-culture atmosphere although most of us may be forgotten throughout our lifetime from daily encounters or short terms relationships; semester long classmates and professors‚ the poem “Persimmons” by Li-Young Lee
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Critical thinking project Speaker : Guillermo Maldonado ( Apostol) Topic : Unbelieves Location : King Jesus Ministries Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm UNBELIEVE SPEECH CRITIQUE This speech took place on March 10‚ 2013 ‚ children‚ adults and adolescents attended while hundred’s watched on TV as a Christian Preacher ‚a Oklahoma University Graduate Dr. Guillermo Maldonado stood behind a podium. The central Idea or purpose of his speech was and is to still educate
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process‚ rather than a sad and permanent ending. Lee elegantly uses metaphor to describe the painful final seconds of a homicide victim’s life as part of a larger progression. As Stephen‚ presumably a friend of the poem’s speaker‚ bleeds to death following a violent attack‚ the speaker compares Stephen’s humanity with a crowd quickly departing an auditorium‚ “the day Stephen was murdered / everything that made us love him rushed from his knife wounds /as though his chest were an auditorium / his life
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The poem can be viewed as a sensational verse or emotional monolog. Each spring‚ the speaker in the lyric‚ probably the writer himself and his neighbor‚ an old New England rancher stroll along the stone divider between their individual properties to survey and repair the harm done to the divider consistently‚ apparently by cruel climate and seekers. Every rancher gets the stones that have tumbled to his side and places them back on the divider yet being of uneven shapes and sizes‚ they don’t stay
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towards maturity. The theme is maturity and it is developed by the repetitive quote “I was fifteen”(5). The theme is developed to present maturity. At the beginning of the poem the speaker-a young teen-is at a bridge. “Sought of the bridge on Seventeenth I found‚ back of the willows one summer day”(1-2). The speaker opens the poem with this statement because it symbolizes a bridge. On one side of the bridge was a young teenager who wants to live‚ but crossing it meant crossing into maturity. The
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character starts to have difficulties in letting go of his past and this interferes with his decision. This character brings on the all too familiar problem that everyone experiences whilst dealing with change. There is always a catalyst for change. The speaker of the poem begins by listing specific things that cause unhappiness and thus a need for change. The line "novels interrupted by the din of the tunnels" depict how the persona strives to appreciate literature but the "dim of the tunnels" or their
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noises outside of the room from the hall or street‚ the clothing or mannerisms of the speaker‚ a soft voice‚ or‚ at home‚ the radio‚ television‚ or phone calls. For most of these distractions you can lessen the effect. Don’t consider it rude to ask others to stop talking or carrying on. You are paying good money for the class and you have the right to attend without annoyance. If you can’t hear the speaker easily‚ see if you can move your seat so that you are closer to the person speaking. If
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Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Speakers Effective 1. Confidence - Confidence comes from believing in what you are saying and being passionate about your subject. Self-confidence is developed by knowing everything you can about your subject and thoroughly preparing and practicing. 2. Likeability - As a general rule your listeners want to like you. When they do like you it makes delivering your speech easier. Your likeability is helped by smiling and being positive and friend
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The speaker takes on the stance that she is fearless against common fears in life She deals with her fears in an imaginary sort of way. She faces them with a magic charm ’ that she keep[s] up [her] sleeve‚ not in a realistic way by marching up to them and facing them with courage‚ for example The author denies that she actually has any fears. Magic‚ the way she deals with her fears ‚ is not real therefore I believe she is in denial of her fears I don ’t think the author is afraid of what anything
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“Nighthawks” by Samuel Yellen is a poem about three individuals who are troubled with life. These individuals are occupying the same space and they appear to be relatively close from each other‚ but they arein fact disconnected from one another. The speaker sets a hopeless tone to help the reader analyze and really understand the characters’ feelings.This is a poem based on a famouspainting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night.Yellen wants his readersto be able
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