Odysseus was one of the legendary heroes in Greek folklore. He was the king of the island of Ithara and the central character of Homer’s heroic poem‚ The Odyssey. Son of Laertes and Anticlea‚ known for his persuasive speech and for his wisdom and comprehension. Odysseus saved the people of Greece in the Trojan War and helped them to emerge victorious. In this mythology‚ the war between the Trojans and the Greeks took place when Paris‚ who was the Trojan prince‚ kidnapped Helen. Helen was the wife
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HSC ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING: PERSUASIVE SPEECH EUTHANASIA Imagine a world where anyone‚ even the curably ill or depressed‚ is easily assisted in suicide. Where someone else decides when you’re life is no longer worth living. Where it is a societal expectation to die rather than receive long-term care. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ this is the world that awaits us if we legalise euthanasia. Euthanasia‚ or assisted suicide‚ is defined as the practice or act of ending the life of a terminally ill person
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Persuasive Speech Strategy Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that Capital Punishment does not deter crime and that it should be abolished. Central Idea: Homicide rates are lower in non-death penalty states when compared to states with the death penalty. Main Points: I. The death penalty has no deterrent effect. II. The costs of administrating capital punishment are prohibitive. III. States with the death penalty have higher murder rates than those without
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SPEECOM PERSUASIVE SPEECH COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE Topic: To Work Abroad or Not Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that within our respective distant future‚ we should stay within our country‚ work here‚ and not elsewhere Thesis Statement: As the future hope of our country‚ we should not aspire to work abroad. I. Introduction A. Attention Material/Credibility Material: Let us play with our imaginations & aspirations a little bit and assume that we’re 10 years older‚ already
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on the 10th spot with 3.05% divorce rate. In fact‚ based on the recent report in South Korea‚ it actually increased since 2010 wherein majority of the divorced are over 40 years old and 57% of them are women. Some believe that the major cause of the steep uproar in the divorce rate begun in 1997 when the economic crash happened. Hence‚ Lithuania greatly improved compared with their all-time high divorce rate in 2004. 9. Czech Republic It has recorded 3.11 % divorce rate‚ which is attributed
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Persuasive Speech Outline (Using Monroe’s Motivated Sequence) Topic: Voting in Election Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to vote in democratic elections to voice out their opinions and beliefs regardless of their background‚ to decide for their future‚ and to preserve the essence of democracy. Attention: * Provide a vivid description of people struggling to fight for their voting rights in certain countries. * Share relevant facts /statistics of how a small number of votes
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suIbrahim Sakiri G-4 Persuasive Speech Introduction In every industry or career path‚ there will always be people that are either overpaid or underpaid. Today I will be talking to you about why athletes are overpaid. I will first talk about if athletes really are overpaid‚ then I will talk about the top five most paid professional athletes‚ lastly I will explain if athletes really do deserve being paid that much for what they do. Transition: Now for my first main point‚ are athletes really
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freedom of speech between adults and kids. It’s about having authority but knowing when to let your guard down and listen. Before I begin‚ I want to mention that this speech contains terms and expressions that may be considered as harsh’ or childish’ by adults‚ because the whole concept of this speech can be uncomfortable for some‚ but hey‚ that’s exactly what I’m standing up here for‚ therefore it would be best if you just learn to live with it so that this can be an informative speech for you
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jeopardy if we leave the EU. However this is wrong‚ they simply do not know their history. The United Kingdom has a record for being ahead of the time with women’s rights; before we even joined the EU this country had passed the Abortion Act‚ the Divorce Reform Act and the Equal Pay Act. Even after we joined the EU this country continued to be committed to advancing women’s rights passing the Sex Discrimination Act‚ the Employment Protection Act and the Domestic Violence Act. This country is perfectly
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Learn the Facts About Divorce Over the years views on divorce have changed. During the 1950’s to the 1970’s divorce was only fault based. This meant that you could only divorce if one spouse could prove that the other spouse committed a marital offense. After the 1970’s to present day divorce has become to be something that is commonly accepted. Legislation was changed and the no-fault divorce was announced. In the earlier times when divorce was not as common children from a “broken home” were
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