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    L14000161 Cheryl Withaneachi Assignment Completion date Issued Date Submitted on Persuasive Speech [Assignment 3] 29 October 2014[Part-time] 31 October 2014 [Full-time] Week 2 Assignment title Persuasive Speech [Social Problems] (20%) Learning Objective Learning Outcome Evidence (Page no) To provide students a platform to apply techniques of delivering a persuasive speech. Be able to develop skills as an effective public speaker through the application of necessary

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    The special occasion speech I chose was Serena Williams. The speech she gave was a speech of award acceptance. The speaker spoke while maintaining eye contact with the crowd which helped them see her as trustworthy and maintain focus on the message that she wanted them to get from her speech. The movement she used was that she raised and presented her trophy to show what she had accomplished. Her voice was loud and she smiled‚ showing that she felt happy and grateful. Her speech was also inspiring

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    GoodWhat is a speech?Speeches are talks delivered in public on formal and informal occasions.There are many types of speeches such as ’welcome speech’‚ ’thank you speech’ and ’farewell speech’. Besides‚ there are also speeches on topics of interest and social issues. The PRESENT TENSE IS USUALLY USEDwhen you write out a speech.Sample question:You are the head prefect in your school. At the beginning of the new school term‚ you have been asked to remind students about the school regulations. Write

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    history‚ the United States Constitution has been put to the test over the issue of free speech. The First Amendment states‚ "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Even though free speech is one of the core American values proudly embedded in each citizen‚ some poopAmericans

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    1997:4). Pragmatics concerns with the context and function of the speaker’s utterance and how the relationship between speaker’s utterance and context or situation is. Various acts in society‚ such as representative act‚ directive‚ expressive‚ and declarative‚ indirect and direct act‚ or combination from two or more act‚ are things or interesting phenomena to be studied pragmatically. Every body experiences pragmatics acquisition since he/she is a child. In the acquisition of pragmatics children

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    freedom of speech is taken away‚ then dumb and silent we may be led‚ like sheep to the slaughter”-while many of us would not argue the right to freedom of speech we may start to question just how boundless freedom should really be. Throughout history‚ it has often been proven that words have the ability to translate into violent and often fatal actions‚ yet we continue to accept these actions in the name of free speech. Lawmakers continue to debate over the boundaries regarding freedom of speech and whether

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    Pertinent differences between the findings of this study and those in Jiang (2006) will be discussed. 2. The speech act of suggestions in L2 pragmatics According to John Flowerdew (2013‚ p. 79)‚ when the speech act is under discussion‚ what will be concerned is “the functional‚ or communicative‚ value of utterances‚ with language used to perform actions”. Searle (1976) divided speech acts into 5 categories which are representatives (to tell people how things are)‚ directives (to get the addressee

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    for you to understand Monroe’s Motivated Sequence (a persuasive outline) by comparing it with the traditional outline (used for your informative speeches). 2. As an alternative outline choice for your persuasive speech. If you decide to use the problem/solution approach in your speech‚ then you may follow the outline format below (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence) or you may follow the example of outlines 4 through 7. It is important to note that whichever of the two outline formats for Monroe’s Motivated

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    SEMINAR ON LINGUISTICS AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT AND MAXIMS OF CONVERSATION USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST MOVIE INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Language has a social function as a tool to make connection between human beings. Without language‚ it seems impossible for people to interact with others in their daily life because language can express people’s feeling‚ willing‚ and opinion

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    Freedom of Speech Meredith Kerr Charles W. Locke U.S. History 121-03 9-27-99 Imagine a time when one could be fined‚ imprisoned and even killed for just simply speaking one ’s mind. Speech is the basic vehicle for communication of beliefs‚ thoughts and ideas. Without the right to speak one ’s mind freely one would be forced to agree with everything society stated. With freedom of speech one ’s own ideas can be expressed freely and the follower ’s belief will be stronger. The words

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