...Importance of Speech in Personality Development Author: Exforsys Inc. Published on: 5th Feb 2010 In every aspect of our life, a good personality holds a very important value. Whether you are a budding professional, an established career person, or perhaps a home-maker, it is something that will help you develop and maintain solid relationships with others. One of the key facets of personality development is speech. This is the ability of a person to effectively communicate verbally. Some people are gifted with verbal communication skills, while others are simply to shy and unsure of their abilities to even want to try. Speech is important in so many ways; be it at home, at school, or at the workplace, you need to be able to articulate well the thoughts and ideas you have. In personality development, the importance of speech is summed up into two: perception, and expression. By reading further, you can acquire a better understanding of what we are talking about. Gaining Positive Perception from Others Human as we are, we often judge others by what we see. We easily have our own perception on what is going on around us. In the same way, our perception of others can be influenced by the way they speak and the message they are trying to relay. This is one of the reasons why speech is very important in personality development. You see, if we are careful with our speech, whether formal or informal, we can gain a positive perception from our peers, colleagues, and our superiors...
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...Hello class of 2018, friends and family, teachers and administration. welcome. There is nothing better than finally being able to leave the long, and continuous cycle of torment known as high school, well except for reciting a long, drawn out speech about overly personal information to a large crowd of kids that look as though they'd rather be listening to absolutely anything but this speech right now. Throughout these four years i believe all of us have had one thing in common, we’ve all seen our fair share of failure. And i bet all of you think failure is bad, that it brings us down or holds us back. Failure actually does the quite opposite. As Robert Kennedy once said, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” and that's exactly right, in my life the things that have most greatly molded me into who i am right now is the endless times i've failed yet continuously persevered. let's be honest the chance that you accomplish that american dream and buy that perfect house with the white picket fence is smaller than my savings...
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...Freedom of speech is a civil liberty protected by the first amendment. Most people also refer to this liberty as freedom of expression, which was adopted on December 15, 1791 making part of the Bill of Rights. It allows you to express your opinion without any government restraints. Additionally, this liberty not only protects your expression verbally, but it protects all type of communication. However, the modern democracies also have limits on this freedom. Not all speech is protected by this liberty, especially if it is inciting illegal actions. Including, expressions that can cause direct harm are not protected by the freedom of speech either. Furthermore, this amendment is a liberty that the ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, has worked...
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...On June 15, 2016, I sat next to my mother in a room filled with 300 people all sharing the same feeling. You could see it in everyone's eyes, and when they met mine even for a glimpse, it was like a silent telepathic hug of congratulations from one immigrant to another. Our stories all so complex and different but all that mattered at that moment and forever on is that we became official Americans, together. While listening to the immigration officer's speech my heart flooded with pride because all I could think about was when I won first place in my fifth-grade school speech contest. I was ten years old at the time competing with classmates that were all born and raised in the U.S and had English as their first language. Four years before winning the competition I was brand new not only to school but the United States. I was a six-year-old sitting quietly in my first-grade classroom not able to understand any of my classmates nor could they understand my language. I felt alienated every day until I learned English....
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..."I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people." Among other, cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court often has struggled to determine what exactly constitutes protected speech. Examples are of students to wear black armbands to school to protest a war or To use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political messages. However, The scathing Department of Justice report that says the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) routinely violated the rights of African-Americans also includes evidence that freedom of speech was regularly denied to anyone...
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...TEXTS AND COMPOSERS: Tim Winton’s – On Her Knees Topic: Importance of Dignity: Every person in this world is dignified in their own way; whether it is their riches, power, friends, family or even the smallest and most insignificant things, alot of things bring pride and dignity to one’s self. ”Pride” is an essential part of life as it gives self esteem and a feeling of self importance. Good morning/afternoon classmates; today I’ll be talking to you about the importance of dignity within Tim Winton’s “On Her Knees”. “On Her knees” is a powerful story that teaches and reinforces Tim Winton’s view of the true meaning of dignity. He accomplishes this through the use of “first person” making the text seem like an auto-biography of Carol, making her personal experiences seem more authenticated. Whether this story may be based on a true story or not, many of the occurrences within this short story are great examples of “The Importance Of Dignity”. Carol (the mother of Victor), quits her job as a specialized employee in a medical office, and instead becomes a maid to pay off her son’s law school fees. Victor during these troubled times feels guilty but most importantly feels that Carol’s dignity is devalued, perhaps even destroyed due to the fact that she cleans other peoples houses “on her knees”. Victor does not understand how Carol could do things to such an extent, despite having done so for his sake, as he understands that it is hurting his mother’s pride as a once respected...
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...Expression and Campus Speech Codes” Vs “Only Speech Codes Should Be Censored” Thesis: Both articles, “On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes” and “Only Speech Codes Should Be Censored” speak out against University speech codes and the need for free speech based on the purpose of the articles, the explanations for why speech codes exist, and the alternatives given in the place of speech codes. I. Introduction a. Describe what free speech is, and give a general importance of it. b. Thesis: Both articles, “On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes” and “Only Speech Codes Should Be Censored” speak out against University speech codes and the need for free speech based on the purpose of the articles, the explanations for why speech codes exist, and the alternatives given in the place of speech codes. II. Compare and Contrast both article’s main purpose. a. Both articles are against speech codes. b. Define the first amendment c. Describe the importance of free speech in institutions of higher learning d. Give examples from both articles, and how they feel that free speech is important. III. Compare and Contrast both article’s explanations for why speech codes exist. a. “On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes” believes that speech codes started with good intentions, but the institution cannot keep up. A. Give examples, and quotes. b. “Only Speech Codes Should Be Censored” believes that speech codes have an ulterior...
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...Civil rights activist, and reverend Jesse Jackson gave an inspirational speech on Friday, March 3rd, 2017, at Montevallo High School as part of his visit to Alabama, for the fifty second commemoration of the Selma March known as bloody Sunday. After student and teachers waited anxiously the assembly began by important figures in the Montevallo community taking a seat on stage including the Mayor, the assistant Superintendent, Alabama Education Association representatives, City Council members, as well as the school principal. After Jackson was escorted to the stage, he began the speech by involving the audience to repeat the I am somebody poem. During Jackson’s speech, among other things, he spoke on women’s rights and strengths, the importance...
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...Lincoln's speech, "The Gettysburg Address", the utilization of alliteration, repetion, and parallelism is examplified. Abraham Lincoln utilizes these rhetorical devices in order to honor the lives that were lost during the great battle of the Civil War and the importance of maintaining a nation that was conceived in liberty and equality. In the address, Abraham Lincoln exercises alliteration. By using alliteration he is able to obtain the audience's attention. Abraham Lincoln said, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." By Abraham Lincoln repeating the use of the letter 'f' and the sound,...
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...speaking? Fellow bond university student and tutor; age between 17 -25 years old 2. What do you want them to know, believe, or do as a result of my speech? I want the audience to understand and acknowledge the importance of staying in touch with people and how it can have a positive impact on you; I also want the audience to understand that with today’s technology of ‘Facebook’ it has the ability of taking away the effort in staying in touch with people. 3. What is the most effective way of composing and presenting my speech to accomplish that aim? - Use of anecdotes in portraying personality to the audience and showing the audience through my stories that I have credibility in this area and I know first hand the benefits of ‘staying in touch’ - Connotative language to shape peoples opinion of staying in touch; use bubbly, infective, energetic words so people will have a positive image when they are think of staying in touch with people, this will also help them get motivated to reconnecting with people. - End with a rhetorical question / positive statement to allow the audience to question if they are doing all they can do to stay in touch with people and if they not they will want to after listening to the speech. - Use the introduction as a way of telling the audience that by listening to this speech it will make them want to reconnect with people due to the positives that will be outlined in my body. (Terry Lufffman, 2010) 4. What is their demographic...
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...Introduction “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (Roosevelt, p.1). This was the opening statement of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s address to the nation the day after Japan invaded American territory. Following the Pearl Harbor attacks, Roosevelt gave a powerful speech that was a call to arms and in his speech he expressed outrage towards Japan and confidence in the job of our armed forces. The speech was a request to declare war against Japan and to bring the United States into World War II. His use of rhetorical techniques effectively aided in grasping the attention of his audience and reminded the...
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...Hamlet Act IV – Cause and Effect Literary Essay The original Elizabethan play, Hamlet by Shakespeare, targets the audience in social, cultural, and economic values. The speech that was chosen, was found in Act IV, Scene IV, lines 30-66, and it causes its target audience to have an effect on all three of these values. This field of study is important because it shows the reader that there is a relationship between the dramatic works and their target audience. The first, second, and third points will discuss Hamlet’s soliloquy’s and how the speech causes its target audience to have an effect on the social, cultural, and economic values, as they are all crucial evidence to this thesis. Firstly, there is one reason why the speech causes its target audience to have an effect on the social value. Hamlet’s soliloquy indicates his failure to act when he has so much reason to do so. “How all occasions do inform against me, / and spur my dull revenge! What is a man, / If his chief good and market of his time / be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. / Sure he that made us with such large discourse, / Looking before and after, gave us not / that capability and godlike reason / to fust in us unused. Now whether it be / Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple / of thinking too precisely on th' event -- / A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom / and ever three parts coward -- I do not know / Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do', / Sith I have cause, and will, and...
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...The Importance of Public Speaking 1. What is public speaking? a. Why is important? b. Why some people don’t do well in public speaking? c. Why is this important to my profession and myself? 2. Challenges and benefits of public speaking. a. How to improve public speaking? b. How to become an effective public speaker. c. What are the qualities of a good public speaker? 3. The foundation of public speaking. a. Inventing and development of public speech. b. Arrangement of the styles in the speech. c. The uses of public speaking. “The Importance of Speech; there never have been in the history of the world a time when the spoken word has been equaled in value and importance by any means of communication. If one traces the development of mankind from what he considers its earliest stage he will find that wandering family of savages depended entirely upon what its members said to one another. A little later when a group of families made a clan or tribe the individuals still heard the commands of the leader, or in tribal council voiced their own opinions. The beginnings of poetry show us the bard who recited to his audiences. Drama, in all primitive societies a valuable spreader of knowledge, entertainment, and religion, is entirely oral”. (Holt & Stratton, 1924) (Holt & Stratton) As the author stated public speaking is important because this is how our public figures and leaders communicate with us. Public figures in sports...
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...The legacy of John F. Kennedy is portrayed through his 1961 inaugural address, the views of those who attended the event and photographs that were taken of the event. Each of the three descriptions (speech, article and photo) illustrate a different style ways to communicate to the audience. Each person, including President John F. Kennedy wanted to share their thoughts about an aspect of the times the country was going through, the event itself and the Presidency and his family and close friends. The authors used different techniques to communicate their points. In the inaugural speech, that was given on a cold January day in 1961, President Kennedy wanted to give a message to the world that he was celebrating a new beginning. He starts the speech by telling the citizens about his beliefs and what he wanted for the nation. He used a style of writing in his speech that included the use of words, sounds and syllables that were the repeated so that those listening would remember and understand his message. His focus was clear and he wanted others to trust his intentions and what he wanted from the citizens. His speech ended with his famous quote “ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” Different from the inaugural address given by President J.F. Kennedy, the author who wrote the article “Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration, 50 Years On” wrote about the day and the inauguration using vivid words that made the ready see the day and feel what...
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...about the importance of this responsibility in his speech Back To School from 2009. He encourages students to take their responsibility seriously, as well as understanding the importance of it. President Obama seems to know exactly whom he is speaking to; throughout the entire speech, he addresses his audience in the right way. From the very first sentence , he has set the tone of the speech. He starts out by making himself approachable by speaking less formally, which is an important stylistic device, as he is the president of the United States of America, and therefore not someone most people can relate to. He continues to make himself approachable, by putting in a personal story, of when he says: “I know that feeling” and then continues to tell a story of his earlier life, where he lived in Indonesia . This gains the attention of the audience, not only because he makes himself approachable, but also because he makes himself relatable. This he continues to do throughout the speech – for example, he mentions activities the audience knows well (watching TV, playing Xbox ) as well as successful people the audience knows (J.K. Rowling, Michael Jordan ) and mentioning their failures. He is aware that the audience he is speaking to are in various ages, and that some of them are quite young – this is obvious, when you look at his choice of words. The words of his speech are not complicated, which makes it easily understood. The values President Obama advocates in his speech all relate...
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