...Presidents Father’s Day Address Outside Speech Critique Jamie Brown 16 June 2013 The speech I choose was given on 15th of June 2013. It was given by President Barack Obama at the White House. Each week on Saturday mornings, the President addresses everyone via live feed or through radio. You can also go to The White House web page and click on Weekly address and you can watch each speech he has given since this term has started. This Week the President addressed this Father’s Day. In the introduction the President said “Today we’re blessed to live in a world where technology allows us to connect instantly with just about anyone on the planet. But no matter how advanced we get, there will never be a substitute for the love and support and, most importantly, the presence of a parent in a child’s life. And in many ways, that’s uniquely true for fathers”. I was like wow, I was hooked right from the get go. I myself didn’t have a farther growing up. My father died when I was 7 years old and my mother never remarried. She raised three boys and one girl by herself without any help. My little brother has no knowledge or can remember any interaction with our father because he was only 1 years old when he died. As I have grown and realized that I wish we could have had a father figure in our lives, because some of the things a mother can’t teach a man. Plus, we need that male bonding time. I think President Obama’s speech tailored towards everyone, young, old, high...
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...Writing 231 Ms. Fleres 11/02/09 Like Father Like Daughter Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945 in the city of Rangoon, Burma (Palmowski 2004). Suu Kyi’s life was a little different then what most people are accustomed to in the world. Her father was assassinated for his political beliefs and her mother was an ambassador of the country of Burma (Zaw 1). Politics played a big role in Suu Kyi’s life and that is why it is not hard to believe what would soon happen to her. Suu Kyi had made her way back to her homeland in 1988, to take care of her sick mother. While in Burma she joined the pro-democracy movement, which was pushing for political reforms in Burma (Palmowski 2004). On August 26, 1988 she addressed a half million people in a rally at the famous Schwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon (Encyclopedia, Britannica 2009). She had preached to these people and called for a democratic government so that the people of Burma could experience freedom. An army unit in the Irrawaddy Delta confronted her almost a year later on April 5, 1989 while she was delivering a speech for democratic freedom. The army unit had orders to aim their weapons at her during the speech waiting for the order to fire. A major had finally ordered the troops back which prevented her from being assassinated like her father. Suu Kyi provided text to her mass rally speech on August 26, 1988 “Speech to a Mass Rally at the Schwedagon Pagoda.” In her speech Suu Kyi expresses the need for a democratic...
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...audience is a group of young people, 17-18 years old, from an American high school class. The speaker: I am a young representative of “American Cancer Society”. Recently done a “stop smoking” campaign. They know who I am because they asked me to come so they must acknowledge my competences. Circumstances: The setting is in a classroom in an American high school – around 35 people present. There will be used a PowerPoint show to visualize the main points and capture the young audience’s attention. Language: The speech is in an informative tone (direct) because of the young audience. The main speech act is the expressive speech act and the main appeal form is pathos because of the purpose to engage them. Structure Introduction: I am an expressive speaker and I will introduce my education, campaign and experience (ethos). Acknowledge the fact that they asked me to come (expressives), thank them and underline the importance of them focusing on this topic for their own future health (pathos.) Introduction to subject: I will use logos and informative speech act to back up my purpose of stop smoking and to possible consequences of not stopping (directive speech act.) Head speech: Tell about my own experiences in the purpose and create relation with the audience (pathos/expressive.) Advice them to stop smoking (face-saving-act) and thereby minimize their...
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...the weekly announcements. Instead of news about an upcoming fish fry or a congratulations message for a recently baptized newborn baby in the parish, one of our priests, Father Stephen, came out of the vestibule to the podium. He had recently been “demoted” in his role at the parish, but no one would have expected the extent to which his bitter words would be revealed to the congregation. Father Stephen stood at the podium on the altar while giving his speech of resignation from the parish. It was clear that he was frustrated and annoyed at his recent demotion, and he portrayed this dissatisfaction through a harsh speech. The purpose of this essay is to examine the discourse of the priest’s speech. I will discuss its passionate nature and its brevity--how the speaker conceals information from the listeners and what this means. We will use this evidence to argue how silence demonstrates more power than the actual power the priest possesses. * 1 2 3 1 2 3 “Over the past 25 years of my Priestly ordination and service, I have never struggled with a departing message to the various communities and institutions I served as I did with this message, very short though it is. This is for two obvious reasons. First, because its nature and circumstances are uniquely different from when I would simply announce my transfer! Secondly, because I feel more for you, the good parishioners of St. Louis Parish, Batesville, than I feel...
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...In the book Hamlet, there are many brilliant and unordinary speeches, they all relate and if you analyze them deep enough you will see how they all have a relationship. Most of these speeches have a strong theme or point. There were so many speeches and quotes with great meaning and extraordinary wording, for every speech or quote there is always a hidden message or point Hamlet, or some of the other actors are trying to make. Hamlet is the main speech giver and always contemplates himself during his quotes or speeches. He was much undecided and was always changing his mind during his speeches. He was a troubled man during this time and it showed in the way he acted in the situations he was in, and also by what he would say, and how he would say things. The first speech I choose was from, (“Act I, scene ii”). In this speech Hamlet speaks these lines to Claudius and Gertrude after enduring the unpleasant scene at the court. Hamlet was then asked by his mother and stepfather not to return to his studies in England. They wanted him to remain in Denmark, presumably against his wishes. This I believe was all Claudius doings. Here, in this scene Hamlet thinks for the first time about suicide. When he talks about desiring his flesh to melt and wishing God had not made killing himself a sin. Hamlet felt so strongly that, suicide seemed like a good alternative to life in a hurtful world. He ends up saying he must not do such a thing because it is forbidden for him to do such a thing...
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...Rational: The nature of names will be expressed in a speech that incorporates, my experiences, and my interpretation of names, and what the significance of names hold for humans. Incorporating my history and my experiences with the power of names, and their effects will improve the ideas and interpretations for the speech due to personal ties. My speech will outline certain traits of my name and outline the benefits and negatives that those traits have for my everyday life. Once those traits have been established and how those traits affect me, I will then go over how those traits affect fundamental words that are constant in the English language and the disadvantages of those traits or the benefits. The speech will rely heavily on the connection to my personal life, and my experiences with having a very unusual name. This is an important as the ability to draw on personal experiences enriches the speech. Being that I don't have to make up certain...
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...Tracia Elder 3/28/14 A. speaker’s name – Mr.Phil Gans B. title of speech/presentation –Prisoner #139755 Aushwitz III Labor Camp Survivor C. location of speech –Clearwater Campus ES104 D. date and time it started and ended –9:30-10:45am E. function/occasion –Speech I saw an older man dressed in what looked like a stripped prison uniform, it was blue and white and across the left side the numbers read 139755. He started the speech by asking where was God when 11 million people died? I thought the speaker had the audience in the beginning in just wearing the uniform, I felt it was a very effective way to gain the audience’s attention. In my opinion, the speaker gained my attention and he may have improved his speech by having more eye contact and giving us a presentation with more inflection in his voice and maybe even had a better introduction. The thesis of this speech was to tell a story of how a man became a survivor during one of the most trying times in the world, The Holocaust. He wanted to relay his story but also to tell us on how a man could have so much hate in his heart against a human people. The thesis was spot on for the occasion and the audience, to me you knew what you were going to this speech to hear about a man surviving the holocaust in a slave labor camp controlled by the Nazi’s, German soldiers with Hitler as their ruler. Also in this speech the thesis could have been based on how it is to overcome even the worst defining obstacles...
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...Ambyr Braxton Tribute/Eulogy Speech Final Draft April 3, 2012 A Tribute to the Little Man, Alon Well, I’m pretty sure we all know that there are countless instances when someone would need to write a tribute speech. It could be for a graduation, a wedding, or in my case this class assignment. The hardest part about writing a tribute speech is finding the right words to say that’ll make this person seem godly, but for Alon, my little brother, I had no trouble finding words that tell just why I admire him. Born in the month of August on the 22, Alon came into a world, crazy as it is, on an unplanned pregnancy. Most people would say it’s hard to do a tribute speech on someone so young, but really they’re some of the best people to do a tribute on. Alon, being only three years old is one of the kindest, most honest people I know of. His short black curly hair and small features such as his nose and his ears show the innocent Alon still has because he hasn’t been influenced by the world he lives in yet and is still, obviously, growing up. I know that every time I look into those almond shaped brown eyes of him, I’m looking into the eyes of someone whose eyes are blind and unknown to lies. Getting an honest opinion from him isn’t hard, seeing that’s all I get from him. Still being so young, Alon’s mind is as honest as it gets because he hasn’t had the experiences an older person would have, he hasn’t been influenced by anyone else, so when asked what he thinks of something...
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...GCSE English Language 2010 Studying Spoken Language The newest and potentially most exciting area of the new GCSE specifications is the Studying Spoken Language section of the Controlled Assessment for GCSE English Language. The focus of this unit is investigative, asking candidates to explore their own spoken language and/or that of others, including perhaps spoken language in media and technologies such as internet messaging services. Sample Controlled Assessment tasks are available online so that you can see the type of tasks that will be set. All of the tasks are fairly open-ended so that you can help individual students tailor their research to suit their interests and the type of data available to them. One of the teachers who has done a trial of the new unit said, ‘the tasks were greeted with enthusiasm and the ability to connect what we were exploring to the wider context. The tasks lead to independent study which meant there was a good deal of ownership for the students.’ 8 Teachers who have trialled the unit have given us some very useful feedback on which we can base further support. One important point is that giving enough time and thought to the initial data collection pays dividends in terms of the level of analysis which students can carry out. The script and commentary on the following pages are examples of the further resources you can see online at http://web.aqa.org.uk/englishLangA These are provided to demonstrate ways...
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...WORKSHEET Student Name Jason Type of Speech (Introduction, Informative or Persuasive) Introduction Topic: Intro Outline Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the influence my son has had on my life. Thesis Statement/Preview: Raising a child is the most rewarding thing in life. TITLE OF SPEECH Our Children become, who we raise. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Imagine yourself… II Reveal topic: Establish credibility: Tireless hours are spent as parents trying to find the happy medium between sanity and Barney. Thesis Statement/Preview of Main Points: Three aspects that have inspired me to be a great father. Experiences/Motivation/Desire Transition: My past experiences and morals have played an important role in wanting to be a great father. BODY Main Point #1: A major experience that played an important role in my life was my upbringing. Supporting Material: 1. At a very young age my parents separated and divorced. 2. This made it difficult to have a full relationship with both of my parents from an early age. Both of my parents were and still are very involved in my life, but never together. 3. In a sense I was forced to grow up quickly as I was typically the buffer between my parents even when I was young. At the time it was hard to understand why my own parents couldn’t communicate themselves. Transition: These experiences I have just described helped me grow and become independent. Main Point #2: At the age of 12 my little brother was born. Supporting...
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...I recently went to see the new film The King's Speech. Despite the improbable subject matter, an English king from a bygone era struggling to overcome a speech impediment, the movie appears to have touched the hearts of middle-America. Personally I was very moved by the film and the true story it portrays. It's British filmmaking at its best. And yet notwithstanding my enjoyment of the film, I found Colin Firth's performance as King George VI difficult to watch. Not because it was anything less than very fine acting indeed, but because it reminded me of many childhood days spent sitting across the kitchen table from my father, waiting patiently as he, like his monarch, wrestled with an often paralysing stutter. To have something to say and not be able to say it can only be excruciating, and yet it is something that an estimated 65 million people worldwide have to deal with every day of their lives. It's little consolation to know that kings can suffer as much as commoners, or that some notable orators, including Winston Churchill and movie stars such as Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt have had the same problem. If you stutter, life is different for you. Simple things that the rest of us take for granted, like telling a joke or addressing a group at work, giving a speech at your child's wedding, become potential minefields of embarrassment. No wonder my father had a short fuse. For him daily dialogue was an ordeal... frustration was a way of life. With any other condition...
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...Father Greg Boyle the founder and CEO of Homeboy Industries gave a commencement speech at the 2011 graduation of the University of California Los Angeles Nursing schools where he was the keynote speaker. He discusses many things from pastors teaching him how to use his phone and text and helping people that can not handle the burden of their responsibilities. I feel the topic of his speech was fitting due to the audience who were graduating nursing students that will eventually help people who are in medical need in hospitals, nursing homes and other locations that nurses work. I’m going to evaluate how he talks, the audience’s reaction and his presence on the stage and in the room and the topic of his speech more in depth. The father was...
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...students felt less hesitation, spoke longer, negotiated more, and comfort level were higher when they spoke to nonnative Japanese speakers in English. I personally have experienced feeling somewhat similar to the participants in Takahashi’s study when I was still struggling to learn (acquire) English during my primary education. I felt hesitation, less length conversation and lower comfort level speaking with other Japanese people in English. There are few reasons why I felt like that. First, both interlocutors and I had higher proficiency in Japanese (L1) rather than English (L2), therefore our communication were no that smooth. I felt hesitation and less comfortable for speaking English when the interlocutor had bit higher English...
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...And so am I revenged – That would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and, for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven Oh, this is hire and salary, not revenge. He took my father grossly, full of bread, With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. And how his audit stand who knows save heaven? But in our circumstance and course of thought ‘Tis heavy with him. And am I then revenged To take him in this purging of his soul When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? No. Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent. When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, Or in th’ incestuous pleasure of his bed, At game a-swearing, or about some act That has no relish of salvation it ‘t- Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven, And that his soul may be as damned and black As hell, whereto it goes. My mother stays This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Summarize the context of the soliloquy, explaining what has happened just before to motivate this soliloquy * When Hamlet comes across Clauduis he is a praying. Just before Hamlet walks in on him praying Clauduis is confessing his sins for murdering King Hamlet and asking for forgiveness for what he has done with admitting his guilt is stronger than what his intentions were. Clauduis wishes he could pray but he wonders whether he can be forgiven with also being able to keep the crown and his queen. Break the speech into complete thoughts. Clearly mark the different thoughts. (You...
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...arrival. Although I love traveling, sitting in this musty old coat pocket is quite a bore and our destination on this business trip is less than desirable. “I’m back…” my master droned as he stepped onto the unsophisticated American soil. Whipping me out of his chamber of a coat pocket and handing me to the tall uniformed man, I was admired, scanned, and stamped. The man at the port had never seen such an accomplished one of my kind before. I have ventured between America and the always great Europe an impressive number of times and plan on being stamped at different country boundaries until my pages are worn to the core, and I am an inked mess. “Incredible, Sir this passport is quite weathered. I see you have been many the miles.” “Mr. Henry James is my name and thank you. I take great pride in my travels for they provide one with experience and insight.” With a hard stamp my pages were once again marked with the disgraceful American ink, but either way I was glad to add another traveler’s mark to my collection. As Henry continued to talk about his travels and writing, he waved me around like a trophy to behold. Although glad to be seen and treasured, I wished he would put me away and we could start exploring some more. Getting into the carriage, he slipped me into the breast pocket of his coat which was my absolute favorite spot because it was the closest to his heart. With the crack of the whip, neigh of the horses, and jerk of the wagon we were off again to spend our precious...
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