...Many people are less than enthusiastic about speaking in front of large crowds primarily because they are nervous. Unfortunately, there are a few instances when they are forced to face their fears and one of them is the passing of a friend or family member. There will be a great deal of stress already controlling events which is why the person being asked to say a few words should probably consider looking at a few eulogy examples. This is meant to be a guideline to put the writer at ease and make it less stressful for them to accomplish their task.The best laid plansWhen you think about eulogy templates the first thing to keep in mind is that they are designed to keep you from stumbling. You will still need to add your own personal touch to...
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...In her eulogy, British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, sends her condolences to the American people over the death Ronald Reagan. She reflects on Reagan’s great personality and complements his work as president. Thatcher utilizes informal but respectful words, parallelism, and contrast to convince the audience of Reagan’s good character, and his importance to America along with the rest of the world. Thatcher uses a distinctly informal, admiring diction to show her respect and closeness to Reagan, and her agreement with his policies. An example of this informal diction is when she calls Reagan, “Ronnie”. This casual use of his popular nickname shows the American audience that she viewed Reagan like they did, like a friend. With her informal diction, she places herself among the people and reveals that she knew Reagan on a personal level, thus gaining the people’s trust and good will. By describing Reagan with admiring, complimentary words like “cheerful” and “invigorating”, she builds up his positive characteristics. Thatcher’s diction convinces her audience of her sincerity, and raises Reagan’s bright character in the minds of the audience....
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...Eulogy for The Fall of Rome The fall of Rome was the biggest tragedy the world has ever experienced. Rome had so much accomplishments, however, Rome had a lot of causes of decline, too. Rome was the largest culture known for its savagery and integrity. Rome had supreme control for 500 years, from 27 BCE to 476 CE. Rome's first emperor was Julius Caesar, however, people didn't vote for Julius Caesar, he declared himself, that he's the emperor. After Julius Caesar died, people voted for the second emperor, which was Caesar Augustus. At 117 CE, the Roman Empire spawned to the Mediterranean world, which was from Northern Africa to the Scottish border, and from Spain to Syria. Rome had so much accomplishments, that Rome became famous because of their accomplishments. Some accomplishments...
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...Eulogy for Homer Simpson We are sorry and filled with sorrow to say that the beloved fat, friendly, son strangling, Homer Jay Simpson tragically died on December 15, 2016 at 7:42 PM pacific time, In 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield Oregon. The reason of his death was a rare case of type 6 diabetes, which was caused by too many donuts in a short period of time every day for years and also the hours spent at Moe's tavern lead to his soon death. He was sitting on the stool with Carl to his left and Lenny to his right and Moe getting Barney out of the bathroom. When the drunk monstrosity which is Barney waltzed out of the bathroom, homer felt a sense of disgust. He told Moe he was heading home. When he arrived home he just wanted to go to...
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...We are gathered here today to give a moment of our time to give thanks and celebrate the life of an extraordinary and knowledgeable man named Jay Gatsby. He was born in North Dakota with his birth name James Gatz. His parents were devoted to Catholicism, and he grew up with three younger sisters. Gatsby was not born into a wealthy family, and nothing was ever just handed to him. His upbringing taught him dedication, persistence and hardship. He was a man who worked extremely hard throughout his life, for what he had and what he lost. He was a man who was so much greater than what society had hastened upon him. Personally, I only knew him for a short period of time, and he had so many great positive qualities that I had witnessed during my time here in West Egg. It hurts me tremendously to see his house as empty as it is today. It makes me disappointed, although I’m not surprised. Just a few days ago, the wealthy and affluent flooded his home for another one of his extravagant parties. Most of you here today, and the many people from the East Egg or West Egg, only know Gatsby for these fancy parties. In fact, the first time I met Gatsby, was at one of them. Now, in his death, no one appears to show the slightest amount of gratitude. Life moves so fast, perhaps no one has time to reflect upon the sadness of this loss. Many of you may not know of Gatsby's astonishing story, so I would now like to share it with you all today. When I moved to West Egg, within the first few days...
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...A eulogize is a speech or written memorial of a recently deceased person give at a funeral. Eulogizes are usually read by a family member or a person that was close to the deceased to celebrate their life and accomplishments. A well written eulogy will, “ highlight the departed loved one’s accomplishments, important relationships, and unique qualities, citing examples and stories familiar to your listeners” (bookcite). The eulogy of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. given by his sister Mona Simpson, is a great example of how a eulogy should be. In the eulogy titled; A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs, Mona takes her audience through Steve’s life journey. She talks about how they were reunited as adults and his love for his family. She focus...
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...You’ve heard of Martin Luther King’s shooting, right? Well, have you heard about the bombing in Oklahoma? If you have, a bet you never heard their eulogies, have you? The eulogy for MLK was put together by Robert F. Kennedy and it is, as it seems, just remembering MLK. The speech for the bombing in Oklahoma was put together by Bill Clinton, and is mainly for the families of the deceased. Well, the common central purpose of the two speeches is to give the people, or person, who died a speech, which remembered the deceased and helped Americans get through their loss, and this is showed best with logos and pathos. The first rhetoric is logos. Logos is an appeal to your brain, something that logically makes sense. One great example from MLK is...
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...Have you ever thought who would be a better civil rights leader? Would Gandhi be a superior political fighter compared to Mandela? If, so how and why? Gandhi was a better presented in the text. Also, he was a better civil rights activist because more people admired him rather than Mandela, he had better intentions, and he impacted us in a greater way and is still inspiring lives to this day. To begin with, Gandhi was a very important person and is extremely praised by a variety of people. For example, In the Eulogy of Mahatma Gandhi, in paragraph one, the text states that Gandhi was very difficult to praise based on everything he did for the people. For instance, Gandhi was admired by several people and had several people inspired (Paragraph...
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...four years after the Civil War and farming in Missouri began to replace the war-destroyed land. Including, the rise of Leonidas Hornsby’s family owned business of farming and herding sheep. It was difficult to maintain business due to prowling dogs, so the Hornsby family threatened to shoot any dogs that stepped a paw into their property. Unfortunately, Old Drum, a prized hound owned by Charles Burden, mistakenly roamed into Hornsby’s land and was shot. Burden did not want Hornsby to get away with the murder of Old Drum, therefore Burden sued Hornsby, in the court case of Burden v. Hornsby. However, throughout the trial, Hornsby was seen as not guilty and in favor of the jury. Until Vest (Burden’s attorney) addressed his closing remarks of “Eulogy of the Dog,” moved the jury to be complimentary with Burden, and earned him well-deserved justice for Old Drum. Through the tragic death of Old Drum, provoked Vest to addresses to his audience of the jury...
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...6/12/13 Handara Daniswara COM111 Eulogy For Chivalry Most studies found that the number one fear for Americans is the fear of public speaking, followed by death. That means as of right now I am better off if were inside that casket than standing here delivering this eulogy to you. We are here to commemorate the dead of Chivalry. I still remember the first time I saw him, in a Disney cartoon where he fought through a dragon just to save a girl, that cartoon was the Sleeping Beauty. Since then I saw more of him, opening doors for people, giving up seats for people, volunteer to carrying things for people, pulls out chair for people, paying the bill in his first date, the second date, and reluctantly in the third date but he still pays the bill. He is basically courageous and courteous. We are all mournful by his death, except women who killed Chivalry. If he were still alive today, the world would be a better place. Women, elderly, and kids do not have to stand in public transport; Chivalry would give up his seat. Women would have free dinner; Chivalry would pay the bill. And there would not be any need for automatic doors; Chivalry would open it up for you. Chivalry however did not die in vain. He has set us an example throughout his life, a code of conduct, that we men should follow suit. And if we do, we might bring Chivalry back from the...
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...witnessed. I was speechless and numb. President Reagan’s face said it all. As he spoke, you could see the pain he was experiencing from this great tragedy. His speech was similar to that of a eulogy as he recounted the names of the astronauts one by one as if he knew them like family. President Reagan praised them for their great sacrifice for this country’s quest to explore outer space. Stephen Lucas (2012) stated, “Eulogies, Fourth of July speeches, and dedications are...
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...While giving his eulogy Rev. Suggs says “He treated us all like dogs, equally.” (213). Many people may have potential. But many people refuse to look deeper than the surface. While in the meantime there are certain amounts of people on the outside who do look deeper to find the potential and help it come to the surface. John Grisham makes many different characters in his books have this trait and he capitalizes on this in Bleachers he chooses to make a supporting character have this mindset instead of the main character. If one would like an example of this they would only have to look when the first African-American students joined Messina High School. Rake quickly welcomed the football players and paired every single one of them up with a white player, in order to help them bond and keep down the trouble makers that may arise. With the new students joining the school system, the school’s budget was stretched and it was very noticeable in the marching band’s budget. Instead of letting many students get...
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...When Lying is Justifiable Lying is an inevitable behavior, although we may all agree lying is not right, we fall into this behavior many times in our lives. Everyone lies; whether it is to protect, obscure, place blame, or manipulate. As children, most individuals were taught that lying was wrong. From hearing parents say common quotes like, “the truth shall set you free”, or from the many consequences received for lying, people were meant to be have honesty enforced their minds. There is no doubt truth actually is enforced in our minds, according to a study by expert of Developmental Science, Dr. Fu Genyue, Ph.D, “Children of all ages categorize lies as lies and truth as truth” (499). Research in the medical field shows that “deception is judged as justified in some contexts involving the prevention of harm” (Freeman 2274). Of course lying is not acceptable when speaking under oath or at confessions with a priest, but lying is definitely justifiable in certain situations were it can be used as a protection factor to protect the feelings, securities, and lives of others. We are all put into very awkward situations at some points of our lives where we may feel lying to spare one's feelings was the best option. One common situation is being asked, “Do I look fine in this outfit?”. If the person does look fine it is okay to say so, but it is when that person may not that we produce what is called a “white lie”. While many people may recognize the words “white lie”, there...
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...technology in combination with changes in organizational structures and methods of working has led to an increasing amount of information and also to totally new forms of information and in the creation of records. Much of the information previously produced on paper is now being produced in electronic form, for example as e-mail and in databases. The Dutch archive theoretician Eric Ketelaar [1999] has invented the word “archivalisation” to describe the phenomenon where more and more material is deemed to be worthy of documenting and archiving. This means that a considerably larger amount of information requires handling. Electronically generated and stored information is also exposed to change and manipulation in quite a different way to that involved with paper-bound information. The e-government services, where the whole idea is to exchange information electronically, will radically redirect paperbound information and documents towards electronically generated and managed information and documents. A 10-year period is a long time when dealing with the preservation of electronic records. This is of course due to the rapid technological development, and includes, for example, the problems associated with obsolete software and file formats. Goldstein [2004]0 stresses the need for a quick solution to the problem of archiving electronic information for the future. Furthermore, he states that the major threat to archived material today is not the fire hazard but the rapid development...
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...Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4480, United States Department of Communication, 322 Erickson Hall, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, United States Received 9 October 2006; received in revised form 26 January 2007; accepted 26 January 2007 Abstract Only recently has research begun concerning the longer-term aftermath of organizational crisis. This essay presents the genre of disaster rhetoric as a viable strategy to address the problems and opportunities that arise when the media write about crisis anniversaries or news stories that refer to any crisis or disaster, past or present. After a brief review of genre theory, the authors outline the seven functions of the “rhetoric of disaster” and provide multiple examples of their application to public relations activity and its news coverage. The essay concludes with questions that practitioners may use proactively in the development of copy points to address each of the rhetoric of disaster’s functions. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Rhetoric; Genre; Writing conventions; Disaster; Crisis; Message design 1. Overview The bulk of the crisis communication literature has been devoted to crisis plans and the principles behind them (e.g., Fearn-Banks, 2006; Seeger, Sellnow, & Ulmer, 2003), using issues management to prepare for potential crises or avoid them (e.g., Heath, 1997; Olaniran & Williams, 2001), and how organizations “speak” during crises (e.g., Hearit, 2006)—and rightly so...
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