...every speech! Introduction: Write an introduction that includes Attention Getting Material: Use a question or a story or a statistic or a quote or a joke (use only if you’re a great joke teller). Where have you heard this saying many times before “up and down, back and forth, or even Circular motions” you guess it, the dentist. Teeth play an important role in helping us to enjoy our food; therefore, we should treat them with care. Identification/common ground materials: Mention some things you have in common with the audience. Relate the commonalities to the topic of your speech. For example if you are speaking about water skiing you might say I ski every week at Lake Eola or some other lake your listeners will recognize. I brush and floss my teeth once a day? How would you rate yourself on how you care about your teeth? Background Materials (if needed): if your topic is obscure you may have to give some definitions here. Credentials: What are your credentials in giving this speech? For example, if water skiing is your hobby, you might say I have been water skiing every summer for 4 years and I enjoy reading about competitive water skiing. I have been a dental assistant for 16 years and I enjoy giving patients oral hygiene instructions. THESIS STATEMENT- Include the specific purpose and preview of 3 main points: For example, I will be speaking today about water safety by telling you about 1.)the need for water safety 2.) water safety...
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...Bursting the Antibacterial Bubble The speaker for the speech entitled Bursting the Antibacterial Bubble use very clear and vivid language. A couple of examples from the text include “today millions of Americans are trying to build a bubble around themselves and their families to keep out germs. The bubble is not made of plastic, however, billions of dollars’ worth of antibacterial hand wipes, tissues, soaps, and sponges.” The language included in this speech tends to be very clear out and supported with numerous facts. The speaker does little to embellish and only uses heavily emotional words on spare occasions. The organization of this speech was very through and included all of the necessary elements for successful presentation. The first paragraph is the attention getter sense a lot of people have either seen or heard the movie. The following paragraph contains the topic for this speech being antibacterial soap use. The speaker then gives credibility through their own personal history of them using antibacterial soap and then includes that the speaker has researched this topic thoroughly. The preview statement is located in the 4th paragraph and stated as “I ‘m here to tell you that, try as we might, we cannot build a bubble between ourselves and germs with antibacterial products and that these products more problems than they solve. The speaker in the following paragraph claims that (a) antibacterial products are ineffective (b) they harm human health, and (c) they pollute...
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...After watching “How to Start a Speech” I thought he did a great keeping the audience’s attention. He walked around he used hand gestures; he said jokes to make them laugh to keep them entertained. At the beginning he introduced himself and summarized what he was going to be speaking about. He also gave examples of what not to say starting off a speech. Also he gave them tips on how to start their speech. One thing I noticed he said that “there are more people alive on the planet today than has ever died” I didn’t think that sounded right so I searched it, I found out it was not true. I believe when giving a speech you should provide the audience with the truth. The presenter spoke clearly and after saying something he would stop to let the audience take in what he said. The only thing I did notice was he touched his nose a few times but other than that he did a great job. After watching the “Grammar and Paraphrasing” video the first thing I noticed was she did not know how to get the PowerPoint up and running. Then she drank water and was checking her phone. She did not intrude herself at the beginning and she read everything straight from the power point. When presenting a PowerPoint or a speech its best to memorize everything so you can look at the audience and make eye contact and only look at the power point to refresh your memory. Her body language was horrible, she had her arms crossed with had me feeling like she did not care. Instead of crossing her arms she could...
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...River-Water Sharing on Bangladesh Tatulia, one of the small villages in Bangladesh, is a representative of what problems occur due to the unavailability and shortage of clean water to the Bengali people. Can you imagine a 60 year-old woman, Aleya, who lived most of her life in Tatulia saying good-bye to her precious home due to such problems? Aleya says, “ Over the last few years, we have faced acute problems of safe drinking water; we have to drink arsenic-contaminated water!” Due to the fact that Bangladesh’s primary resources are tied to water consumption, Bengali officials are trying to study and implement many projects to increase the availability and quality of water and to manage it efficiently. A major predicament is that Bangladesh’s changing weather and flat topography produce severe flooding in the monsoon season and excessive drought during the dry season. This in turn affects the enhancement of its agricultural sector and damages its industrial sector. An immediate question comes to mind: why isn’t Bangladesh adopting some kind of project to collect the water in the flood season and use it in the dry season? The answer to this may hinge on Bangladesh’s neighboring countries, such as India, and their effect on the presence of water resources in the country. The present work focuses on the issue of Bengali-Indian relationships with regard to water sharing. Such issues include adopting water projects and treaties that allow for water sharing...
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...It is timely to consider the benefits and abuses of adolescent's free speech in school in this era when false news stories, that are nothing more than opinion have escalated and the freedom of the press is so often under attack. The freedom of speech is a core principle and right given to the American people under the Constitution. This freedom ensures the continuing development of democracy, as well as many other freedoms that our nation can easily take for granted. Institutions of free speech and freedom of press ensure that the truth is exposed and that ideas improve (Stark & Soltis, 2015). However, John Mill in his essay, “On Liberty,” points out that these same freedoms are cut back for minors still in the care of their parents (as...
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...fight.” The climate change of today’s world will cause many crops to die. GMOs could potentially be modified to withstand such a different and harsh environments, and be able to stabilize the food supply in the worst of climate conditions (Yang and Chen 1852). In the central plains of the United States lies the Ogallala Aquifer, which is being quickly depleted because of drought. This area is where a large portion of crops have been planted in the United States, and it is estimated that in the next 50 years, only 30% of the water will remain. However, there is a possible solution to this problem with the use of GMOs. In Egypt, there is genetically modified wheat that uses only an eighth of typical irrigation needs, and is cultivated by rainfall alone. This drought resistant wheat drastically decreases the amount of water needed to plant crops, and a similar genetic modification on wheat and other plants has the potential to help preserve the Ogallala Aquifer’s water supply (Lusk and Miller 3). Genetically modified plants also contain many nutritional benefits, and could possibly be used to help treat and cure diseases. Golden rice, a genetically modified rice plant that produces an increased amount of vitamin A, has been engineered to help with many health issues to do with vitamin A deficiencies, including blindness (Yang and Chen 1852). On top of all of these other benefits, genetically modified crops also provide a great amount of revenue. In the United States, GMOs have produced...
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...The analysis of the text “The Lumber - Room” by H. Munro. The text under analysis is written by an outstanding British novelist and a short – story writer Hector Munro. He was born in 1870 and died in 1916.Also he is better known for his pseudonym Saki. Owing to the death of his mother and his father’s absence abroad he was brought up during his childhood, with his elder brother and sister by a grandmother and two aunts. It seems probable that their stern and unsympathetic methods account for Munro’s strong dislike of anything that smacks of the conventional and the self-righteous. He satirized things that he hated. H. H. Munro is best known for his humorous and very interesting short stories. He often used black humour language in his stories. It is a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic. He used it in order to deride the human vices and to show inefficiency of actions of moralistic, hypocritical persons. Munro was killed on the French front during the First World War. His sister in her Biography of Saki writes: “One of Munro’s aunts, Augusta, was a woman of ungovernable temper, of fierce likes and dislikes, imperious, and moral coward, possessing no brains worth speaking of, and a primitive disposition.” Naturally the last person who should have been in charge of children. The character of the aunt in the Lumber – Room is Aunt Augusta to the life. The text tells...
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...Response to The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty “The Sniper,” by Liam O’Flaherty takes place in Dublin during the Civil War. The narrator is a sniper and through this story, he battles his various characters, including his own brother. In the resolution, he ends up killing his own brother without knowing his true identity. The theme in “The Sniper” is that war knows no boundaries as it will reduce human beings to mere targets and destroy all identities. This is shown through the characters, the plot, the mood, and the setting. The first key factor in determining the theme is the setting of the story. The story took place in Dublin, Ireland during the Civil War. This setting is incredibly important, as it is the main component of theme. Without the war as the setting, war cannot be shown and the theme wouldn’t be shown. The setting correlates with the mood as it creates an intense, yet heavy and bittersweet mood. This raises suspense and builds up till the climax. This greatly impacts the theme as the author wants the readers to live through the story as if they were the main character. From the very beginning, to the very end, no names of characters are mentioned. Instead, the author chooses to reference to people using general words such as “the sniper,” “the old woman,” or “the man.” This detail about the story is incredibly important because the author is trying to emphasize that war has destroyed the identities of people. A key factor in an identity is the name of person, if...
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...Informative Speech Outline I Intro A. Do you guys know what the world’s largest man-made structure is? Well it is not the pyramids of Egypt if that’s what you are thinking. According to Bluewater Recycling Association, the largest structure built by mankind is the Fresh Kills Sanitary Landfill located in Staten Island, New York. The site is 45 meters high, 45 meters deep and covers an area of 120 hectares. B. In the past, dumps took all wastes; industrial, commercial, and hazardous household materials. Landfills are now designed and regulated to hold specific materials. C. Regardless of where we live, work, or play, we generate trash. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, American’s generated 254.7 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2005 and more than half (138.3 million tons) was disposed of in landfills. I did some research and according to Bluewater Recycling this is very dangerous because gas and leachate are the two major problems landfills generate. Landfill gas is roughly 50% carbon dioxide and 50% methane. It is the methane that poses the greatest danger; the gas becomes explosive when mixed with oxygen. Without proper control, methane can leak into pipes and buildings. There has been homes that have exploded from methane leaks caused by being built near old, improperly constructed landfills. D. I will be speaking about how people dealt with landfills in the past, now and how local governments are trying to deal with them...
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...contrasts and compares to the way the mortals use their language. Although in all of the texts the divinities use speech to create bounds while the mortals are simply unable to do anything but comply. There does come a point where these two methods of divine and human speech come together to share striking similarities. This can be seen in the biblical books of Genesis, Gospel According to John, and the book Confessions by Saint Augustine. The...
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...In the 1960’s, a decade most known for its high level of civil rights and free speech reform activity, the Civil Rights Movement reached its peak as protests spread through the nation. Upon the late 50’s, many of America’s college youth had organized themselves into activist groups, promoting their rights to support off-campus causes. The University of California in Berkeley was one of the many that faced this student commotion. A minority of the university’s students actively engaged themselves in the Civil Rights cause. In an effort to lessen the student’s ability to promote causes such as these, Berkeley officials took legal precautions towards preventing on-campus political activities by initiating a ban. In the fall semester of 1964,...
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...fossil fuel production. It is these policies that have driven the U. S. to be dependent on foreign fossil fuel supplies. Environmentally speaking, this is a double edge sword. The production of fossil fuels can harm the environment on foreign soil, or it can have a local impact if domestic fossil fuel production goes unregulated. While the push for cleaner energy production is in full swing, United States shale oil and gas production is one that has resulted in conflicting local environmental choices and economic impacts. President Barack Obama recent remarks on his climate change speech is one that delivers cleaner green energy, at a reduced cost, with positive environmental impacts. It also calls for more aggressive domestic energy practices to ensure we can meet the initiatives intended goals. Yet, U.S. Shale oil and gas production was not mentioned nor included within the climate change speech. One may ask why this is important. The importance comes in the form of transparency, to look at all of the U.S. energy resources production practices the same way. What exactly is Shale oil and gas production and why should we care? The U.S. has an abundance of Shale oil fields that have recently produced gas and oil products that rival prominent oil countries such as Saudi Arabia and Russia. It will continue to do so and add a significant boost to U.S. economy. (Morse, 2014) This has resulted in the U.S not being dependent on foreign oil as much as it used to. Additionally, the...
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...vomiting but subside within about 24 hours. These can be stopped by avoiding having to reheat cooked rice. How can the risk of infection with Bacillus cereus be minimised? Keep prepared foods under refrigeration (5°C) until you are ready to serve. Keep hot foods at a temperature greater than 60°C.Try to avoid preparing foods too far in advance. For heated products that are going to be eaten at a later time ensure that the product is correctly cooled after cooking. The Food Standard Code requires food businesses to cool the food: From 60°C to 21°C within two hours, and From 21°C to 5°C within a further four hours. Cooling cooked food in shallow containers, with good airflow around each container, will help achieve this. Wash hands with hot soapy water and dry thoroughly before preparing food. Keep utensils and kitchen clean. Campylobacter- This is found in raw poultry and meat, milk and animals including pets. Symptoms include diarrhoea which is often bloody. When you suffer from food poisoning due to this bacterium the symptoms are diarrhoea, cramps, a fever and vomiting this could last from 2 to 10 days. This can be stopped by always cooking meat especially poultry, to safe minimum temperatures. Keep raw meat, especially poultry, separate from other food and don’t drink raw or unpasteurized milk. When you are already suffering from symptoms it’s important to drink a lot of fluids and get enough rest but if you feel that your symptoms are severe call a doctor because certain antibiotics...
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...vomiting but subside within about 24 hours. These can be stopped by avoiding having to reheat cooked rice. How can the risk of infection with Bacillus cereus be minimised? Keep prepared foods under refrigeration (5°C) until you are ready to serve. Keep hot foods at a temperature greater than 60°C.Try to avoid preparing foods too far in advance. For heated products that are going to be eaten at a later time ensure that the product is correctly cooled after cooking. The Food Standard Code requires food businesses to cool the food: From 60°C to 21°C within two hours, and From 21°C to 5°C within a further four hours. Cooling cooked food in shallow containers, with good airflow around each container, will help achieve this. Wash hands with hot soapy water and dry thoroughly before preparing food. Keep utensils and kitchen clean. Campylobacter- This is found in raw poultry and meat, milk and animals including pets. Symptoms include diarrhoea which is often bloody. When you suffer from food poisoning due to this bacterium the symptoms are diarrhoea, cramps, a fever and vomiting this could last from 2 to 10 days. This can be stopped by always cooking meat especially poultry, to safe minimum temperatures. Keep raw meat, especially poultry, separate from other food and don’t drink raw or unpasteurized milk. When you are already suffering from symptoms it’s important to drink a lot of fluids and get enough rest but if you feel that your symptoms are severe call a doctor because certain antibiotics...
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...Where is the Earth heading? Albert Gore's speech "Global climate change: Protecting the environment" is a very inspiring essay not just because global warming is a big discussed issue these days but also because it's one of the biggest problems. Some examples of worsening condition are the higher and higher temperatures all over the world, the poisoning of the water and air on the Earth, and another one “the unprecedented loss of living species at a rate that has not taken place on this planet since the disappearance of the dinosaurs so many tens of millions of years ago” (Gore). This is very shocking and unimaginable because without animals we neither the Earth won't be able to survive. Al Gore was preparing this speech very much, since he thought through the details about where it would take it's place or to what will make him look convincing and more trustworthy for his audience. He chose to preform it in Washington DC “at a first green university”, and he begins with thanking all the significant people who are there listening to him. Even through there is more young adults than “high positioned" people listening to his speech, there is at that moment most of our “next generation” science students that he wanted to inspire from beginning of their careers. Through his speech, he mentions that “soon 120 countries will have a meeting in Berlin” (Gore) where he will show that other countries are starting to deal with this problem all over the world too. A rhetorical situation...
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