Are modern day parents struggling? (Debate speech) Welcome chairperson, opposition, and audience. This house believes that a modern day problem needs to be addressed. Today, the motion is that adults are failing the next generation, and I would like to begin by guaranteeing that everyone of the audience can regret at least one thing as a parent when parenting your child, and I fully understand that parenting is crazy, and it's like circumnavigating the globe without any guidance... but what a journey…
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data, facts, and structured arguments to appeal to the audience's sense of reason and support the accuracy of their message. The appeal to logic and reason is emphasized in Aristotle's third pillar of rhetoric, logos, which forms the foundation of persuasive communication by associating arguments with facts and reason. This approach is especially important when it comes to TED Talks, where presenters are expected to explain complex concepts, innovative inventions, or scientific discoveries to a large…
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about modern world history. Mainly that people in power, in this case, white Americans, will say that they live in a fair, free and independent world and believe it too because of their ignorance. The primary document analyzed is in the form of a persuasive speech, created and presented on the Fourth of July, 1852 by the former slave Frederick Douglass. In the speech, he speaks directly to the white Americans and immediately addresses the separation between them at the beginning of the speech. He…
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The article demonstrates that the writer has a very strong passion for going on coach holidays. At the start, he describes the history of coach holidays, ‘it’s interesting to look back at the development of holidays by coach’, from 1960s to present day. This tells us how much he not just enjoys, but how much he’s keenly interested in coach holidays. Furthermore, the writer has ‘been taking coach holidays for 10 years plus’, indicating that his experience in coach holidays is very advanced and the…
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Technology has advanced, society has modernized, and language has evolved. One of the things that has not changed is the way that speeches are written. A set of speeches to exemplify this would be Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech and President Bush's "Address to the Nation" given the night of September 11th, 2001. These speeches have moved millions. How these words have moved millions lies within their structures. Both speeches' structures, incidentally written during the…
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One major social example of a false dilemma fallacy would be the Black Lives Matter Movement. This movement is one that was built off of many years of African American silence. Now, in the modern world, African Americans have come to the realize that they are important and should use their voice to help others realize the impact they can bring into the world. However, with this movement comes those that oppose the BLM Movement, calling themselves…
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1863 Also known as the ‘Gettysburg Address’, this concise speech is simple in its language yet carries a complex message of freedom for all men including the abolition of Negroes in slavery during the period of the Civil War in America. Given at Gettysburg after a great battle and victory for the North, Lincoln praises the efforts of the dead and also calls upon the living to continue fighting for the cause of liberty. It is a speech of passionate resolve and high ideals in a tone that is formal…
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other one shares these enthusiasms, but in a rather vain, theatrical way. . . . "I cannot tell which one of us is writing this page." Jorge Luis Borges, "Borges and I" Terms associated with PERSONA: Rhetor: the speaker or writer Ethos: Persuasive appeal (one of the three artistic proofs) based on the character or projected character of the speaker or writer. According to Aristotle, the chief components of a compelling ethos are good will, practical wisdom, and virtue; educated, considerate…
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Literatures and Foreign Languages Let Us Learn and Resource Together 23 November 2008 Rhetorical Analysis of “A More Perfect Union” Speech The speech titled “A More Perfect Union” was delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18, 2008 near the historical site of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The speech responds to the video clip of Barack Obama’s pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, making racially charged comments against America and Israel. The pundits…
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not ask to use the restroom during instructional time. If there is time at the end of class, restroom breaks will be allowed. Late assignments for the first day late will lose 21 points for each day it is late. On the second day you will earn a zero, but you can still turn in your assignment for evaluation. Homework is due on the day assigned. If homework is not submitted, it will be on my desk by 8:00 the following morning. Gum will not be allowed at any time. Any infraction against policies…
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