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The Persuasive Speech on Aggressive Driving (984 words, 3 pages)

Persuasive Speech Aggressive Driving Specific Purpose To persuade the audience that aggressive driving should be avoided. Introduction I.Attention Getter Speeding, tailgating, giving the finger and outright violence. Each day Americans grow more and more likely to take out their personal frustrations on other drivers. It is called aggressive driving and ... Read More

An Essay on Makowtz’s Portfolio Theory (1868 words, 6 pages)

Introduction Portfolio theory founded by Markowtz (1952) is a revolutionary theory changed finance profession from 'arts' to 'science'. It gives direction of how to minimize risk at a given return or maximize return at a given return. A portfolio is a bundle of assets with different levels of return and ... Read More

A Paper on the Speech of Dina Temple-Raston (539 words, 1 pages)

This past week, on April 5th, the James Madison University had the privilege of hosting guest speaker Dina Temple-Raston, the notable author of the book, Justice on the Grass Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes and a Nation's Quest for Redemption, during a "Confronting Genocide" conference. Temple-Raston spoke ... Read More

An Analysis of the Famous Pericles’ Speech (1061 words, 2 pages)

Pericles lived in Athens of Classical Greece around 431 B.C. He made a famous speech around this time to the Athenian people about the ideals of the Greek culture. Although this articulate speech is quite famous, it does not accurately describe the realm of Athenian lifestyle. Pericles makes Athens sound ... Read More

The Lack of Comprehensive Speech in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (855 words, 2 pages)

The Lack of Comprehensive Speech in Catch 22 Most of what we really say has no meaning. This concept is perfectly supported in Catch 22, by Joseph Heller. Almost every character and scene in the novel contain dialogues where the people speak aimlessly and have no explanation for why they ... Read More

An Informative Speech on HIV and AIDS (907 words, 3 pages)

Good afternoon everyone. Today I would like to inform you all about HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, and AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Statistics show that about 35 of AIDS cases have been in the age group of 20-29. Now many of you may already know that AIDS has a long ... Read More

How to Give a Memorable Speech (586 words, 1 pages)

The speech is one of the best ways to convey an idea or opinion. The quote "a memorable speech holds contemporary worth to society regardless of its time of presentation" is indeed factual. Through vivid and compelling use of words, the speech gives the reader the exact feeling the author ... Read More

Methods of Speech Delivery: Impromptu, Manuscript, Memorized and Extemporaneous (597 words, 2 pages)

From a toast at a wedding, to answering a question in class, speeches are used throughout of daily lives. Speeches can be used to convey your thoughts and ideas in a way others can follow. Even if your thoughts are very clear in your mind, a clear speech is crucial ... Read More

Campaign Speech (640 words, 2 pages)

Kathi thank you, and isnt it funny how things have come full circle. Just like when you first ran for office I now have the impossible challenge of trying to follow an incredible legacy left by a Reinstein. You are a difficult act to follow my friend, but with the ... Read More

Speech Courses: Who Needs Them? (411 words, 2 pages)

Aristotle said, In making a speech one must study three pointsfirst, the means of producing persuasion second, the language thirdthe proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.'' I do notthink speaking class is important first for student that is notimportant for them and another for student who fear ... Read More

Preparing to Give a Speech (514 words, 2 pages)

As the time for the speech approached, I could not have felt more nervous I reviewed the key words in my head over and over, wiped the sweat running down my cheeks, and dreamed of returning home with 1st place title. As soon as my name was announced, I walked ... Read More

President Roosevelt and His Impactful Speeches (906 words, 3 pages)

President Roosevelt gave two impactful speeches during his terms as president. His two speeches were Fireside Chat, given in 1933 and the Pearl Harbor Address, in 1941. Although both the Fireside Chat and the Pearl Harbor Address were given by President Franklin Roosevelt, the presidents usage of logos, pathos and ... Read More

Discovering Functional Units in Continuous Speech (10893 words, 48 pages)

AbstractSensitivity to statistical regularities in spoken language may play an important role in language learning. However, whereas studies of statistical learning typically have focused on learning at a single level, the functional units over which statistical regularities may be calculated are highly acoustically variable, embedded in continuous speech, and defined ... Read More

A Letter to My Portfolio Review Committee (732 words, 3 pages)

Dear portfolio review committee,In this letter I am writing about my strengths and weaknesses as a writer in English 099. When I signed up for English099 It came upon me that I needed help with my writing abilities to become a better writer at the end of the semester. I ... Read More

Analysis of I Have a Dream Speech (844 words, 3 pages)

Two score and nine years ago, a great American, in whose shadow we stand delivered one of the most captivatingly effective speeches in the history of the United States. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that would become known across the globe due to the powerfulness with which ... Read More

The Legal Rights to Repress Free Speech to Avoid Abuse of Speech (1435 words, 7 pages)

In a democracy, words are weapons. The U.S. Bill of Rights First Amendment to the Constitution is the ammunition to those weapons. The First Amendment states Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech, or of ... Read More

Analysis of a Live Speech (308 words, 4 pages)

Adolescent years are the hardest years for many teens. The pressures ofmaturing, along with the conflicting feelings to remain young andinnocent can take its toll on anyone.The Catcher in The Rye is a novel written by J.D Salinger. It is toldby the protagonist Holden Claulfield who is an adolescent teenager ... Read More

The Power of Speech: Frederick Douglass’s Speech (1316 words, 4 pages)

In Frederick Douglasss speech that was addressed on the Fourth of July at a meeting of the ladies anti-slavery society, Douglass takes this opportunity to demoralize the institution of slavery. In his speech Douglass uses ethos, pathos, and logos to influence his audience. The purpose of this speech was to ... Read More

Students’ Freedom of Speech in School (238 words, 2 pages)

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects all individual's Freedom of Speech his or her right to express artistic, religious, and political viewpoints. In the 1970's, however, several high school students were disciplined for coming to school wearing black armbands protesting the Vietnam War. These students successfully took ... Read More

Helping Students Excel Academically and Socially in Middle School (607 words, 3 pages)

Welcome to middle school. The two years of an adolescence's life, thatthey either love forever, or hate with a passion. In the end though, onemust find a way to get through them. It may sound challenging, but thistask is quite simpler then thought of. Three key qualities to help childrenexcel ... Read More

An Outline of a Speech on the Importance of Organ Donation (1902 words, 7 pages)

Attention Step By a show of hands, how many of you are familiar with the Pay It Forward Movement? For those of you who are not the concept is based on random acts of kindness, which involves doing something nice for someone and not expecting anything in return. Organ donation ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013