...The moment the school bell rang everyone stood, faced old glory and recited the ‘Pledge of Allegiance’, and then Misty Fort, a petite fourth grader, walked up on the porch and sang in a professional operatic voice, the ‘Star Spangle Banner’. Next, Reverend Jarvis gave the benediction. In turn Mayor Smiley delivered a short speech and then Sally P. Strong, the Principal and the school’s only teacher for the past thirty years walked to the center of the porch and motioned for Billy Smithton, the best trumpeter in the ninth grade to begin playing ‘Pomp and Circumstance’. Instantly, the audience began to chant Homer’s name as he slowly made his way up the steps and stood opposite his teacher. A hush fell over the crowd as they watched...
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...Delivering Bad News Analysis I chose to analyze a news conference that was given by Mayor Bing of Detroit on December 1, 2011. The purpose of the conference was to address the current state of the city’s financial crisis and reports that the State of Michigan is coming in to do a financial review. I will evaluate the physical aspects of the speech, including appearance, chosen location, and body language. I will also evaluate the content of Mayor Bing’s speech and give my opinion on whether or not he appropriately addressed the crisis at hand. Mayor Bing wore a professional, navy pin-striped suit with a crisp white collar and a lighter blue tie. What we wear can project or evoke different emotions. According to Carole Kanchier of the Huffington Post, some of the things blue represent are authority, structure, communication, dependability, trust and loyalty (Kanchier, 2012). These are all emotions that Mayor Bing needs his audience to feel for his message to be succesful. To further his authority Mayor Bing stood behind a podium that had the Seal of the Mayor clearly displayed on its front side. He also chose not to stand alone. Standing with him were members of the Detroit City Counsel, Labor Board, people he refered to as the faith-based community, and members of the Detroit business community. I believe the purpose of this was to show that he was not in this crisis alone and that he had the communities support. I’m sure by including these people with him behind...
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...arguments with a myriad of examples. An unknown voice narrates Janie's story, which has many dominating influences that are able to use the power of speech to take control. Consequently, Janie remains reserved for most of the novel, and she pays the price for her silent consent. When Janie was vocal with her opinions, she was able to determine her own future. Speech is the most influential tool to determine power, and Janie was able to liberate herself of her misery when she was vocal, yet her silence was taken advantage of, so she was a pawn in her own life. Upon being given orders to move a manure pile, Janie had come to the end of her patience with her marriage to Logan Killicks....
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...led a march to the Chicago city hall to attack the root of the problem: poverty. Martin moves his family to Chicago in 1966, and lived in a rundown, four-room apartment for ninety dollars a month. He felt the need to show his family how too many black people were living (Bader 89). Martin led many marches in Chicago in the summer of 1966. He marched to Chicago City Hall, and he posted a list of demands on the door for Mayor Richard Daley. The demands included an end to police violence and an end to job and housing discrimination (Bader 91). Jesse Jackson a member of the SCLC planned a march through a neighborhood called Cicero. Seventy thousand white people lived in Cicero, and Mayor Daley knew the march would end in violence. Mayor Daley promised to meet the demands so the march would not happen and Dr. King took his word for it. Mayor Daley went back on his promised, and nothing changed in Chicago (Bader...
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...Jordan Beard Mrs. Laney English III 10 April 2014 “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” Research Paper Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” is considered to be one of his most powerful and effective speeches, considering that it gave not only the black community of Memphis, TN, but all supporters of the nation, the courage to continue a long journey for freedom. His figure as a speaker and a leader had a positive impacting effect on the nation as a whole. On February 1, 1968, during a heavy rainstorm in Memphis, two black sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death by a faulty garbage truck compactor to stay out of the rain (“Martin Luther King Jr”). The City of Memphis, under Mayor Henry Loeb, in order to preserve money in the economy, had continued to use this old and outdated machinery in the Public Works Department when it should have been discarded (Honey). “The city paid most of its 1,300 sanitation workers a minimum wage of one dollar and sixty cents per hour; they worked until their routes were done, often putting in sixty hours a week at forty hours of pay” (Honey). The wages of these workers were so low that they were forced to live on welfare as well as food stamps to simply live day to day and feed their families (“Sanitation Workers Strike”). The city provided unskilled black workers with no job benefits, no access to supervisory jobs, no rights or respect and minimal health coverage. The families of both...
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...Hanko 1 Jody Hanko Prof. Baxstrom English 1110.01 Sept. 1, 2015 To be an American It's morning, you just woke up and are getting ready to leave the house. You decide to wear jeans and a nice shirt that says "Jesus loves you" on the front. While reading the newspaper you realize something, today is voting day. Everyone will be voting for the new mayor of the city of Wakeman. You have researched all the candidates and decide Joe Smith is the best choice for the city. All of these choices you have made this morning are possible because you are an American. To be an American you have the rights to the first amendment, that is the freedom of religion, speech, press, the right to vote, and individuality. One of the most important values of being an American is the first amendment. The first amendment allows us to have freedom of speech, which gives us the right to say what we think about topics or arguments. Such as who is the better pick for mayor and why you believe in him. We also have freedom of press which allows us to gather and distribute information to others. An example of this is a congressman that has committed fraud, the press would have the right to inform the public of his/her actions. Another freedom we have in the first amendment is freedom of religion. We have the right to practice whatever religion you choose. You can be Catholic, Buddhist, Baptist, Atheist, or any other religion you choose. It is your rights and your decisions as an American...
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...Civil rights activist, and reverend Jesse Jackson gave an inspirational speech on Friday, March 3rd, 2017, at Montevallo High School as part of his visit to Alabama, for the fifty second commemoration of the Selma March known as bloody Sunday. After student and teachers waited anxiously the assembly began by important figures in the Montevallo community taking a seat on stage including the Mayor, the assistant Superintendent, Alabama Education Association representatives, City Council members, as well as the school principal. After Jackson was escorted to the stage, he began the speech by involving the audience to repeat the I am somebody poem. During Jackson’s speech, among other things, he spoke on women’s rights and strengths, the importance...
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...local, national and international politics, education, the arts and every form of industry are dependent on intelligent people making persuasive arguments literally countless times each day. In in class speaker, Mr. John Divine, provided us with a great example of this. Mr. Divine is honed in the necessary art of persuasion due to his vast personal experience, as he performed the art of persuasion for both a living and profession. For many years Mr. Divine was involved in sales for IBM, a multinational consulting and technology company who designs and sells computers and computer hardware and software in addition to offering consultancy in technology. Furthermore, Mr. Divine was involved in the political realm of persuasion; he acted as mayor for the town of Salina. Through his personal experience Mr. Divine has come to be a prolific reserve in terms of information pertaining to persuasion. He has come to learn in what cases persuasion is more likely to be effective, which he kindly shared with our class. He told us about key steps which can lead persuasion to be more effective, in any realm. Each of these steps can be clearly related to fundamental principles of persuasion which we have discussed throughout the discourse of our class. The first step Mr. Divine discussed is forming good relationships with others. He spoke of how it is key to build rapport and trust within any given situation. This thought can be...
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...purpose is to persuade the audience to vote for him as president. He adopts a stern tone in order to appeal to the audiences needs and wants in his announcement speech. Sanders opens his speech by thanking everyone for their support. “Thank you all very much for the support that you have given me over the years as the mayor of this great city, as Vermont’s only congressman and now as a U.S senator.” He uses ethos to prove that he is credible and that he already has political knowledge on what needs to be improved and what needs to change. Sanders refers to his audience as, “My fellow Americans” and “Brothers and sisters” to imply that we are all equal and need to come together as one. When he moves on to talking about protecting our most vulnerable Americans he uses anaphora in his speech. “At a time when millions… water economically, at a time when senior… increasing, at a time when millions…living in dire poverty. By saying “At a time” it puts emphasis on the fact that, while there are Americans struggling, senior poverty is increasing, and millions of kids living in dire poverty, they are providing huge tax breaks for the wealthiest families and raising taxes on working families. This makes his speech more effective, which helps gain support for his campaign. Sanders’ diction is highly effective throughout his speech. He uses words and phrases such as, “Here is my promise to you for this campaign” “We must establish” “we must be deadly serious” and “We must be vigorous in...
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...Ronald Reagan, was an actor, governor of California and the first actor to ever successfully achieve the highest in the United States. At the time of his presidential election, he was sixty nine years old making him the oldest person to sworn to office.On June 12, 1987 President Reagan delivered his speech at the Brandenburg gate in West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was built during the Cold War, The communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. Despite the spread of communism of East Berlin, Reagan proposed his speech to 45,000 people at the Brandenburg gate. Reagan appeals to pathos, repetition and ethos to influence the audience and Mr.Gorbachev to tear down the wall. June 12, 1987, in the car in Berlin on the way to the gate and the wall, appeals to pathos by expressing his feelings to Kenneth Duberstein, he was Reagan's White House Chief of Staff. “ the President slapped Duberstein on the knee and said, “The boys at State are going to kill...
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...is clear evidence that the existence of a strong, independent and free press powerfully drives economic and social development and poverty reduction. “A free press is not a luxury. It’s the start of an equal development. The media can expose corruption. tragedies, injustices, famine, … but is has too be Presidente del Banco Mundial, Jim Wolfenson 2. EXAMPLES: No substantial famine has ever occurred in any country with a relatively free press, writes Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen. The world-renowned professor of economics argues that the independent media also provide a voice to the neglected and disadvantaged while simultaneously preventing governments from insulating themselves from public criticism. 2. LIMITS: Freedom of speech has to be UNCENSORED, because when you start putting limits or barriers where do you draw the line? When does it become manipulation of power? When you give the ability of putting limits in press you create the risk off putting this power in the hands to censure and manipulate news in their personal/ political interest. A free press is not a luxury. It’s the start of an equal development. The media can expose corruption. They can keep a check on public policy by throwing a spotlight on government action. They let people voice diverse opinions on governance and reform, and help build public consensus to bring about change. Such media help markets work better. They can facilitate trade, transmitting ideas and innovation across...
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...Beyond the Veil: Their Eyes Were Watching God Research Paper In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Janie experiences three different marriages during the 1930’s that affect her free will in different ways. Her first two marriages limited and influenced her self-image, her speech, and her ideal relationship within the marriage. However, the marriage that most negatively affected all three of these aspects, and lasted the longest, was her second marriage to Joe Starks. The first aspect, Janie’s self-image, is dealt with in several ways. When Joe Starks first meets Janie, he flatters her by remarking upon her appearance. “You behind a plow! You ain’t got no mo’ business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday! You...
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...Phase 3 Individual Project Speech #1: Martin Luther King “ I’ve been to the Mountaintop” 1. How did the speaker gain the audience’s attention? The way he gain the audience attention by going straight to the issue that he wanted to talk about 2. Explain the topic and purpose of the speech. The topic was that he had a believed that one day America would change their ways and see everyone as equal but he could not do this alone. He needed the help of everyone in order for this to work. 3. Describe any facts or explanations given to support the speaker’s argument or topic of discussion. He had used his own experiences to support his topic. He even through in other people speeches like Franklin Roosevelt’s speech by stating one of his famous line “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” 4. Evaluate the speaker’s delivery. Explain how the speaker used their voice to show enthusiasm, or to emphasize information while speaking. As he was speaking he had a very strong tone voice to show that he means business. 5. Discuss how the speaker transitioned to the conclusion. At the end of the speech he made quite an impression stating ‘if I had sneezed” He said this because he was stab in his chest and he stated that the doctors told him if he would have sneezed he would have died and if this had happened he would not have impacted America as he did. He basically made America grateful to have him around as an encouragement for the civil rights movement 6. Identify...
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...Hi The articles "Freedom of Speech: Missouri Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. Kansas City" and "Freedom of Religion: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association" both engage in conflicts pertaining to the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. "Freedom of Speech: Missouri Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. Kansas City" is an article about the KKK's attempt to spread their beliefs through a public access cable television channel. Dennis Mahon and Allan Moran, both of the KKK, asked to be broadcasted on air in 1987, and the whole situation led to a major problem. The KKK is known for its killings, prejudice, and cross burnings, and they wanted to be shown on television to further spread their message. The First Amendment states the right to the freedom of speech, but many of the community members had a problem with the whole situation. People with race relations, local leaders, and members of the cable company did not want to grant the KKK the right to appear on air. Black ministers and important politicians were not happy with the KKK's request to voice their opinions. The KKK complied with all of the rules that were presented by the cable company, even when they were told to create a locally produced show and receive training in video production. They happily obeyed the regulations and didn't cause additional problems to what they were soon to face. The cable company studio was located in a neighborhood that was 95% black, and violence was a major concern for the cable...
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...Taylor Huston Major Political Speech-Comm101 Obama Speaks on Trayvon Martin Obama makes a surprise statement about the George Zimmerman trial, Trayvon Martin and race in America. Obama starts his speech stating what his goals for the speech are,” The reason I actually wanted to come out today is not to take questions, but to speak on an issue that obviously has gotten attention over the course of this past week...”. He then goes on to say that he will try to have a press conference at later point to answer more questions. Doing that gives him more time and allows him to better plan for his next public event. By planning out his speech, Obama is using rhetoric. Obama clearly expresses three traits of a strong public speaker. At first he establishes Ethos and uses his title of President of the United States of America. This gives him ultimate credibility for his audience. Once his credibility is established he begins to relate to the African American community’s. This is so important in showing Pathos; the ability to relate to the audience. He does this so well by sharing emotional stories that can really hit home for a large portion of his listeners. After relating so well to his audience he gives them an option and a clear path to take. He uses very convincing words and begins to bring back positivity. Obama reaffirms cultural values when he publicicly speaks on racial issues. He speaks positively and offers help, “as long as its nonviolent!” He then goes on to say...
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