I was able to attended convocation and listen to the whole speech by Brian Stevenson. One thing that made the experience a lot more enjoyable is that I could hear the sheer emotion in his voice when sharing his life stories. I was not able to experience this while reading the book. From the speech, I gained a better understanding of the overall message Mr. Stevenson was trying to present. His main point was each of us is, “Better than the worst thing we have ever done”. Brian used this quote to empower
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On December 30th I saw a performance of Spongebob the musical at the Palace Theatre in Times Square. This was a wonderful experience, and the production of the musical was absolutely wonderful. The book was well written with a complex plot and characters, and the music was written and performed very well. One small qualm I had was that because almost every song was written by a different artist, it felt very disjointed at times due to the fact that there were not many common motifs in the songs.
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the best of me to visualize the review on my team. Through the article, strong vocabulary stood out; The words "elusive" and "rallied" provided significant meaning, emphasizing the main points. The author, Scott Smith, communicated well with the audience, Smith, expresses the positive and negative key points of the ball game, using an uplifting attitude, Smith, shows the reader encouragement, indicating better days are ahead. Smith, using these details provides to Buccaneer fan, he has faith in the
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To some, a school like NYU, with its large class size and city sprawl, might be daunting. But to me, the drama program at NYU Tisch is quite the opposite. At Tisch, I would be surrounded by millions of New Yorkers and 50,000 students, all with different stories and different backgrounds, a global and real campus - and yet, at the same time, I could grow and learn artistically with a small group of my peers. The program mixes the artistic intensity of a conservatory with the academic respect of a
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Once his monologue was finished the audience was hit with a thundering of male voices. In an article written by Sophronia Knott, Sutton being a major character spends most his time on stage and describes how his professors guided him and cast mates on how “to take care of ourselves and our
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Maitre Hauchecorne makes one little accusation against him into a bigger deal than it needs to be. In the story, “The Piece of String”, Hauchecorne is accused of stealing the pocketbook of Maitre Houlbreque, although in all reality he just picked up a piece of string that was lying on the ground. He tries to defend himself, but in the end he just ends up making the situation worse. Hauchecorne makes his situation worse by bringing up the subject, telling everyone, and not letting it go, but he could
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In concluding our Pastry Concepts and Design course each team of four individuals was paired with a local artist for our final project. From there, each team of two was tasked with developing a plated dessert inspired by the artist and their work. Four local painters, sixteen students, and eight teams led to the creation of eight unique and specifically engineered desserts. For this project, the Gold Team was assigned Oscar Aguilar Olea as their local artist, an expressionist figurative painter famous
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My presentation was on World War II aircrafts, the different varieties, what they did, and why people used them. I also gave the viewers background information about World War II and how aircrafts played a major role during that time period. I analyzed four different groups of aircrafts and types of aircrafts that fell under each category. After giving information about the type of aircraft, I showed a picture as an example for the viewer to better grasp the information at hand. After doing
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1. What is the argument presented? The argument presented focuses on the dangers of driving while drowsy or tired (the title is a bit redundant). 2. Who is the audience targeted? I believe the audience is meant to be drivers. 3. What is the author/creator trying to persuade the audience to do? The author appears to be trying to educate drivers and reduce drowsy driving. 4. What design principles are used? Comment of the use of images, space and layout, colors, type, and font size, sound,
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From expository speeches on Beyonce to persuasive speeches on tomatoes this unit has been both exciting and tense. This unit has taught me how to apply rhetorical devices to effectively present the purpose and thesis. The effectiveness was then later reinforced by professional presentation conventions such as: visual aids and intentional pauses. In previous english courses, rhetorical device were only vaguely introduced. Without this prior knowledge, I did not fully understand how presenters structured
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