business. These two establishments unite to corruptly result in the death of Eva Smith – who symbolises the ‘thousands’ like her who live in poverty. Birling symbolises materialistic and self-serving Capitalism. Priestley uses Birling’s style of speech to undermine the audience’s respect for him, and to undercut subtly the outward confidence of his ‘easy manner’. He speaks often with interrupted diction, Priestley frequently gives him dashes and pauses and incomplete sentences. For example, he hesitates
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If nervous habits are exhibited during the speech, it might distract from the presentation. Consequently, it can prevent my colleagues and supervisors from comprehending all of the information that is relayed. Therefore, when my anxiety starts to peak, looking at the friendly faces in the audience
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The speech that I listened to was a speech by Melvin Russell and it is called, “I Love Being a Police Officer, but We Need Reform.” He was a very effective speaker his speech was very engaging and had some humor added to him. I would rate this speech as a nine out of ten points. The reason I would rate it this way is because he was very organized with his thoughts, he even had a piece of paper that he use to keep the speech going. He used real life examples to support what he was saying. The way
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Last year I was a new student at Oakridge and I am having a blast here. Before that I went to Fort Worth Country Day. I am the only child and I have an intense passion for volleyball. I love traveling and learning about different cultures. I used to play the piano and do ballet but quickly got bored of it. I am planing going to Stanford and becoming a plastic surgeon. I know that public speaking will help me be the best I can be and help me strive for my goals. Throughout my life, I have not been
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2018, I preformed my life in a bag speech. Overall, I feel that my speech was decent, especially for being the first speech assignment for the course. Though I definitely believe I have areas in improve in, such as the rate that I am speaking, my tone in voice, and dividing my time accurately for each set of point. Before the presentation, I was slightly nervous. I felt confident in my topic and the contents of my speech, but I was worried about the length of my speech and the grade I might get on it
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“When you have the opportunity to do so; speak up, speak out and don’t be afraid to speak well.” You can hear Professor Snee say this in his recent Ted Talk that he did about how the virtue of eloquence became a vice. Though this was said during his ted talk, it is the behavior he promotes in his everyday life. Plain, simple, and direct talk does sound like it comes with some sort of “danger” to it but for me, its just the kind of responses I need which Professor Snee is not afraid to give. His way
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Giving a speech in front of strangers can be terrifying. You’ll most likely try to think of everything to make it less terrifying days before you start. Your hair and your clothes you rehearse and talk to yourself in the mirror. You give the speech to family and friends to help work out the bugs and try to gain confidence. Of course, there is always the age- old tactic of picturing your audience naked to help with nerves. However, you can do all of these but if you don’t consider your audience odds
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Mercury Mountaineer SUV through a red light at 1st Avenue and South 156th Street in Burien and then struck two other vehicles just before 12 a.m. The officer who responded to the crash said that Faulaau appeared dazed, had bloodshot eyes, slurred his speech and smelled like alcohol. The officer further claimed that he confessed to drinking at an area bar. Faulaau reportedly agreed to perform a series of sobriety tests, but Letourneau
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might support the speaker’s main points, while others will not. A speech that exemplifies this is the speech “Consciousness is Power”. Kochiyama was a famous Asian-American civil rights activist. She gave the speech “Consciousness is Power” on November 3,1995 to an audience of primarily Asian Americans. Speeches commonly leave people with mixed feelings about the message of the speech. It is very rare that everyone will interpret a speech in the same way. The difference in feelings can be attributed
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Honorable teachers and fellow students, please allow me to begin my speech on the given topic that is reading- an emerging trend or a dying interest. I would like to begin my speech with a quote from a book, Shadow of the Wind which goes like; “...that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the
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