The movie “Footloose” is a story of love, rebellion, music and dance that is a classic for most of us. It is one of those movies you typically do not make it through your teen years without watching. The original was filmed in 1984 and remained the only version till 2011. Often, remakes do no justice to the original, however this is not the case, shockingly enough with this movie. Although the remake of “Footloose” remains loyal to the elements of the original movie, the remake adds detail to the
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Tartuffe for Deaf and hearing audiences, and for which he received many honors for his performances. During his years at Gallaudet, Bragg also pursued a verity artistic skills and went on to win the Teegarden
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In the podcast If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS, the first and largest portion revolved around a story discussing a writer, Lindy West, and the trolls that comment on her pieces. The main section of this story discussed one troll in particular who made a fake account as her dead father. She claimed that this in particular was “the meanest thing” anyone had done to her (Glass, Menjivar, Vogt). The troll made a Twitter account called ‘Paul Donezo’ and the biography read “embarrassed
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to deliver is being the truth of what you are and what you actually believe. The audience should be everyone no matter you are still teenagers or you are adults. She used the comic as an example to express her feeling, her emotions. She also shared her own life story in order to get the attention of the audiences to make the topic clear, to help the audiences understand the main point, and to encourage the audiences to be what they are, be truth to the life. B. My definition of persuasive of rhetoric
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I’m tempted to advise you not to set foot in 10 Cloverfield Lane, Louisiana. Still, I don’t feel good by telling you to stay out of it, either. Well, I’m just a bit confused and undecided, just as the brave heroine of this film was before putting herself together from the initial shock. The best way of dealing with “10 Cloverfield Lane”, an improbable cocktail made of “Room” and a tiny bit of “District 9”, is actually watching it from the comfort of a theater where you can immerse yourself in a
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The first soliloquy happens after King Claudius, Hamlet’s Uncle and now stepfather, and Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, ask Hamlet to stop drooping around about his father’s death which happened very recently. Instead of Hamlet, should be in glee in their marriage which they are publicly announcing to the kingdom. This announcement only makes Hamlet angrier which is the main theme in the first soliloquy in scene one act two. Hamlet says how much he misses his father and how hard it is to live
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In addition to the recording of the narration, sound effects played a vital role in enriching the storytelling. Sounds such as military marching, baby crying, shooting, screaming, and bomb exploding, etc, contributed to the visceral atmosphere of Aya’s world. Those sound effects depict Aya’s continuously unsettling and unpredictable situation. This uncultivated characteristic of the situation correlates with the untamed nature of the forest in Little Red Riding Hood. In the fork tale, the forest
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Not many speeches utilized humor at the extent that he did, so this made his speech stand out. It was able to engage us not only in the beginning of the speech as required, but throughout the entire speech making it much more listenable to the audience. The use of figurative language was also something that I noticed. For example, he used a hyperbole when he mentioned that the size of the earth and moon were clearly the same size as his visual aid. The word choice through the addition of figurative
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TED Talk Information The TED Talk I watched was “What do you think when you see me?” by Daila Mogahed. This TED talk was about racial discrimination and about the stereotypes we have for minorities and religions. Daila is a female who has been covered up and wearing a hijab ever since she’s been 17. She discusses her ongoing struggles growing up in a country where people look at her in a weird and scared manner. There are 1.6 billion followers of Islam, and the terrifying actions of a few radical
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Everyday life can be boring and drab but every once in awhile someone will come along and share their talents with others for their amusement. In “Juggler”, Richard Wilbur’s imagery, syntax, and tone conveys the speaker’s amazement towards the juggler. This reveals the speaker’s appreciation of others. The authors use of imagery displays the speakers encapsulated feeling of the moment. Throughout the play there are many descriptions of loud cheers and faultless motions. “Wheel on his wheeling hands…
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