Speech

Informative speech outline General purpose: to inform Specific purpose: To give the class a better understanding of who I am, what I am about, and how I aspire to be. Thesis statement: David Foster Wallace, a former professor at Pomona College in Clairemont, gave a commencement speech entitled “This is Water,” and a few main points he made throughout his speech are ideas that I try to live by. Introduction Hello, my name is Megan Carlson, and I can think of no better person to give this speech about me

readings to musical numbers to comedic improvisations. Such chaos and energy could only mean that the Iowa High School Speech Association’s district contest was taking place. Last Saturday, Jan. 24, the CFHS speech team boarded a bus early in the morning to head to La Porte City so they could showcase all of their hard work that they’ve prepared for about two months. The school’s speech team sent 17 groups to contest with the goal for each group to receive a Division I rating from the judges in order

They came, they saw, and the conquered (some what). Last weekend, February 17th, the Westminster College Speech and debate team braved the cold wind and snow and traveled to Bloomsburg University to compete in the State championship tournament for Forensics. Six participants, Emily Gellatly, Matthew Causer, Christian Na, Julie Yesko, Jackson Gastmeyer, and Bailey Dunks traveled to the tournament and competed in a variety of events that included, persuasive public speaking, after dinner speaking,

the United States of America, you are born with a vast amount of rights. One of those rights includes free speech, which is your first amendment right. This right gives a person “the right to speak their own opinion, beliefs, or ideas without having the fear that the government will retaliate against them, restrict them, or censor them in any way (https://legaldictionary.net/freedom-of-speech/).” When we talk about our first amendment right, we also discuss the topic of freedom of expression. Freedom

controversial, which draws a significant amount criticism toward them. Then they or someone defending them will cry freedom of speech, in a bid to defend it. And this is a bad thing for the culture of our public discourse. Now before anyone makes the mistake of misunderstanding this, I am not attacking freedom of speech, I am criticizing people who draw up claims of free speech, where it is irrelevant to the matters at hand, and use such claims as a way of trying to deflect criticism. Because those

Especially in modern day America, freedom of speech is more prevalent than ever, with the rising division in American politics. In which, there are many Americans with different opinions who are unwilling to truly listen to each other, which greatly affects what freedom of speech truly means today. Therefore, all Americans need to be willing to listen to all types of speech, whether it is hateful or not. In fact, it is clear to see why some Americans would take offense to some of the hateful words

Abby Koopmann Ethics Freedom of Speech Professor Hunt Culver Stockton College Freedom of Speech Americans have many freedoms that people in other countries can only wish they had. Just imagine a life where you could possibly be killed for speaking your mind and stating your opinion, other countries are living lives like that. According to Katy Davis, The United States ratified the first amendment on December 15th 1791 (Davis, n.d). We as a country don’t know where the government draws

inconceivable to the Founding Fathers that Americans would ever arrive to a point in time where large parts of American society would support limiting the freedom of speech against those who disagree with them. The right to free speech is so important that the entire First Amendment of the United States Constitution is dedicated to the right to free speech, giving Americans a responsibility to protect this right, even against those who they disagree with. Political events over the last several years has created

The freedom of speech has generally been considered an elementary and basic right here in America since the country’s founding in the 1700’s without major challenges being brought forth. Today in the present American Society, opposition to a totally free right to speech without restriction is growing. Recent polls show up to 40% of people in the millennial generation agree that the freedom of speech requires new restrictions. This topic may be seen as a “freshman topic” by some, and that people

Freedom of Speech is a concept that modern society is founded on. However, there has been much debate on how far should we go to protect freedom of speech. Some say that this freedom is essential and should have very few limits. Whereas others contend that there should be further restrictions put on this freedom to create a better, more inclusive society. This leads to the issue of “No Platforming”. Should speakers be allowed a platform no matter what their views are? Or should we carefully vet who