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    Antony speech purpose was to turn the crowd who is against him to be with him.Antony uses irony and rhetorical question but without breaking his word not wrong Brutus .Although all the speeches in Julius Caesar Shakespeare had their merits Marc Antony funeral speech was the best speech due to the use repetition ,symbolism,and the simple theme and lesson expressed.Antony uses repetition to appeal peoples emotions and to make it memorable . He praises Brutus as an honorable man but describes Caesar

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    Creon's Speech

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    character introduced through his opening speech in the First Episode (lines 159-195) and how does this speech create tension? The bestowal of ruling legitimacy upon Creon sparks off the Greek tragedy. Polyneices and Eteocles, brothers of Antigone killed each other during their fateful battle for the Theban throne and Creon, as the closest surviving kinsman, rules as the Theban king. Creon then approaches the chorus of elders privately and pronounces his first speech, wishing to draw himself support from

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    July 5th, 1852, in Rochester, New York a famous speech was given to the Rochester Ladies Antislavery Society. “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” was brilliantly written by Frederick Douglass in the heat of anti-abolitionism. The speech was well written and executed by using imagery and language, using emotional tones to garner sympathy and understanding, and the overarching idea that slavery was wrong. The tone all through the speech shows the passion and fervor Mister Douglass was feeling

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    Wedding Speech – Reasons I Admire the Groom Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen - I’m not an experienced public speaker, so I find it easier just to read the speech word for word. In fact, I’ve practiced it almost daily for about a week and a half now, so that I know it very well. It’s a tip that I read in a book about public speaking. I’ve also been drinking profusely to help calm my pre-speech nerves. I made that tip up myself. Laughter Yes, I am a little nervous about being the best man.

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    Truth’s Historical Speech In 1851, Sojourner Truth stood in front of the Women's Convention in Ohio, and asked the crowd “Ain’t I a woman”. In her speech that followed, Truth summons the idea that men should treat all women the same. She believed the term “woman” should also include black women. Black women in society were seen with little respect and a low social status and were not treated with the same respect as white women. In her speech “Ain’t I a woman” she says, “That man over there says women

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    attempted this very thing in his speech to the Third Army. Patton delivered a profane and vulgar speech to untried soldiers who have yet to see combat. Patton is able to inspire his soldiers by using his reputation while dismantling his authority, using obscene humor, and appealing to their sense of honor and courage. George Patton was a senior officer and commander of the U.S. Seventh Army during World War II. One of the pioneers in tank warfare, Patton became best known as the most effective general

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    The way you present a speech has a monumental effect on the way your audience will understand it. The tone of your voice, your body language, the words you say, and it all happens on how you feel about the subject you writing, or speaking. Your speech is centered on your point of view, your perspective of the subject you are learning about. You can feel delighted, disgust, furious, mournful, any emotion can become a part of you speech. John F. Kennedy gave his Inaugural Address on January 20

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    Among other things, what distinguishes man from other animals is speech and language. The very fact of being man signifies speech and conversation. Conversation is an expression which is important in many ways. It lessens pain and suffering, multiplies joy, enjoyment and exaltation and enriches experience. Why Is Conversation important? Conversation as a tool and vehicle of expression of ideas, emotions and experience is of great importance. It is a great boon and blessing and one of the important

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    John F. Kennedy gave the best inauguration speech in history. One reason why he gave the best inaugural address was because he wanted peace with other countries and he didn’t want for them to be fighting over certain things. Another reason why he gave the best inauguration speech was because he wanted everyone to have freedom in what they did or what they wanted to do. Also because he didn’t want others telling someone what they had to do or what or what not to do. With him saying that he wanted

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    The Speech By Tony Porter

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    shown a recording of the speech, “A call to men”. The first thing I noticed was the title, which made me immediately assume it was going to be a female speaker that was going to speak about feminism; or something along those lines. To see a man giving the speech grabbed my attention instantly. The man giving the speech was Tony Porter, and his audience was mostly women, who made me think, “Is this guy going to be giving a speech about feminism?” While listening to his speech I felt guilty for being

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