Commencement speech

Steve Jobs Commencement speech was presented in 2005 to that years graduating class at Stanford University. During his speech he appeals to his audience through their emotions with his theme of birth, death and rebirth in the fact that life is limited so love what you do. He connects everyone together by the statement of all people have the similarity of death at some point. Steve shares three of his most meaning life stories- connecting the dots, love and lose, and lastly death, they all convey

A commencement speech, a speech that sends off college students into the real world. When these speeches are said, they are meant to be eye-openers, a lesson that should be held close to you to aid in whatever comes your way in the future. This is what Steve Jobs wanted to do when he gave his commencement speech. He gave his speech to his fellow graduates to guide them into something more and tell them a fundamental tip on how to live their life. In Steve Jobs commencement speech, he uses rhetorical

Satyam Patel Prof. Elyn Speech 140 - 001 December, 10 2017 Steve Jobs: “There is no reason not to follow your heart”. Steve Job’s commencement speech in 2005 at Stanford University, which is one of the best university in our country was very memorable and inspiring for Stanford graduates and also for audience listening to speech. In his speech, Jobs inspires students and audience to pursue their dreams and always to follow their heart no matter what even though things don’t always go according

After interpreting “Joss Whedon Wesleyan Commencement Address: You Are All Going To Die,” published by Huffington Post, I actually was discouraged in the beginning of his speech. No one wants to be reminded that you’re going to die and that you can’t change the world. As I went on to listen to Whedon’s commencement address I felt more inspired as I listened to his words. Whedon spoke of earning your identity, living with contradictions and coming to peace with yourself by knowing who you are. His

is a huge difference between a run of the mill speech and a great one. That difference being its relevance, memorability, and honesty. Admiral William H. McRaven accomplished each of those components in his “10 lessons” commencement speech given at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. During his speech, Admiral McRaven detailed his time in basic SEAL training and referenced the 10 life lessons that he learned from it. He then ends the speech with a call to action that is met with a tremendous

Conan O'Brien’s 2011 Dartmouth College commencement speech was an inspirational but at the same time a comedic presentation. He uses jokes to get his point across and motivate the future graduates. The linguistics that he uses are different from any other speaker at a graduation speech, however he has his own method of delivering his message. Conan O’Brien’s seems very comfortable conveying his commencement speech ,with great posture and eye contact, mostly since he is a talk show host and has experience

Ellen DeGeneres and Bo Jackson Commencement Speeches In the commencement speeches before the Classes of 2009 at Tulane and Auburn University, well known TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and former baseball and football player, Bo Jackson, deliver two compelling speeches inspiring their audiences to go into the real world and be the best person they can be. Bo Jackson and Ellen DeGeneres both successfully utilize their own techniques in order to get their message across. DeGeneres has a lighter

In his Commencement speech at the Kenyon University, David Foster Wallace states that humanity as a whole is oblivious to the obvious things in life and has “a close mindedness that amounts to an imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn’t even know he’s locked up” 1. He touches upon this concept of how people get caught up into the day to day routine of their life and they end up feeling empty like something essential is missing from their lives that their life becomes unsubstantial, this is

In her commencement speech, famed author J.K. Rowling effectively imparts her wisdom and advice to recent Harvard graduates in an amiable manner. Through her discourse, she attempts convey two major lessons that she wishes she had known upon her own graduation: the benefits of failure, and the significance of imagination. Although the speech is mainly informative, Rowling does include certain elements of persuasion when she encourages her audience to utilize their imagination. The organization of

In Anna Quindlen’s “Commencement Speech at Mount Holyoke College,” she effectively develops an emotional bond with her audience through personal anecdotes and the juxtaposition of her speech with others in order to persuade them to defy societal pressure. Quindlen begins her speech with a reflection on her experience as a college student, explaining that “being perfect became like always carrying a backpack filled with bricks” and advising students to “put down the backpack” (Quindlen 20, 25). With