Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres once said that “Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you’ll have more beads than you know what to do with and you’ll be drunk, most of the time” (DeGeneres). In the 2009 commencement speech to University of Tulane’s “Katrina Class”, she utilizes devices such as hyperbole, allusions, and rhetorical questions to make the speech effective in achieving her purpose of inspiring her audience of graduating

In addition to being talk show hosts, Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Degeneres are two of the most influential people in America. “Despite the fact that the odds are against the average woman, especially the average minority woman, these two have risen above the challenge and reached the heights of superstardom and financial virtue”(Oprah vs. Ellen). Both of these ladies have faced hardships while coming up in their life while trying to find an career. Oprah was born to an teenage mother in mississippi

on April 27, 1997 Ellen Degeneres came out on her television show to everyone. Now 20 plus years later she is still using her tv show to change the world on joke at a time. She has won multiple awards and has starred in two blockbuster animated films and has been hosting her award winning television show for 15 years now. Ellen has become a major advocate for lgbt rights and women's right. Ellen is an influential advocate of lgbt rights through her actions of risking her career to come out on her

Ellen DeGeneres is regarded as one of the greatest female television personalities of all times. She is an award winning host of a highly rated daytime talk television program and a comedian. She is well known to the contemporary generation as the endearing and ‘sweet’ voice of the Dory in Finding Nemo. Her role in the animation brought out her natural comic style. DeGeneres is a not a new household name in the spheres of American entertainment. During the mid-90s, she starred in the highly rated

Person of the Year 2017 Ellen Degeneres It was aired on TV everyday, for about 6 hours. The student came home from school after a long horrific day of being bullied. She sat on the couch and turned on the television and there she was: The show where people would just have fun but also help the world with Ellen DeGeneres. Ever since Ellen started to air, she has been watching it everyday to help her laugh and get into a better mood. That is until her parents did not bother to pay the cable bill

Effective Leadership-Ellen DeGeneres Shari Kjos BUS 119-Principles of Personal & Organizational Leadership Instructor: Chris Crites November 12, 2016 As human beings the vast majority of us wish we could change the world, whether that be helping humans, animals, the environment, it is helping those that cannot help themselves. However, we also realize to help with these causes it takes money and for the most part a great deal of it. But, some people are fortunate enough and can help

Ellen DeGeneres is a Emmy Award winning talk show host and an exceptional comedian. Several may know her as the voice of Dory on Finding Nemo, or even as a judge on American Idol. Her quirky spirit is so infectious she drives the audience to laugh and cry at her will, regardless of whether the joke is funny or not, the manner in which she delivers the joke draws such a positive criticism from Ellen’s viewers. Ellen is not fearful of being unique. She talks about being true to you. She says, “Find

Ellen Degeneres once stated, “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find the truth, live that truth and everything else will come.” Despite her sexuality differences from others, Ellen makes it possible for people who live with differences to be one that they desire to be. She does not believe that race, religion, nor sexuality affects a person. She believes in freedom and equal rights for everyone. Ellen also demonstrates many leadership qualities

called the “Katrina Class” of 2009 got very lucky having a successful woman, Ellen DeGeneres, give her congrats and a commencement speech. It was a friendly hostile environment. She is a rich and successful celebrity who came from nothing which is the ethos that she brings. She was born and raised in New Orleans and in 2005 was the damaging Hurricane Katrina that hit that city. The fall class of 2005 had been through a lot. Ellen is known for her humor which she uses throughout her speech, but with most

Ellen’s comedic inspiration to call for social action in the LGBT community, has reached new heights over the years. Degeneres used humor in her opening monologue on her show to address the issue with Mississippi’s new law. Mississippi’s new law, the Freedom Conscience from Government Discrimination Act, claims, “the government can’t discriminate against a person or religious organization that acts—that is, refuses to participate in or provide something—in accordance with ‘sincerely held religious