Funny Graduation Speech Essay

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    When I began writing my commencement speech I knew that I wanted to use humor as a main theme. When we watched the speech examples in class the ones that I really took material away from and the ones that stuck with me the longest were the ones that were funny and had humor sprinkled throughout. Other than the humor part I had no idea what I wanted my speech to be about but I knew that I needed to stick with a common theme throughout or it would be a mess. Once I had the reoccurring dream about

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    looking for my tassel. My graduation could not be tassel-less. I was overwhelmed. I’d worked so hard, gone the extra mile, had sleepless nights all in preparation for this one day. Time was running out. The principal was blowing up my mom's phone while my friends were blowing up mine. Digging through drawers, searching my mom’s car, and retracing steps filled up my morning. One bundle of string decided to hide on the day it was most needed. My mother, my tassel-less graduation cap, and I rushed into

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    up the thing, and then be the first one on the green bus to the grad party — you know who you are. And the rest, well, the rest aren’t even paying attention, you’re thinking, “Great, here comes one of the valedictorian speakers. Next up: a boring speech straight out of the

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    ear Mr. Rauch I am applying for college admission, educational opportunity programs, and special opportunities following high school graduation. I would appreciate your recommendation to include in my applications. Being part of your AVID class for both my freshman and sophomore year was enjoyable. I remember when I decided to take AVID my freshman year just to try it and little did I know how much it would help me especially now. Being part of AVID has been a great thing for me because without

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    An effective speech is one which manages to leave the audience with a lesson for life. After thoroughly analyzing Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech at the 2005 Stanford graduation, I would say it was, in fact, highly effective. Jobs managed to summarize his life in three short stories that taught the audience some very valuable lessons. There are various things that separate Steve Jobs’ speech from any other and one of the most important might be his success in life. This can be the factor

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    “My boy is about to be a college freshman” my dad said, looking at Johan put on his cap and gown before his graduation. “I remember there were times I felt, I’d never see this day” he proclaimed. My dad had a chronic breathing disorder. Our family doctor has said he probably has died in his sleep many of times and didn’t realize it. It was a scary thing. I hoped I’d never have to be with him alone because I didn’t want him to croak on me. I was too young to see that. I heard those type deaths replayed

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    Poehler gave the graduating class of 2011, a hilarious, engaging, and inspirational speech. Poehler was chosen to give a speech that was out of her ordinary comfort zone, to inspire a hardworking class of graduates as they headed off into the working world. Her speech is an excellent example of effective rhetoric through its use of artistic proofs, humor, and establishing common ground. Through the content of Poehler’s speech, her detailed care to the rhetorical situation, and her impressive use of rhetoric

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    Preparation (Summer Homework) 1.) “Graduation” Summary: Maya Angelou’s essay is describing her eighth grade graduation and the racism that was prominent at that time. With an explanation of the roles at graduation, she begins excited for her own graduation but as she listens to the speech of a white man, she becomes angered with the racial discrimination that was hinted at in his speech. In the midst of her anger, she regained hope from the black valedictorian’s speech and proudly stated that her race

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    Persuasive Speech

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    Schools with music programs have a higher estimated graduation rate estimated at 90.2% and a higher attendance rate around 93.9% (11 Facts about Music Education 7). In comparison, schools without music programs; however, average a72.9% graduation and an 84.9% attendance (11 Facts about Music Education 7). Additionally, students who study art are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and three times more likely to be awarded for school attendance than those who do not (11

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    The writing style of Mark Twain is one that is easy to fall in love with. His “Advice to Youth” is an essay wrote like he was giving a speech to a group of young people. Reading after the introduction Mark Twain’s satire, humor, and irony is very present in every line. With 1244 words Mark Twain was very successful in delivering a comical speech that entertained his audience at the same time did give good advice. Twain just took a very different path to enlighten the assembly on subjects like;

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