yes, weapons can be used to defend one’s self in their own home. The castle doctrine, more commonly known as the “Make My Day” law, states that if someone is attacked on their property, they may use deadly force to defend themselves. There was a road rage case in Florida where castle doctrine was used. A couple was driving and got into a minor car accident. The passengers of the other vehicle started to beat the woman’s boyfriend, and she stabbed them both in self-defense. Some witnesses declared
Persuasive Speech Assignment (Total 100 points) I. Speech Performance (80 points) 1. Your speech should be based on a question of policy which solves a controversial problem (of national importance) and to persuade your audience that your solution is the best possible one (Please see the attached “Possible Persuasive Speech Topics based on Questions of Policy”--however, you do not have to select one of these topics if you have better idea. It is just for your reference). 2. Speech length:
Informative Speech Purpose: To inform or educate the audience about a topic of your choice. Time: 4-6 minutes Topic: Choose a topic that interests you and would probably interest your audience (the class). Consider what your audience already knows about this topic and what their attitude about this topic will be. Do not inform us of something we already know tons about. You may not choose something that could be done as a demonstration speech. Requirements: - You must inform the audience
significant moment that occurred in Kennedy’s presidency was his impactful inauguration speech that persuaded and united American citizens around the nation. His audience reached far beyond those gathered before him to people around the world. In preparing for this moment, he sought both to inspire the nation and spread a message of hope, strength, and unity to come in the future. Within the concluding statements of his speech, John F. Kennedy used rhetorical devices such as allusions and parallelism so he
or even view the person’s reaction as an imperfection. Initially, human imperfection is something that many people fail to acknowledge. Numerous different feelings and personal characteristics may contribute to this idea. Such as trauma, denial, and rage. Although one is left to ask, where is the line drawn at imperfection? For some, human imperfection is something we as humans are born with, for others it is something we acquire over time. Although, no matter what our perception is on human imperfection
thinking or even someone else’s thinking. Its seems to be personal conformity. “It’s false speech that doesn’t match reality” Define Discourse Discourse is speech that is written or spoken , that also has an exchange of symbols or meanings in any context. Define Persuasion Persuasion is when someone leads you to believe something , which followed a dramatic experience that was moved by rage, tears, action by a speech, or being influenced by advertising or political ideology. Persuasion holds people to
My Prezi mainly used two modes of communication. It was an interaction between oral and visual form of communication. My Prezi began with the topic of my memory artifact. The presentation was constructed on two images, which were posters of Beowulf and Sir Gawain. These two images served as a background. I had a lot of zooming features in my presentation, which zoomed into different parts of
Instead of brawling down the road with hate and anger filled hearts, King chose a non-violent approach, consisting of sit ins and boycotts. King was a strong leader and an even stronger person. This was why he was the perfect individual to lead the people of the nation as he was
turning point in the minds of the people of America. A major influence was the speech King gave in Washington on August the 28th, 1963. This public speech was named ‘I Have a Dream’, it calls for social, economic and racial equality for everyone living in the United States Of America. This speech was so important in the movement partly because it reached the ears of 250,000 people. He also made sure he delivered his speech in a very powerful related location, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. King’s
was to create an atmosphere of fear, the fear of expressing one’s honest opinions, the kind of fear we usually attribute to totalitarian states” (Nichols 148). Persecution for expression of one’s ideas creates a culture of fear, in which freedom of speech becomes limited, as Nichols explains is similar to what is seen in totalitarian