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    love? Predict: I think the text is about a speech Steve Jobs gave to college students who are graduating. R1: The speech Steve Jobs made, states that everyone going will die eventually. “Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become old and be cleared away” (Jobs 89). This line illustrates that although you are young, you will eventually turn old and wither away. R2: One thing one can disagree on in Steve Jobs’ speech is that the more important tool in order

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    Commencement speech, a speech that is purposely produced to motivate, to give advices and to encourage its audiences. To this point in life, I myself have been through six of them, one in kindergarten, one in middle school, the latest one, of course in high school, and others are family members’ graduation ceremonies. Out of six, I cannot recall any standout advice from any of them, they have so much in common than differences. Recently I had a chance to watch Neil Gaiman’s speech, the one in 2012

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    It may seem quite peculiar that the 2007 “Harvard Commencement Speech” was delivered by an individual who once dropped out of the university. However, once it is established that this very individual is “Harvard's most successful dropout,” as well as founder of microsoft computers; Bill Gates certainly constitutes as qualified for the deliverance of this speech. Bill Gates “Harvard Commencement Speech” encourages the new graduates that “humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries— but

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    commencement speech. In this speech Colbert utilized humor in giving advice to the graduating seniors about the future decisions they will be making. Stephen Colbert used “slang” vocabulary, volume and kinesics to deliver his speech effectively. I chose this speech because I have been following Stephen Colbert’s career with my dad since I was a kid. I have always found him entertaining and amusing so I knew by choosing this speech of his I would find it easy to analyze and because the speech was short

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    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 her speech is quite

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    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

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    inexperienced men of the United States Third Army was given an encouraging and inspiring speech by the four star general George S. Patton. His Speech to the Third Army starts off in an almost lighthearted tone, “Men, all this stuff you hear about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of bullshit. Americans love to fight” (1). This general mood is kept throughout Patton's speech, including an excess of profanity. Unlike a formal address to a similarly large audience

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    not expressing any political viewpoint or making a statement of speech. He claimed he had absolutely no political affiliation with this campaign and picked the sign up as an errand for his mother, as if he were picking up a quart of milk for her. Then, this man contradicts himself by going to the courts, saying his freedom of speech was violated. This man has no right to collect money from the city of Paterson for his freedom of speech that was never violated at all. Background: In 2006,

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    The famous “I Have a Dream” speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the historic March in Washington in August 1963 effectively urged the US government to take actions and to finally set up equality between the black and white people in America. Although there were many factors that contributed to the success of the speech, it was primarily King’s masterly use of different rhetorical instruments that encouraged Kennedy and his team to take further steps towards racial equality. King effectively

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    Are you someone who doesn't think they can be healed or that God wont change your life because you've simply done too many bad things sexually? What would you think if I told you that even the negative things in your life can be used for the good? What if every trauma you've ever suffered through, has actually been put into place to be used as testimonies? Instead of living in shame of your past and actions, perhaps one you will one day share your incredibly journey and testimonies with others

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