Speech Essays and Term Papers
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Speech from Muhammad Ali
TO ALL OF MY FELLOW PEOPLE: My name is Muhammad Ali. I am an Egyptian soldier. I had earned my leadership now by working hard in the military and having good skills. Being a leader I have many expectations ahead of me. It will take a lot of work and time but I promise it will get done. I have already started modernizing armed forces and administration and I have created more school to educate
Rating:Essay Length: 476 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: November 27, 2009 -
Censorship on Books Speech
Censorship. Who would ever think that novels such as Of Mice and Men, The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Where's Waldo, and The Lorax would be banned from schools? Well prepare for the future. As of 2008 the Online Book Page Website and the ALA (American Library Association) recorded over 30,000 books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts for grades K-12. 30,000. Its not just a number,
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A Speech of Commemoration for Harriet Tubman
Title: A speech of commemoration for Harriet Tubman Specific purpose: To commemorate March 10th as Harriet Tubman Day and to inform the audience about her life and fight for freedom I. Introduction A. Attention getter: Imagine a time when you have no rights of your own. From the time that you are born until the time that you die, you are someone else's property and are under their directions and orders- and sometimes their cruelty.
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Socrates Diner Party Speech
In Plato's Symposium, a dinner party was held with the discussion of love as the focus. Everyone who attended the party gave a speech, an ode to Love. Socrates spoke last, alleging his speech was a reiteration of what Diotima had once told him. Diotima, a priestess, whom Socrates allegedly met in the past, told him of the secrets of love. Another attendee of the party, Alcibiades, was asked to make a eulogy for love
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Speech on Surveilance Cameras in Society
Big Brother: The mastermind of George Orwell’s 1984, A trashy TV show or… a reality. As science progresses with new CCTV, databases and tracking devices, how soon will it be Until our world becomes a surveillance society? With more and more recordings of the actions we make and the words we speak, one is left to wonder where has our privacy gone? But before you erupt with conspiracy theories and anarchic ideas, understandably there is
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Napoleon’s Farwell Address Speech Analysis
Napoleon’s Farewell Address To The Old Guard A truly dramatic moment in history occurred on April 20, 1814, as Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and would-be ruler of Europe said goodbye to the Old Guard after his failed invasion of Russia and defeat by the Allies. By that time, Napoleon had ruled France and surrounding countries for twenty years. Originally an officer in the French Army, he had risen to become Emperor among the political
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Persuasive Speeches
Speech Comm. 100A Instructor: Craig Fowler Assignment 3: Persuasive Speeches (30% of grade) Your assignment should you choose to accept it (not that you get all that much say in the matter, I suppose…) is to present a persuasive speech, of between six and eight minutes in length, making use of a visual aid. There will be a question and answer session of around four minutes following the speech. The speech should seek to influence
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Susan B. Anthony Speech
"Fellow people in this here world": I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that me thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power
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How to Make Pumpkin Bars Speech
"Pumpkin bars, what are these things, should I trust them. MMM these are good." From Leah, a friend. I didn't know what they were until last year but have become one of my favorite desserts. First to start off I am going to tell you what you need for these bars, secondly the how to make the bars, and thirdly how to enjoy these bars of pumpkins So with any recipe there are certain ingredients.
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Persuasive Speech - Certification Programs
Persuasive Speech English 101 3/15/05 Topic: Certification Programs General Purpose: To explain the benefits of certification programs; which I hope will persuade individuals to enroll in a certification program of their choice. Thesis: This speech will cover the many educational alternatives of certification programs in higher education, as well as their advantages. This will include a detailed description of certification courses in Computer, Nursing, and Trucking. Introduction Are you one of millions of people who
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Valivictorian Speech
I would like to welcome everyone here today. I would also like to thank the Board of Education, family members, teachers and friends for where the class of 2005 is now. I'd like to start with a quote from the song Celebration by kool and the gang, "There's a party going on right here, a celebration to last throughout the year, so bring your good times and laughter too, we gonna celebrate your party with
Rating:Essay Length: 724 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 3, 2009 -
Elevator Speech
Learning at University of Phoenix online is similar to a regular college in many ways. There's an instructors, homework, assigned reading material, class mates, and class discussion. The difference is that my class room is an online forum. This is where my instructor, classmates and I log in to communicate with one another. We receive our instructor's assignments and topics for discussion in forum topics. Then the students complete the work or discuss the topic
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Euthanasia Speech
Speech Imagine if a close relative of yours was dying of lung cancer. Each breath they took was agonizing. No medicine or drug could lessen their pain. Their life had become a torture. They ask you to end their torment. What would you do? If you helped to hasten their death, you would most likely go to prison for murder. What this relative has asked you to do is to commit Euthanasia. Webster’s Encyclopedia describes
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Deir El Medina Speech.
Good morning/afternoon class, Deir el-Medina is one of Egypt's archaeological gems. Located in a little valley on the west bank across from Luxor are the well-preserved foundations of a village that was used for about 500 years during the New Kingdom. Its inhabitants included the workmen and artisans who constructed the New Kingdom royal tombs in the nearby Valley of the Kings. The name Deir el-Medina comes from the Arabic meaning "monastery of the town"
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Freedom of Speech
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself." The basic rights guaranteed to Americans in the Bill of Rights is what holds the United States together. When Salman Rushdie wrote Guardian, he knew this. Unfortunately, the majority of congress and the President himself have forgotten the basic rights of Americans. When President William J. Clinton signed the Communications Decency Act that was proposed but the 104th Congress, he
Rating:Essay Length: 345 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: December 6, 2009 -
Eng Speech
Hello. Today I am going to talk about whether a third language should be compulsory or not in schools? DonЎ¦t you think it is right that you have to learn a third language? Do you think itЎ¦s useful or do you think learning a third language like French or German is a waste of time? I think most of you will think that it is useful. Do you know that about more than 60% of
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Animal Testing Speech
"Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry." This quote by Steven Spielberg refers to the millions of animals that are killed every year due to unecessary testing. How many of you here have animals at home? I myself have several dogs at home that I love dearly. Occasionaly, one of them will get sick and the vet will give me a liquid medicine to give them. Now, my dogs will not drink
Rating:Essay Length: 528 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 7, 2009 -
Animal Rights Speech
Our case is that if we don't test on animals then progress in scientific fields would be halted. As first speaker for the negative I will speak about the benefits of animal testing in general and then I'll talk in detail about animal testing in medicine. My second speaker will talk about the opinions on testing and the food chain and my third speaker will summarise our points and rebut. Safety tests are conducted on
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Elevator Speech
Distance Learning is about learning in an asynchronous manner as a posed to synchronous. You can access the online classes anytime and anywhere. Distance Learning allows you to "chat" with classmates and instructors through threaded discussion and forums. All assignments are due by midnight and the instructor provides feedback for the assignments assigned. The advantages of Distance Learning are taking classes online. However, along with the advantages come the disadvantages. Classrooms require books, binders, pens,
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Dysarthria - Speech Disorder
For as long as time can be accounted for, people, as well as animals have been known to interact with each other through various methods of communication. Communication is simply the exchange of receiving and sending information from one subject to another. The word information though covers so much. People are able to display ideas, feelings, needs and desires through communication as information to another subject. For human beings the most common method of communication
Rating:Essay Length: 1,258 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: December 8, 2009 -
Graduation Speech
Graduation speech Good afternoon distinguished guests, parents, teachers, administrators, friends and especially to the CLASS OF 2003. Today marks the end of a chapter in our lives. Tomorrow we will embark on a journey to places unimaginable. No longer will we be sheltered by those things that have been our foundation for so many years. We will have to make decisions independently. In fact we will be independent. Independent from our parents, from our communities,
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Disney Is Not Taking over Childrens Lives - Persuasive Speech
I strongly disagree with Fowls comments. He believes that Disney is taking over children’s lives and that it reinforces a simplistic and narrow view of life. I do not believe that this is correct. Every little girl wants to be a beautiful princess and every boy, a big, strong man, who fights off the bad guys. These are just dreams though and we want to give our youth something to believe in. I also believe
Rating:Essay Length: 837 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 9, 2009 -
Freedom of Speech
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.” Someone once said. I stumbled across this sentence when I was roaming the internet and I thought to myself this applies more to professional athletes than anyone else. Whether they like it or not professional athletes are thrown into the spotlight as soon or maybe even sooner then the day they are
Rating:Essay Length: 2,047 Words / 9 PagesSubmitted: December 10, 2009 -
Does the Law Relating to Obscenity Restict Freedom of Speech?
The right to freedom of expression is a fundamental right, which has not traditionally been prescribed by law, but can be considered more of a moral right. However the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, Article 10 of which creates a right to freedom of expression. Article 10 (1) states "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. The right shall include freedom to
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A Breakdown of Lincolns House Divided Speech
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Convention. If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has
Rating:Essay Length: 3,188 Words / 13 PagesSubmitted: December 11, 2009