Annotating Speech Analysis

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I was somewhat familiar with annotating since I had to annotate back when I was in high school. Annotating this article was somewhat easy but at the same time a little challenging since I have not annotated in a while. While reading Wallace’s commencement speech he seem to have a very blunt expression and seems to lack interest at times. Throughout his speech he talks about the depressing realities of adult life and calling it the “Default Setting”. Wallace tries to reach to his audience to think about something besides the self. While reading the speech I had to agree with Wallace’s idea that we must change our way of thinking and think beyond our bubble. Not only change the way we think but also the way we behave because most of the time

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