Speeches

acts, and his tragic final days. My strengths were my eye contact and my extemporaneous delivery. My weaknesses were the verbal citations and the degree of nervousness. One of my strengths I felt was strong was eye contact with my audience. Giving speeches makes me nervous, but making eye contact doesn’t cause me to become more nervous, so it is something I am better at doing. I remember looking at my audience when talking most of the time, even though I did look at my cards sometimes to.…

Lincoln helped a myriad of people and saved many people. The greatest president, we ever had in our history were Abraham Lincoln because of his true and confident speeches, daring risks and a complying person who abolished slavery and who had held the war-torn nation together during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln avowed his speeches clearly went giving the statement. Gave the most important speech said by him were. We here highly ... That government of the people, by the people, for the…

citizens should have the same rights. Dr. King and Elizabeth Stanton recognized this and concluded that not every one has the same rights. Dr. King and Elizabeth Stanton were two well-educated and strong-minded individuals that delivered two speeches. Speeches that created chains of events that…

All the hard work that Lovett invested into structuring speeches for Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama, he was able to find even more success as he started to present more speeches for his self. There is one speech particularly, that was eye-opening for the world that we live in today. The title of this speech is, “The Culture of Shut Up”. Lovett delivered this speech…

The speech ‘I have a dream’ delivered by Martin Luther King Jr on August 30, 1963 is recognized as one of the best speeches ever given. He electrified the citizens of America with his speech from the steps of Lincoln Memorial. Kings words proved to be a touchstone for understanding the social and political mayhem of the time and gave the nation a way to express what was happening. The key message in his speech was that all people are created equal. During that time black people were regarded as…

a speech from the Queen of the Celts, Boudicea, and one from Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The two secondary sources will come from scholarly, peer reviewed sources. They will be used to back up the primary sources. These two speeches took place at different times in history. However, both show the justifications that these leaders used to encourage their people to fight with them. Having a reason to fight is important when leading one’s countrymen into war. When it comes to…

“us” and included himself amongst his listeners. Roosevelt greeted listeners as “my friends.” His direct and personal pronouns “you” and “I” instilled an intimate connection between himself and his audience. In this way, FDR enacted ethos in his speeches by often attributing his success to the public, and thanking fellow Americans for their resilience and good temper during the nation’s…

In addition, authors of all kinds of literature have found ways to effectively and efficiently reduce social inequality. One specific example is the Harry Potter novel series. Authors use their writing to raise awareness to the topic of social inequality. Finally, literature can be very influential when it comes to changing reader's’ point of views towards prejudice. If more authors were to write about social inequality, especially popular authors whose literature is on demand, there could be a…

Although Pericles’ exact words of the famous Funeral Oration are not well known. We can examine Thucydides interpretation of the speech, a good friend of Pericles. During the fall of 430 B.C.E famous speeches like Pericles’ were common in Athens after the many battles during their time of war. These speeches occurred annually during the bloody years of the Peloponnesian war. The fallen are commemorated in honor of their valor and commitment to the public. Pericles’ was the general for the city-…

physicist Zeno of Elea. Pericle’s Legacy also included many achievements. Pericles was an introvert and took his studies very seriously. He was born around 493 BC into a rich aristocratic family. Pericles took to avoiding public appearances and speeches. At 13 he witnessed an invasion of greece and was likely evacuated from athens along with his family. Pericles received a stellar education. His families nobility and wealth allowed him to fully pursue…