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Building rapport - understanding your audience. How to Write a Speech (with Sample Speeches) Rhetorical Triangle - Google Docs. YouTube Playlist - Argumentative and Persuasive Writing. Speech to the Troops at Tilbury. Portrait of Elizabeth made to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), depicted in the background.

Speech to the Troops at Tilbury

Elizabeth's international power is symbolised by the hand resting on the globe. The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style, 19 August New Style 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in preparation for repelling the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada. Prior to the speech the Armada had been driven from the Strait of Dover in the Battle of Gravelines eleven days earlier, and had by then rounded Scotland on its way home, but troops were still held at ready in case the Spanish army of Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, might yet attempt to invade from Dunkirk; two days later they were discharged. On the day of the speech, the Queen left her bodyguard before the fort at Tilbury and went among her subjects with an escort of six men. Content of the speech[edit] Historiography[edit] Janet M. Text of Martin Luther King Speech: "I have a dream"

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Text of Martin Luther King Speech: "I have a dream"

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon-light of hope to millions of negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But 100 years later, the negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. This note was a promise that all men - yes, black men as well as white men - would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Text of John F. Kennedy Speech: "We choose to go to the Moon..." Tone (literature) All pieces of literature, even official documents and technical documents, have some sort of tone.

Tone (literature)

Authors create tone through the use of various other literary elements, such as diction or word choice; syntax, the grammatical arrangement of words in a text for effect; imagery, or vivid appeals to the senses; details, facts that are included or omitted; and figurative language, the comparison of seemingly unrelated things for sub-textual purposes. [how?] While now used to discuss literature, the term tone was originally applied solely to music. This appropriated word has come to represent attitudes and feelings a speaker (in poetry), a narrator (in fiction), or an author (in non-literary prose) has towards the subject, situation, and/or the intended audience. Rebuttals. Rebuttals 1.

Rebuttals

Introduction Debate, without rebuttals, would merely be a series of speeches with no relation to each other. Like ships passing in the night, there will be no clash, no conflict and ultimately, no debate. Rebuttal, like argumentation, is one of the foundations of debate. 2. When rebutting the opponent’s arguments, Debaters need to decide which particular area they wish to attack, rather than to just rush in to say, “You are wrong. 2.1. With this rebuttal, Debaters attack the relevance of their opponent’s arguments to the motion and show that these arugments do not support the opponent's stance. 2.2. With this rebuttal, Debaters attack a particular way in which their opponents had described an assumed trait of the subject. 2.3.

With this rebuttal, debaters attack the presumed impact of the subject's assumed trait. 2.4. The Dollar Shave Club Viral Video - How To Make A Viral Video by PowToon! Here are 15 easy-to-use ‘Attention Hacking’ viral video strategies that can turn even the most boring product in the world into the most sought after brand on the planet… (Which of these 15 Hacks speaks to you the most and why?

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