hear people talk of Latinos, Chicanos and the sorts may be after some strained race relationships. They may do so when they are enraged or because of some sort of sour grape fairy tale. You remember the hungry fox that saw a fine bunch of grapes hanging from a vine that was beyond his reach. The fox jumped as high as he could but could not get hold of the grapes. The fox finally gave up trying and walked away with some air of dignity and concern saying that he thought that the grapes were ripe only to later realize that they were sour. Ladies and gentlemen, to better understand who the Latinos are, it is imperative that we trace how they came to be, something that dates back to the history of conquest. The Latinos came about after the intermingling of Spanish and Indian blood after the death…...

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References List

Doyle, M.K. (2004). Like a Tree by Running Water. Nevada: Blue Dolphin Publishing.

U.S. Census Bureau (2007). The American Community-Hispanics: 2004. Washington: Pew

Hispanic Center.

U.S. Census Bureau (2001). Total Population of U.S. Hispanics. Washington.

Love
The Importance of Telling Loved Ones that We Love Them

I love you. I love all of you. You might think I'm joking, but I do, I love you. Those three little words are really not that difficult to say, even in front of an audience.

There is a problem in our busy modern lives. We are so distracted with all the trappings of modernity -- School, Work, FaceBook, Email, Texting, Reality Shows, and so on that we forget some of the more important aspects of life. This includes forming strong and meaningful relationships and if you are lucky enough to have such a relationship in your life, you should stop taking it for granted and you should stop right now.

Imagine a world without love. Imagine your own personal life without love. It would be a cold and bleak existence. Imagine you had no one to call when you needed help…...

Muscular Dystrophy Association
General Purpose: to persuade

Specific Purpose: to persuade people to be aware and donate to MDA

Organization Pattern: Topical

Attention Getter: Every Labor Day, the Jerry Lewis telethon is broadcast on television and people are asked to help Jerry's kids. For more than 60 years, MDA has helped children and adults all over the world who are struggling with muscular dystrophy and related diseases.

Relevance to Audience: Muscular dystrophy has been a known disease for well over a century. Yet, there is still no cure; only treatments. Muscular dystrophy can strike any family at any time.

Credibility Statement: My sister developed Muscular Dystrophy early on in life and it led directly to her deaf. ith her bones and muscles so terribly weakened, she became confined to a wheelchair. One day while crossing the street, she was hit by a car that ran a red light. She was unable to help herself up…...

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Works Cited:

"Muscular Dystrophy: Hope Through Research." (2011).

 http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/detail_md.htm#189103171

Monroe's Motivated Sequence: The Benefits Of X-rays
Specific purpose: My specific purpose is to inform you of the benefits of x-rays.

Audience outcome: I want my audience to feel less anxious about getting x-rays

Attention getter: Is everything hazardous to your health?

Psychological orientation: It can certainly seem that way if you watch the local news or read scary stories on the Internet. X-rays are yet another one of the benefits of science that many people fear because of the radiation X-ways can release.

Logical orientation: But you should be far more afraid of the risks of not getting X-rays when you need to have them as a result of a medical condition or to receive potentially beneficial screening. The ability of X-rays to pass through human tissue can be of great positive benefit whether you have a problem with a tooth, a broken bone, or any number of health-related needs. The risks of X-rays…...

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References

Attwood, D. (1999). Soft X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation. Cambridge University

Press

Goldstone K. & Yates S.J. (2008). Radiation issues governing radiation protection and patient doses in diagnostic imaging. In: Adam A., Dixon A.K. (eds.). Grainger & Allison's

Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill

Outline
I.) Introduction

a. Attention Getter: Think about the concerns tied to illegal immigration such as terrorism, lack of jobs, costs in terms of tax and how prevalent it is becoming in the present day.

b. Relevance: Illegal immigration in the United States is the highest in the world compared to any other nation.

c. In accordance to statistics, there were approximately 11.1 million illegal immigrants in the United States (Krogstad et al.)

d. Credibility: I have done research on illegal immigration, its benefits and shortcomings from various secondary sources.

e. Thesis: I am going to urge you to see the need for more stringent measures on immigration.

f. Preview: I will discuss three key points regarding the issue of immigration and lastly offer a conclusion on what direction ought to be taken.

II.) Body

a. Main Point 1: Link between immigration and terrorism.

i. Illegal immigrants in the nation have been a part of just about every major terrorist…...

The American Association of Retired persons found that pension plans' coverage is quite unstable, differing greatly based on ethnicity, age, pay grade, and education.

In addition, the AARP also found that social security benefits are becoming a problem in many countries, as the number of retired persons who receive benefits rise and the number of births fall.

As people who live in troubled economic times, some are not following government advice to save for retirement.

The United States Department of Labor advocates managing a retirement account with the same amount of attention and importance one would give a bank account.

Mr. C did not follow this advice, and his reliance on government and employer-based plans fell through.

He and his wife were both forced to work after retirement.

This cut into the traveling and relaxing plans that he had made.

Now, Mr. C cannot live the lifestyle that he always wanted to live.

If we don't follow the…...

Lincoln's Speech Compared
The Evolution of Lincoln's Thought in His Speeches

Abraham Lincoln is one of the most celebrated and popular Presidents in the history of the United States. Lincoln presided over the Presidency at a difficult time for the country, when the unity of the nation was at stake and the question of slavery deeply polarized the society into two. Lincoln was able to preserve the Union, but at a great cost which made him as controversial as he was popular. But it is uncontroversial among his contemporaries and the readers of his speeches today that the sixteenth President of the United States was a great orator, able to address a broad range of audience: rich and poor, literate and illiterate, freemen and slaves; and he possessed a rare skill of persuasion. Lincoln was able to address a divided nation with great care and measurement. He was reserved when he knew…...

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Works Cited

All the references come from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler, and is available online at (Accessed: February 19, 2011).

Speech or Letter
Currently there is a great deal of controversy surrounding the issue of the reinstatement of the draft in the United States. There are rumors and whispers rampantly floating through the media that are frightening the general public, while the officials who are actually in the know about the subject are categorically denying such intentions. In an article written just a few days ago the Coastal Post (with no byline) contends that a military and civilian draft is inevitable by spring 2005. (Coastal Post nline (http://www.coastalpost.com/04/07/01.htm)

The title of the article in and of itself is inflammatory "Military and Civilian Draft Expected in 2005 For 18- to 25-year-olds." The article goes on to state that there are two pending bills in the House and Senate (twin bills: S. 89 and HR 163) meaning Senate bill 89 and House of Representatives bill 163. The article states that those two bills,…...

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One of the last bits of evidence offered by the unknown author is associated with the language of the proposed (and historically unsupported unpopular) legislation, "Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and HR 163 forward this year...entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18 -- 26] in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." This is not a bill to reinstate a draft it is an unpopular and historically unsupported demand for compulsory military service. Voluntary service has been the popular stance since the Vietnam Era.

This work is obviously and inflammatory and unconvincing attempt at persuasion, written by someone who will remain anonymous. It dismisses the opposition by taking away its voice and clearly does not deal with counter evidence. The rhetorical appeals of the work are associated with highly emotional and trigger happy conspiracy theories, and unknown sources and experts. The article on a whole is not persuasive and despite its strong title it did not scare me at all.

Coastal Post Online "Military and Civilian Draft Expected in 2005 For 18- to 25-year-olds," July 13, 2004 at  http://www.coastalpost.com/04/07/01.htm

The fundamentalists have played upon the "pathological distrust" of intellectuals that has been fostered in the hearts and minds many Muslims (309). Islamic intellectuals have done little to diffuse this distrust, but they must diffuse it, if Islam is to survive in a healthy fashion.
Intellectuals must show that democratic ideals are Islamic ideals, and this must be expressed in a way that is persuasive to everyday Muslims. Muslim dissident scholarship is growing, particularly in Egypt and Iran, in the language of the common populace, and this must be encouraged. If rational and pro-democratic voices of intellectuals do not quickly learn to speak in a more accessible fashion about economic privation and the political concerns that occupy the minds of ordinary Muslims living in Islamic nations, these intellectuals will lose any chance of gaining a platform in the community.

orks Cited

Sachedina, Abdulaziz. "hy Democracy, hy Now?" From Islam and…...

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Works Cited

Sachedina, Abdulaziz. "Why Democracy, Why Now?" From Islam and Contemporary Issues. pp. 307-310.

Even [make personal] for those of us living in developed nations, the impacts of acting against global warming are very detrimental
i. [higher pitch, yet calm; almost condescending] small manufacturing firms that are just starting out will not be able to afford the technologies and processes that meet new emissions standards or purchase the credits for excess emissions that are popular parts of most global warming plans

1. This is unfair to small business, giving bigger players an advantage

[pause]

2. This is unfair to consumers [gesture towards self and audience],

reducing competition and innovation

C. Global warming is just the latest specter created by certain officials to distract the citizenry from the real problems facing the country, like the growing wealth gap and rampant corruption -- it makes people get impassioned and feel like they are doing something without actually fixing the broken system

"Taking action against the misinformation of global warming is easy." [pause…...

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References

Booker, C. (2010). The Real Global Warming Disaster. New York: Continuum.

Daly, J. (2007). Global warming lies. Accessed 15 October 2011. http://www.globalwarminglies.com/

De Jong, N. (2009). Lies, lies, and more lies. New York: Xulon Press.

Horner, C. (2008). Red Hot Lies. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishers.

Paul Keating's edfern Speech
Paul Keating's speech at edfern Park provides examples of rhetoric that are discussed below. The speech uses of and the three modes of persuasion: pathos, ethos, and logos. The use of epiphora, particularly in tricolon format, lends both cadence and emphasis. The word imagine is used in this manner and in epiphora convention, as the word is repeated in successive clauses. The connotation of the word confident is made more powerful by its proximity to the word imagine. Further, antithesis is threaded throughout by deliberate distinctions between non-Aboriginal and indigenous Australians, and presumably to use the favored terms of reference for every member of the audience -- as it is a political speech. There is a great divide between the experiences and treatment of the privileged primarily white non-indigenous citizens of Australia and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. Keating does not shy away from this…...

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References

Cockcroft, R. And Cockcroft S.M. (2005). Persuading people: an introduction to rhetoric. (2nd ed.). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan.

Keating, P. Australian Launch of the International Year for the World's Indigenous People. Redfern Park, Sydney, Australia. December 10, 1992

____. (2011). Communication: rhetoric and reasoning. [Course readings]. Magill, SA: School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia.

Obama's speech is a good example of Aristotle's rhetoric in practice.
The object of Obama's speech is to win the presidential nomination. His speech is persuasive. He is appealing to the populace of South Carolina (and to that end, he praises them and calls them "the good people of South Carolina").

Analyzing Obama's speech is interesting not so much because of the beauty of the speech -- it is indeed a work of art, poetic -- but also because it teaches us much about rhetoric. We see Aristotle's lesson through the subject and form -- through the craft -- of the speech.

Look at the patterns, for instance, of his speech -- the point so f contrast: The people voting for him, for instance, span a diversity of differences: "They are young and old; rich and poor. They are black and white; Latino and Asian and Native American." Nonetheless, this homogeneous diversity merges…...

Parent-Teachers' Association (PTA) meetings, several adamant parents requested an improvement in quality of the Highland Oaks cafeteria lunches. The school administration, including the superintendent, has maintained a long-standing relationship with the Mariela Catering Corporation and opposes terminating this relationship. Because the audience may be hostile, a speech must be sympathetic to the views of the administration, even while antagonistic opinions are expressed. A Negative Method persuasive technique would be an appropriate approach, because there are several solutions to the problem that should be presented (and dismissed) in this presentation. Changing catering companies is only one of many alternatives, and the administration must not feel threatened by the PTA's concern over the school lunches. However, to change the status quo, the school administration must be made aware of the nutritional needs of its students and the concern by the parents over the quality of catering. The PTA must take into…...

Jensen's "The World is a Business" Speech from Network (1976)
The speech by Arthur Jensen in the 1976 film Network is given to an audience of one -- Mr. Howard Beale, network television news show host. It takes place in a large conference room, nicknamed "Valhalla" by Mr. Jensen. It lasts just over four minutes and its effect is profound in that it produces a radical transformation in the audience: Mr. Beale returns to his position as news show host and delivers, in turn, a speech to his own audience that essentially confirms the cynical viewpoint that Mr. Jensen has impressed upon him. Why is Jensen's speech so effective? As Leff and Sachs point out, it is not just "what was said" but "how it was said" that made it so persuasive. Thus, from a Neo-Aristotelian point-of-view, the parts of Jensen's speech add up to make a convincing whole. This paper…...

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References

Gottfried, H. (Producer), Lumet, S. (Director). (1976). Network. USA: MGM.

Leff, M., Sachs, A. (1990). Words the Most Like Things: Iconicity and the Rhetorical

Text. Western Journal of Speech Communication, 54: 252-273.

Mateas, M. A Neo-Aristotelian Theory of Interactive Drama. AAAI Technical Report,

Ashcroft
US Supreme Court case Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition

In the case of Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, the Supreme Court presented even more arguments and reasons as to why online child pornography is prohibited. What this case failed to do is define how far the government's censorship can stretch. The controversial question lies in the phrasing from the COPA provisions where terms referring to virtual child pornography were struck out for being too broad (Mota 2002).

This case has proven among the more interesting regarding first amendment rights on the internet. Unlike most rulings by the Supreme Court where the majority of states agree on the ruling, this case came down with most districts agreeing instead with the dissent. Many arguments have now been presented as to why even virtual child pornography is an issue. Namely, the idea that producing child pornography can lead to pedophile behaviors (Mirkin, 2009). Additional…...

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Balkin, Jack (2004). Virtual Liberty: Freedom to Design and Freedom to Play in Virtual Worlds. Virginia Law Review, 90(8), 2043.

Wu, Tim (2003). Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination. Telecom and High Tech. Law Review, 2, 141.

Parke, Adrian; Griffths, mark (2004). Why Internet Gambling Prohibition will Ultimately Fail. Gaming Law Review, 8(5), 295-299.

1. Analyze a persuasive speech given by a political leader and evaluate the effectiveness of their rhetoric.
2. Examine an advertisement or commercial and analyze the rhetorical strategies used to sell a product or service.
3. Compare and contrast the rhetorical techniques used in two different speeches on a similar topic.
4. Analyze a controversial public figure's use of rhetoric and how it influences public perception.
5. Investigate how social media influencers use rhetoric to persuade their audience.
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of rhetorical techniques used in a famous courtroom speech or closing argument.
7. Analyze the use of rhetorical devices in a piece of literature....

A well-organized outline can enhance the effectiveness of a persuasive speech in several ways:

1. Clarity: A structured outline helps the speaker organize their thoughts and ideas in a logical sequence, making it easier for the audience to follow and understand the argument being presented.

2. Focus: An outline helps the speaker stay on track and keep the presentation focused on the main points of the argument, avoiding tangents and irrelevant information that can detract from the overall persuasiveness of the speech.

3. Persuasiveness: A well-organized outline allows the speaker to present their arguments in a clear and organized manner, making it easier....

1. Identify the target audience: To effectively utilize persuasive speech, one must first understand who they are trying to persuade. Different messages may resonate with different demographics, so it is important to tailor the speech to the specific group that needs to be influenced.

2. Use emotion and storytelling: Emotion is a powerful tool in persuasion, as it can help to create a connection with the audience and evoke empathy. Using real-life stories and examples can also make the message more relatable and impactful.

3. Use strong and convincing arguments: Make sure that the speech is well-researched and backed up by facts....

Harnessing the Power of Persuasive Speech for Societal Change

Persuasive speech possesses an extraordinary capacity to shape hearts, minds, and actions, making it a potent force for driving change and fostering impact in society. By skillfully crafting and delivering compelling arguments, individuals can harness the power of language to inspire, motivate, and mobilize audiences towards meaningful action.

1. Establishing Credibility and Building Trust:

Effective persuasion begins with establishing credibility and building trust with the audience. Speakers must demonstrate their expertise, authenticity, and passion for the topic they advocate. By presenting well-researched information, acknowledging opposing viewpoints, and using transparent and ethical language, speakers can....