Competitive forensics has been extremely important to me. Of course‚ debate has given me a multitude of skills‚ but also debate has helped me grow as a person. Being the Debate Captain for the past two years of the Texas State Debate team‚ has been an extreme source of pride during my collegiate career. Forensics drove my ability to craft solid opinions. Also‚ through forensics I have meet a multitude of new people and formed long-lasting friendships. I wouldn’t trade what I have gained from being
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all of these school captain speeches sound the same. They start off with a quote‚ put in a couple of jokes and try terribly hard to find the balance between inspiration and comedy…. This will be no different. So what makes up a good captain speech? Basically I’ve got to get up here‚ be serious‚ but not too serious‚ funny but not over the top and caring but not too caring‚ because really if I want to impress you‚ I’ve got to figure out how to get up here‚ keep a smile on both my faces and yours‚ speak
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poems and your reading in this lesson to fill in the left and right columns of the chart for both poems. "Song—To the Men of England" "Land of Hope and Glory" Rhyme scheme: A‚A‚B‚B‚C‚C‚D‚E‚F‚G‚H‚I‚I‚J‚J‚K‚K‚L‚L‚M‚M‚N‚N‚ Meter (Iambic pentameter‚ Iambic hexameter‚ for example) Rhyme scheme (use letters to identify the pattern) Rhyme Scheme: A‚ A‚ A‚ A‚ B‚ C‚ D‚ E‚ F‚ G‚ F‚ G‚ H‚ I‚ H‚ I‚ H‚ I‚ J‚ I‚ J‚ K‚ J‚ L Metaphor: ‘’ Those ungrateful drones who would drain your sweat –nay‚ drink your blood
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I’m here today because I’m obviously running for school captain. I’m up here today because my job is to try and persuade you to vote for me. Now let’s get started. For all those people here today that don’t know me my name is Eliza Dugan. And to all those people that do know me you should feel privileged to. Now that everyone knows my name we know what name to vote for. Now just a bit of information about me. I play most sports especially athletics and cross country running. I enjoying hanging
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I’m here today because I’m obviously running for school captain. I’m up here today because my job is to try and persuade you to vote for me. Now let’s get started. For all those people here today that don’t know me my name is Eliza Dugan. And to all those people that do know me you should feel privileged to. Now that everyone knows my name we know what name to vote for. Now just a bit of information about me. I play most sports especially athletics and cross country running. I enjoying hanging
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its past. When Brazil was first visited by the Portuguese they quickly found that there were rich lands and money to be made off those lands. The coastal areas of Brazil were taken by wealthy settlers‚ this was over 500 years ago. Jorge Amado’s “Captains of the Sands” was written in 1937 and although the main theme was set around a group of orphan children who ran the streets‚ there were political undertones that also told a story of the divide between the rich and the poor. When the Portuguese
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four lines‚ “and yesterday is” (1-4). This reputation resembles the repetition of the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew. Jarman then breaks the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean passage in the second quatrain in two lines‚ “full” and “animal.” These two words may be considered half rhymes‚ but they provide an inharmonious feeling. This sudden shift in rhyme style makes sense because it resembles the unpleasing event of the Tower of Babel. The phrase “[s]omeone is God who had
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Captain Honors Behavior Commander of the USS Enterprise‚ Captain Honors was videoed using anti-gay slurs‚ mimicking masturbation‚ and other sexual innuendos. These videos were aired on the air carrier’s closed-circuit television system in 2006 and 2007. The videos show Captain Honors acting immature and undisciplined rather than an experienced navy captain. Although officers who were on the USS Enterprise at the time the videos were aired and did not take offence to them‚ the way Captain Honors
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The story of Captain John Newton (slave trader)- Captain John Newton started his life on the sea at 11 years old‚ while sailing with his father who was a merchant vessel captain. After his father retired from sailing John Newton became part of the service and served on the H.M.S. Harwich in 1744. He found the living conditions unbearable and left service as a deserter. He was later captured‚ demoted‚ and publically embarrassed. John was then turned over to serve as an indentured servant
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Captain James Cook‚ FRS‚ RN (7 November 1728[NB 1] – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer‚ navigator‚ cartographer‚ and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean‚ during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands‚ and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy
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