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Charisma – an attribute that allows a speaker's words to become powerful. Chiasmus – a figure of speech consisting of the contrasting of two structurally parallel syntactic phrases arranged "cross-wise", i.e., in such a way that the second is in reverse order from the first.
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
"Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!", a famous excerpt from the "Second Reply to Hayne" speech given by Senator Daniel Webster during the Nullification Crisis. The full speech is generally regarded as the most eloquent ever delivered in Congress. The slogan itself would later become the state motto for North Dakota.
One of the classic definitions of "truth:" when the mind has the same form as reality, we think truth. Also rendered as adaequatio intellectus et rei. adaequatio intellectus nostri cum re: conformity of intellect to the fact: Phrase used in epistemology regarding the nature of understanding. adsum: I am here: i.e., "present!" or "here!"
But it was Dr. King's iconic "I Have a Dream" speech that immediately took its place as one of the greatest in U.S. history. SEE MORE: 8 Martin Luther King Jr. quotes that raise eyebrows instead ...
All graduation speeches are meant to inspire and encourage, but one convocation speaker, a graduate himself, has set the bar with a powerful speech that everyone should hear.
1. Art 2. Nature 3. Selfie 4. Family 5. Stylin 6. Lost 7. Believe 8. Inspiration 9. Forever 10. Family 11. Home 12. Success 13. Retro 14. Fun 15. Love 16. Thankful
Such words are usually terms that do not have a clear definition but are used to give the impression of a clear meaning. An ideograph in rhetoric often exists as a building block or simply one term or short phrase that summarizes the orientation or attitude of an ideology. Such examples notably include <liberty>, <freedom>, <democracy> and ...