King Henrey

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility,
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger.
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect,
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon, let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English,
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof,
Fathers that like so many Alexanders
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument.
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you called fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding- which I doubt not,
For there is none of you so mean and base
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot.
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
By William Shakespeare.

• What characteristics does King Henry say are best for men in times of PEACE? To follow your spirit and let it free and to be proud of who you are and what you do.
• What should men be like in war? Ready to fight and to stand tall and to not let the enemy take away your pride
• What does Henry say about the English and their ancestors? That there noble and proud.
• What does he mean when he says 'Be copy now to men of grosser blood.'? I means that you should be the person that every one lower than you wants to be
• What is Henry saying you have to become in order to be successful in war? you have controll your own life to go well in war

The Merchant of Venice: Act IV sc i - Portia

Summary: In this scene Portia is pleading to Shylock for the life of Antonio. Antonio is responsible for the debt that Bassanio owes Shylock. Bassanio is Portia's partner and needed money to be with Portia. When Bassanio borrowed the money the punishment for failure to pay back the money on time was 'a pound of flesh' which would cause certain death. Bassanio didn't pay the debt back in time and now Shylock wants his 'pound of flesh' from Antonio. Portia is trying to get Shylock to change his mind and see the virtue of being merciful.


Find and highlight these techniques in the speech:
metaphor
alliteration
repetition

Answer the following questions using quotes where applicable:
How does Portia describe mercy? How important and powerful is it?
What can one achieve through mercy?
How is religion part of this speech? (You need to do some thinking on this one.)

PORTIA

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.

1. Portia decribes mercy as nice and calm 'It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven' describing it as gentle. I say it would work very well and percuade the listener that mercy is good and should be done because it lets the listeners know that if they show mercy then they will feel good about themselves.
2.that if you show mercy then you have then you have the heart of a king and are a very strong person
3.Religion is in this speech because he speaks of god and how mercy is like soft rain drops from heaven and that if you show mercy god is watching.

Speech draft 2

Should stem cell research be focused on more than what it is now and is using stem cells the right thing to do.

Stem cells are known to most people worldwide and are mostly thought that they are useless except for helping the body by getting rid of sickness and colds. But research shows that they can do a lot more than just getting rid of the familiar cold. If scientist, doctors, nurses and surgeons looked and listened and even tried out some of the research that people have found than they could possibly have the ability to cure diseases and disabilities that were said to be incurable such as paraplegics and some forms of cancer.

For instance, someone who can’t walk could have damaged spinal cells. This is often caused by a spinal cord injury. This could happen by damaging someone’s oligodendrocytes cells. The oligodendrocytes cells are what send the messages to the brain to move the legs. There for they can walk.

But research shows that if new stem cells replace the old, broken ones, then they could repair the spinal cord, there for giving some one the ability to walk.

But stem cells don’t only repair spinal cord injuries, it can help repair other things such as eye sight and can cure some diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, and one man in Germany got cured of HIV.

But does that mean it’s the right thing to do.

But some people are complaining that the way that stem cells are collected, isn’t right and that it shouldn’t be done unless there are other ways of getting them. The stem cells needed to do this process can be found in a couple of things, but the most common is by giving birth. When a dead foetus is born it carries the stem cells needed for the other people, but it has to be a dead foetus. This has caused a lot of concern from the public thinking that it is the wrong thing to do. But another way to collect the stem cells is in umbilical cords. These carry a lot of the red blood cells needed to complete the process of the spinal cord rebuilding and the curing of HIV.

But now, in this time, collecting stem cells via this a foetus and umbilical cords is the only way to cure such disabilities and diseases but what would happen if we put a little more effort and a little more time into research and tests then we could probably find other ways, safer, and less disturbing ways to find and collect information and the stem cells needed to for fill the needs of the patients.

But do you think that more research and time should be put in to this project?

Most people still wouldn’t agree with this they would say ‘it’s a waste of time’ but look at the facts. It could save millions of lives, many tests have been run in places like Germany and china and they all have come out with positives. Eye sight has been restored, paraplegics are given the ability to walk and cancer has been removed. But that’s only the beginning. What could happen in the later years of scientific research could enable us to do things that we thought were impossible. It could maybe be able to protect us from the sun and maybe make us stronger but without the research and funds needed we will never know right now.

In conclusion I strongly push forward that we should let the people run and test their experiments or we will never know what could have been and what could have happened.

Draft speech (not fully completed)

Stem cells are known to most people worldwide and are mostly thought that they are useless except for helping the body by getting rid of sickness and colds. But research shows that they can do a lot more than just getting rid of the familiar cold. If scientist, doctors, nurses and surgeons looked and listened and even tried out some of the research that people have found than they could possibly have the ability to cure diseases and disabilities that were said to be incurable such as paraplegics and some forms of cancer.

For instance, someone who can’t walk could have damaged spinal cells. This is often caused by a spinal cord injury. This could happen by damaging someone’s oligodendrocytes cells. The oligodendrocytes cells are what send the messages to the brain to move the legs. There for they can walk.

But research shows that if new stem cells replace the old, broken ones then they could repair the spinal cord, there for giving some one the ability to walk. But saying that you need to be able to get the stem cells from somewhere and some people may disagree with they ways that they get collected.

There are certain ways that these stem cells are to be collected. When a baby is born it has the umbilical cord is still attached. The umbilical cord has a massive amount of red blood cells which can be used to repair the back.

Research of Stem Cells

WHAT ARE STEM CELLS?

Stem Cells are crucial to develop organisms. They are non-specialized cells which have the potential to create other types of specific cells, such as blood, brain, tissue or muscle cells.

Stem cells are in our body all our lives, but are far more potent in a foetus than in an adult body. Some types of stem cells may be able to create all other cells in the body. Others have the potential to repair or replace damaged tissue or cells.
Stem cell research is used for investigation of basic cells which develop organisms. The cells are grown in laboratories where tests are carried out to investigate fundamental properties of the cells.

The controversy surrounding stem cell research led to an intense debate about ethics. Up until the recent years, the research method mainly focused on Embryonic Stem Cells, which involves taking tissue from an aborted embryo to get proper material to study. This is typically done just days after conception or between the 5th and 9th week.

Stem cell research can potentially help treating a range of medical problems. It could lead humanity closer to better treat and possibly cure a number of diseases:

• Parkinson’s Disease
• Heart Diseases, Stroke and Diabetes
• Replace or Repair Damaged Organs

But one of the major parts stem cells contribute to is cancer

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/stemcells/sctoday/ 

Leukemia is a cancer of white blood cells, or leukocytes. Like other blood cells, leukocytes develop from somatic stem cells. Mature leukocytes are released into the bloodstream, where they work to fight off infections in our bodies.

Leukemia results when leukocytes begin to grow and function abnormally, becoming cancerous. These abnormal cells cannot fight off infection, and they interfere with the functions of other organs.

Successful treatment for leukemia depends on getting rid of all the abnormal leukocytes in the patient, allowing healthy ones to grow in their place. One way to do this is through chemotherapy, which uses potent drugs to target and kill the abnormal cells. When chemotherapy alone can't eliminate them all, physicians sometimes turn to bone marrow transplants.

In a bone marrow transplant, the patient's bone marrow stem cells are replaced with those from a healthy, matching donor. To do this, all of the patient's existing bone marrow and abnormal leukocytes are first killed using a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. Next, a sample of donor bone marrow containing healthy stem cells is introduced into the patient's bloodstream.

If the transplant is successful, the stem cells will migrate into the patient's bone marrow and begin producing new, healthy leukocytes to replace the abnormal cells.

New evidence suggests that bone marrow stem cells may be able to differentiate into cell types that make up tissues outside of the blood, such as liver and muscle. Scientists are exploring new uses for these stem cells that go beyond diseases of the blood.

Speechs Of Choice

1 I would probably choose Stem Cell Research: Benefits outweigh Ethics?

Why was it beneficial or could it be beneficial and could it help a lot of people or could it be a huge was of time and a huge waste of money. Can it cure heaps of diseases and could it cure some diseases that we were incurable. Or is it just lies or guesses or assumptions that stem cells could cure most diseases.

2 Primary should school kids be banned from chat rooms. Well I would say yes because things like Facebook and msn, you can put personal details on there for your friends or anyone in the world could see and it could be potentially dangerous to little kids who don’t know much about the world and the people out there.

3.

Should violent & expletive song lyrics be censored?

Personally I would say yes. When our parents were kids they had no swearing or bad language in songs they heard on the radio, but now in our lives rappers and pop artists swear like they use it always in there lives and them, being some of our role models, we would think that we can swear too.

Speaking Assessment Task

Nature of Task:


Persuasive texts are designed to position a point of view.(Opinion-Thesis)


Texts that successfully persuade are usually highly emotive (conveys an emotional words+ influence listener/audience emotions) and effectively balance opinions with facts (Research-Logos).


Persuasive texts can make sweeping generalisations(uninformed conclusions - be weary of these), rely on stereotypes and hyperbole(exageration) and yet still seem credible(reliable information).


This is because a combination of objective (fact) and subjective (opinion) information is usually used to persuade.


Careful use of repetition and high modality words (persuasion techniques) can emphatically convey the composer’s purpose(subjective) if it is counterbalanced with the use of statistics, expert evidence and product/idea endorsement from authoritative sources(objective - facts).


Moreover, effective incorporation of anecdotes (small persona story), analogies (comparing two examples) and inclusive language (we, us, ours) (techniques) can   the message and help connect the composer and their text with its audience.


Info:
Objective and Subjective


Focal point:
Thesis


How are you going to convey:
Mode of persuasion
Techniques