Specific purpose: To inform my audience on a few aspects of my life.
Thesis: Going to college right after high school just wasn't for me. I decided instead to get married, have children, overcome tragedy and then return to college.
Preview: My story begins at college and at this point in my life; I have made a full circle. .
Introduction: Today I would like to tell you a little about my life, who I am and some of my life experiences that have made me who I am.
Impact: How would you cope with experiencing life and death within a few short years? Would it change your outlook on life?.
Establish Credibility: Having had four children ranging in ages from 8 years old to 2 months, while trying to accomplish my own goals has been difficult yet rewarding.
I. Two months ago I gave birth to my fourth child.
A. During those 2 months I realized that I have a very routine daily life.
B. When I graduated high school, I decided to go to college, but because my parents were paying for my school I did not take it serious.
1. I felt (at the time) that having fun was more exciting than books.
2. After two semesters, I decided to venture elsewhere. .
(transition) I changed avenues and was married a short time later.
II. Excited, we decided to begin a family.
A. After having my daughter, we were excited to be awaiting the birth of our first son.
1. Things looked promising until the third trimester. My blood pressure was extremely high; I was having horrible headaches, and gaining an excessive amount of weight in a short period of time.
2. After being admitted into the hospital, I was informed of the complications arising.
a) I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. According to What to Expect When Your Expecting, "Pre-eclampsia is also called toxemia, it is a pregnancy related form of high blood pressure. No one knows what causes PIH." (Eisenberg, Murkoff, Hathaway 351).
b) The baby was then diagnosed with Hydrops, which is having fluid in their organs.
Me and Baseball Baseball has been my life for almost seventeen years now. So baseball and me go hand and hand it seems like. ... So as you can see baseball has been the biggest part of my life. ... It let me see what was out their in the world. ... So as you have heard baseball has been a great part in my life and it still is. ...
BLESS ME, ULTIMA Writing Assignment Life is filled with journeys. ... In Bless Me, Ultima, Antonio goes through a life changing journey. ... But overcoming the trials and challenges is part of Antonio's journey. ... Even so, his heroism and his effort are part of Antonio's journey. ... Mistakes are part of the journey. ...
Throughout the book Bless Me Ultima, religion remained one of the major themes. ... I believe that this is proof that part of her was a witch as evident by the fallen pins. ... A few other instances involving Ultima's owl led me to believe she was part witch. ... This proves very much so that Ultima was part witch. ... This confused many people in the llano, and it even confused me at the beginning. ...
Both wartime Bracero programs were ended unilaterally by the United States, in part because US labor and civil rights groups argued that the Mexican migrants depressed wages and increased Unemployment for similar US workers. ... She came because of my mom came and the reason that my mom came was because my dad died and she wanted to forget everything bad like all the memories that she had about my dad so what she told me is that she migrated to the united states. ... But she told me that she made it threw the first time she tried it. ... So the first step towards making my mom and me citizens...
And, by the way, you must pay me a good deal of attention this evening. ... You must introduce me to some of them. ... You have quite neglected me lately. ... Every one told me so." ... They depict the pain and suffering he himself felt when he was an outcast in a society that he wanted to be a part of. ...
This choice led me to a long and hard couple years. ... The screaming would not stop and with in a couple minutes I would be part of it. ... It took me three high schools to figure out i needed to change. ... My grades started to improve and I was choosing friends who actually liked me for me- not because Icould party all night. ... Now Inow my faith in God and myself will bring me through each day. ...
Equally, Orwell's and Hardy's work incentive was to become a productive part of society. ... Hardy believed in assisting the war effort because she wanted to take part in defending the liberties of the United States. ... In actuality Orwell felt conflicts within himself because he tried to justify the killing of the elephant as being a part of his job: And afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed, it put me legally in the right and it gave me a sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant.? ... She even felt, If he had asked me whether I would work very hard to h...
It also helps me to better understand those that are already explained. ... This is a main part of philosophy for me. ... Thus, the use of experience and thought together forms an important part of philosophy and it provides the points that can be debated and argued over. Therefore these are the issues that make up the meaning of philosophy for me. ... These are the meanings of philosophy to me....