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Hurricane Sandy was definitely a very difficult time for everyone in the northeast region. Initially I did not realize how hard it was going to hit us, because the previous year Hurricane Irene did not have such a strong effect on my town. Of course we did not leave the house, and there were a few fallen trees, however it did not affect us like Hurricane Sandy did.
Even though I wasn’t expecting a very severe hurricane, my parents still prepared for the worst. They requested me to come home and stay even though many of my friends were still on campus. I figured being with my family during this difficult time would make the most sense. When the hurricane hit initially we did not lose any electricity even though many families around us did. My sister and I decided to end our boredom by watching random television shows, and just as we found something that interested us, the power went out. We were hoping it was just a quick power shortage, and that the power would be back within the hour. We were in for a big surprise. We did not have warm water or power for five days.
For those five days we charged our laptops and phones inside of my mom’s car, and used them until they had to be charged again and again. During that time, we went on a hunt for all of our old DVDs in our basement, and brought them all up one by one to watch on the laptop. We would listen to the radio from time to time to find out if there were any updates regarding the power outage. The entire time I couldn’t wait for everything to get back to normal so I could return to school and start enjoying my life again.
It was one afternoon when my mom and I were in the car listening to the radio, when I realized that we didn’t have it nearly as bad as people in other ...
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eir audience? Did they touch on similar themes and concepts?
Develop a Claim. Study the information in your table. You may notice that some columns have more similarities and
others have more differences. This type of observation can help you make a claim in your speech. You can use this
sentence frame for your claim:
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eir audience? Did they touch on similar themes and concepts?
Develop a Claim. Study the information in your table. You may notice that some columns have more similarities and
others have more differences. This type of observation can help you make a claim in your speech. You can use this
sentence frame for your claim:
While both speeches have a similar [audience, purpose, message], one speech has a distinctive ſâudienc
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