Informative Essay

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Informative Speech No. 1 Specific purpose Statement: To inform my audience about the meaning of brotherhood by using the dictionary, analogical, and exemplar definitional strategies. I. Opening statement I am an only child. I wondered what it would be like to have a sibling. I have always looked for a person to be like a brother to me. II. According to Dictionary.com, Brotherhood is the condition or quality of being brother or brothers. A. Brotherhood does not always have to be your siblings. B. Many people that influence your life in a positive way can be a relationship or bond that lasts forever. III. Brotherhood can relate to many different people in your life. A. Some look up to people such as their team mates and family. B. Brotherhood can be compared to fellowship and community IV. Lynden B. Johnson once said, “We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.” A. People are so close minded today, they are afraid of having anything to do with one another. B. I look at my cousins as my brothers. They have supported me all my life. May have choked me by the neck a few times, but I know they would do anything for me. V. Concluding statement I will never have a sibling in my life. All I know is, I can look to the few that have chosen me and vice versus in return References: Brainyquote.com Dictionary.com

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