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Angela Lee Duckworth's Grit: The Power Of Passion And Perseverance

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"People with grit do not believe that failure is permanent." In her speech, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, 2013, author Angela Lee Duckworth emphasizes that grit is the most beneficial quality for students to develop, and she motivates her audience of instructors to consider how they can guide students to be more "gritty." Duckworth supports this emphasis by using ethos and rhetorical questions and answering them, showing that she is a teacher and uses personal experiences to connect with her audience. Duckworth's purpose is to teach teachers to instill a "grit" mindset in order to show that children will lead better lives with more opportunities if they have more grit. Duckworth uses an ardent and encouraging tone with educators

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