
Due Monday Nov. 9
![]() Find a TedTalks seminar that speaks to you. Provide specifics on interesting points made within the performance. Name two rhetorical strategies the presenter uses to engage his/her audience and explain the effectiveness of each. Due Monday Nov. 9 11/2/2015 04:17:18 pm
The Ted talk I listened to was about the purpose of life. Rick Warren made some very interesting points within his performance that really stuck out to me. For example, he stated that in today’s society, people are not living, but rather existing. They get up in the morning, go to work/school, come home make/eat dinner and then go to bed. He said that that is not living your life, just existing in it.
Emily Byrnes
11/5/2015 11:55:03 am
I agree with what Rick Warren said about only existing after awhile. There has to be more to life than just the repeating cycle of work, eat, and sleep. I have thought about this at times in my life and I believe others have too. The level of surviving that he talks about is not enough to live.
Quinn Hillman
11/8/2015 11:41:35 am
Rick Warren's use of allusion in this stood out to me. At one point he alluded from calling people humans to just saying species. This effectively got his point across about how humans are just like every other species, and we are just living. This allusion greatly emphasized his point.
Rebecca Rinaldi
11/8/2015 02:45:41 pm
Maddie, I can second that this TedTalk was quite interesting. His use of hyperboles made the speech more appealing. Warren seemed passionate, as well as knowledgeable about the topic as he expressed his points with statements that really resonate with you. Nice choice!
Jeremy Lang
11/8/2015 03:23:31 pm
I agree with Rick Warren as well, lately I have felt like I am on a loop, wake up, go to school, do homework, go to bed. Like what Emily said I have also thought about this before and believe there has to be more than life than just the same old cycle. 11/3/2015 05:48:05 pm
The TedTalk I watched had to do with appreciating art in a different way. The Artist talks about spreading artwork through beautifully drawn street art, or as some call it, graffiti. He goes onto explain how graffiti is an art not many appreciate, however, he claims if the art has meaning behind the colors and letters painted, it can be much more than graffiti. 11/8/2015 06:59:28 pm
Kaitlin, when I watched and read this Ted Talk, I caught on to the metaphors and the irony of the presentation. What I also found was a constant expression of pathos throughout the Ted Talk, including your second example. When the man from Paris was angry at eL Seed for painting in Arabic, he was basically disrespecting his culture, and you begin to feel bad for eL Seed. He also does not graffiti random messages that mean nothing, but quotes from the Quran. This shows his devotion to his religion and what he is willing to do to spread it. It really pulls on your heart strings, at least it did for me.
Madeline
11/3/2015 08:29:55 pm
Kaitlin,
Olyvia Gendron
11/8/2015 09:21:43 pm
Kaitlin, 11/4/2015 04:06:55 pm
The TedTalk I watched was on how to find work you actually like and love to do. Scott Dinsmore was a person who hated his job, who wondered why so many people were like him, and why they couldn't find work that they loved doing everyday. He gave a statistic that about 80% of people in the workforce hate what they are doing. This really stood out to me because Scott’s reasoning on why these people didn't quit is “this is what they told me I had to do.” So many people hated their professions, but know one went out and pursued what they really wanted because they thought they were too deep in the hole. Scott used smilies, metaphors, and allusion in his TedTalk performance. He spoke about an experience when a 12 year old kid in a wheel chair swam the Alcatraz swim on the same day he did. He didn't know the boy was actually swimming in this race, and when the boy finished and was put back into his chair he was the happiest he's ever seen anyone. The boy was so proud and accomplished, and that showed Scott that anything is possible if you try hard enough. This related back to his TedTalk explaining that if you are unhappy with what you are doing, don't be afraid to quit and pursue what you want to be doing. His literary device methods were very effective, comparing real life encounters to jobs, and breaking up his speech and connecting everything throughout the performance. It was very inspiring and helped his TedTalk in a very positive way.
Laura Trombetta
11/7/2015 12:57:22 pm
I found this talk very interesting. Scott Dinsmore includes logos in his TedTalk by saying that everything that has ever been done people thought was impossible until someone did it. He uses an example of Roger Banister who ran a mile in under four minutes. It was said to have been a physical inability until he proved that wrong. Soon after, Dinsmore says that around 16 people also broke the four minute mile once they saw that it was not actually physically impossible. His use of logic and fact helps to inspire the crowd to do what they love even if they think it's not possible because they could be the first one to do it.
Jaden Diaz
11/7/2015 02:46:55 pm
Jack, I watched the Ted Talk given by Scott Dinsmore and found it very interesting. Like you said, how he tied in statistics with his speech, I thougt it provided reliability and factual support for the audience while portraying ethos. His similies and metaphors did not only bring a deeper understanding for the audience, but also privided humor, making his speech very enjoyable. Overall I thought it was a very informative and intriguing discussion. 11/4/2015 08:35:21 pm
I watched a Ted Talk by Paul Snelgrove that explained a census done about the ocean life. This was a ten year census started by Fred Grassle and Jesse Ausube and was completed with two thousand and seven hundred other scientists. These scientists went to over eighty countries around the world for five hundred and forty expeditions that cost six hundred and fifty million dollars. Even after this census had been completed scientists still didn't know over half of the species living in the ocean. Although the ocean covers most of the earth and has a larger area than the moon, scientists know more about the moon and the continents of Earth than they do about the ocean and the life held within.
Bethany Christie
11/5/2015 12:45:21 pm
Emily,
Ariana Terlaga
11/8/2015 11:56:48 pm
Emily, I found myself highly engaged during this TedTalk. I like Snelgrove's use of logos throughout the speech, an example being when he says, "the oceans produce half of the new life every day on Earth as well as about half the oxygen that we breathe." This helps viewers understand the true enormity of the ocean, and how big of a role it plays in ensuring the development of earth. His use of facts definitely plays a part in getting his audience to give into his message of appreciating ocean life. 11/4/2015 09:40:44 pm
I viewed a TedTalk titled “The Enchanting Music of Sign Language” signed by Christine Sun Kim and interpreted by Denise Kahler-Braaten. Christine was born deaf, and has always struggled with understanding the concept of sound; it has been foreign to her and, because she has never experienced it, she is puzzled as to what sound really is. From birth, she was taught that sound would never be a part of her life, and that this burden of being restrained from a beautiful and colorful element of nature would never truly go away. 11/5/2015 06:44:36 pm
Bethany, this was a very interesting TedTalk, and made a lot of sense to me. The person giving the lecture, Christine, was infact deaf and gave a performance about her concept of sound. She connected with me personally by incorporating musical concepts into her Talk. She also uses a lot for dates and factual evidence that appeal to our logos, which makes the audience believe her even more. She talks from experiences of her own, and makes the TedTalk more personal (pathos) to the listener.
Olivia Modesti
11/8/2015 03:08:29 pm
I thought this TedTalk was very inspirational how Christine was able to experience music in her life despite the fact that she is deaf. I thought this presentation used pathos to grab the audiences attention by sharing her motivational story.
Brianna Lum
11/8/2015 07:30:45 pm
I found this TedTalk very insightful. It shed light on the difficulties of a deaf person in the modern day, which relies heavily on sounds. You are right in saying that the simile was a good addition to the speech. It allowed the audience to see more clearly how it felt to be deaf, even if the audience themselves weren't.
Ariella Bourdeau
11/8/2015 11:17:39 pm
Bethany, Christine's TedTalk was very interesting and eye-opening. She quite literally brought her words to life through ASL. She conveyed her ideas in a thoughtful, fluid fashion without physically speaking them herself. Christine made use of her rhetorical devices, considering that it's done different in sign language because there are minimal words. She incorporates something no one would ever guess goes with sign language and being deaf, sound, more specifically music. It's amazing how such contradicting things can be compared and used together. Christine also managed to squeeze in pathos and ethos and interacted with the audience by teaching them a few signs. This makes the TedTalk more involving and keeos the audience captured in her talk and interested to hear (or see) the rest. 11/4/2015 09:57:28 pm
The TedTalk that I watched was about gender equality and how it is not only good for women, but also beneficial to men and a society as a whole.
Erin Cunningham
11/8/2015 08:44:17 pm
I watched this Ted Talk as well, and I honestly loved it. Kimmel's use of exaggeration and irony really stuck out, and helped him get his point across in a well-spoken manner. It's also great how he admitted to being society's "norm", a white, middle class male, but is still determined to bring more attention to gender equality, and how men are affected.
Erin Bishop
11/8/2015 09:04:05 pm
I strongly agree to your analysis of the rhetorical devices you picked up in the TED talk. I know, as a listener, I had those same reactions as implied by your analysis. In my opinion, you could have elaborated a bit more with the irony display. I would have gone more in depth with the satirical interpretation, and the irony interpretation is pretty well off. Overall, your analysis was pretty spot on, but could use a little work.
Madeline Kovach
11/8/2015 09:15:20 pm
Chelsea, the TedTalk you chose was very interesting. I thought the story Kimmel told about the conversation between the two racially different women was very insightful; I couldn't agree more with what the colored woman said about privilege being invisible to those that have it. Also, I noticed other rhetorical devices in his speech besides those you found. "So making gender visible to men is the first step to engaging men to support gender equality." This was another example of irony. Kimmel's quote makes it seem as though men have no means of knowledge towards women's existence, yet they interact with us on a daily basis. There is humor mixed in with this rather heated topic, which (I think) is an ingenious way to target a large audience of various ages and helps them understand his points without boring them to death.
Corinne Cude
11/9/2015 07:58:33 pm
Chelsea-- 11/5/2015 07:07:30 pm
The TedTalk that I decided to view is called "Nick Bostrom: What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?" And, as the title says, it talks about the future.
MacKenzie Kerwin
11/8/2015 11:42:13 am
Ben this was a very interesting presentation to watch. It’s strange to think that humans can make something that, someday, is even smarter than we are. I especially enjoyed how Nick Bostrom compared the development of artificial intelligence to a train. The metaphor, along with the picture he used on the screen, makes a very clear representation of how much time it will take to reach each level of artificial intelligence (and how little time it will take to surpass human-level intelligence once it reaches it).
Bethany Sherback
11/8/2015 12:00:52 pm
I found this TedTalk very intriguing and concerning - with improper creating and teaching of computers, they could essentially take over our world. Bostrom's point that there is more space for computer intelligence than there is for human intelligence (because human intelligence must fit inside the brain) indicates that we must, while we can, control computers into noticing and considering humanity.
Owen Raymond
11/8/2015 01:01:00 pm
Ben, this Ted Talk was very interesting. It is very strange to think machine intelligence, may very well be the last thing that we need to make. In his speech I also noticed that Bostrom used some humor to get his audiences attention and to keep them engaged.
Jeremy Lang
11/8/2015 03:19:45 pm
Ben this Ted Talk was pretty cool and I agree and see how Bostrom used "great logic" to back up his argument. I personally found the allusion to Terminator was a good yet funny one.
Eric Yeh
11/8/2015 05:32:49 pm
Ben, I watched this Ted Talk and I found it to be pretty interesting. Bostrom's use of allusions, referencing the Terminator and King Midas. He made his statement more clear when connecting them to his talk. His use of a metaphor also made the connection between algorithms that learn from raw perceptual data and human infants learning, much more clear. It made it much more interesting for me because I understood clearly that the AI's that they were making increased its knowledge of topics the same way that everyone did as a baby.
Brianna Murray
11/8/2015 07:09:36 pm
Ben,
Joe Yacovelli
11/8/2015 09:11:03 pm
Ben, 11/5/2015 08:28:19 pm
The TedTalk that I watched was by Derek Sivers. He spoke about one way that is important to help a person achieve their future goals. His idea was that it is best to keep your goals to yourself.
Christopher Twombly
11/8/2015 04:41:40 pm
Quinn, I watched this TED talk by Derek Sivers and found it to be very intriguing. His idea that even though our first instinct is to initally tell someone what we are trying to accomplish, but that it is better to keep our goals to ourselves really stuck out to me. As you mentioned, his use of logos and the experiments he mentioned helped me understand the point he was trying to prove, and also how beneficial not telling anyone your goals can be.
Rachel Lamore
11/8/2015 07:09:01 pm
Quinn, I viewed this TedTalk and I agree with the points you made and I also noticed the rhetorical devices that you mention here. I agree that the the use of logos made his speech much more reliable and that it showed his audience that his claim is correct. Along with logos and allusions, I also noticed the use of a simile. Derek Sivers says "Doesn't it (the goal) feel good to say it out loud? Don't you feel one step closer already like it's becoming part of your identity?" In this statement, Sivers is comparing the goal to part of one's identity, giving the audience a vivid description of what happens when you tell others your goals. Overall, I agree that the rhetorical devices he uses really help support his claim that telling people your goals makes it less likely that you will achieve them.
Nick D'Amico
11/8/2015 09:20:26 pm
Quinn, I also watched this Ted Talk and found it very fascinating. As Sivers was explaining how most people won't achieve their goals if they tell others about them, he used many specific facts and examples to help explain his points. These specific facts helped the audience to better understand the science behind his claim. 11/7/2015 10:48:44 am
The TedTalk seminar that speaks to me was delivered by Matt Cutts in attempt to persuade his audience to try something new for thirty days. Cutt mentions that a few years ago, he felt as if he was missing out on life; as if the days were passing by and he wasn’t truly experiencing them. He states that thirty days is actually the perfect amount of time to incorporate something new in to your life. Due to this, Cutt’s thought about something he’s always wanted to add to his life, and he tried it. Just a few of his challenges were to take a picture a day and to write a novel in just one month. At the end of each thirty day challenge, he realizes that instead of the days rapidly passing by and being lost, he finds them to be much more memorable and enjoyable. These small challenges impacted his life dramatically; he became more adventurous and actually climbed the highest mountain in Africa. Overall, Cutt’s came to the conclusion that small, sustainable challenges are more likely to stick than big, unrealistic challenges and that he believes all people should try this in order to attain a happier, more satisfying life.
Kaitlyn Remond
11/8/2015 10:06:31 am
I watched this TED talk about trying something new for 30 days and I found it very interesting and inspiring. Matt Cutts shares the message that it is great to try new things because it can make you a more outgoing and adventurous person. He also used many instances of humor in his speech, creating a connection with the audience and also emphasizing points and ideas.
Casey Marshall
11/8/2015 03:14:27 pm
I really enjoyed listening to this TedTalk. His use of personification and alliteration really drew me in and made me pay more attention and understand exactly what he was saying. He uses humor and personal experiences to appeal to everyone. This applies to "Ethos." By sharing his experience with what he was speaking about, he gained the trust of the audience.
Shannon Maxey
11/8/2015 07:19:58 pm
Rachel, I found this TedTalk very inspiring. I felt that Matt Cutts ability to articulate and depict his thoughts clearly kept the audience engaged throughout. His passion on the topic was evident, making the speech overall enjoyable to watch.
Hailey Coleman
11/8/2015 08:13:47 pm
Rachel
Sydney Borkowski
11/9/2015 09:12:48 am
This TEDtalk offers a lot of inspiration and motivation. I think Cutts appeals to the part of all of us that is eager to try new things but always short on time. By saying that it only takes 30 days to try new things, he makes the idea very approachable. His tone is also very comical and light, which i think helps the audience to relate to him in a friendly way. this makes the whole talk more appealing.
Audrey Robinson
11/9/2015 10:48:43 pm
Rachel, the TEDTalk that you selected was inspirational and motivating. Matt Cutts used ethos when stating exactly how many words you would have to write a day in order to write a novel in 30 days. He not only used humor, but also hyperbole when he showed the picture of the candy for day 31. 11/7/2015 11:55:09 am
I watched the TED talk by Sheryl Sandberg called Why we have too few women leaders. Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook whose goal is to keep women at the top of the work force even after they have started a family and inspire future generations of women to get to the top of the work force as well.
Riley Kweder
11/8/2015 07:07:23 pm
Kaitlyn I enjoyed this TED talk as well. Sheryl Sandberg points out how easy it is to forget that this is an age where gender equality is finally being earned after so many years of fighting for it, and yet people still get denied of these rights or just don't take advantage of them. Not only is it the men expecting less of women, but also women expecting less of themselves because most are raised in households consisting of both men and women who believe that men will always be dominant. I particularly enjoyed her personal connections because it shows that women aren't viewed as powerful leaders in the eyes of young children such as her daughter because they aren't taught such a notion.
Alexandra Adames
11/8/2015 09:58:52 pm
Kaitlyn, the TedTalk you choose was inspiring. It shows that woman can have just as much power as men. I agree with you that she used logos, which allows that audience to see that there is true facts on the topic. Then having the logos backed up with pathos allows the audience to see that women having power can be accomplished. The examples you gave prove that women should not sit back and watch, that they should also have power. 11/7/2015 12:28:15 pm
The Ted Talk I listened to was by Daniel Levitin. It was titled, "How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed." Levitin opens his talk by telling a story of an event where he was put under a great deal of stress and was forced to scramble in a panic in order to try and solve his problem.
Jared Poulsen
11/8/2015 03:34:23 pm
Laura,
Kaylan O'Banner
11/8/2015 08:42:29 pm
Laura, the Ted Talk you watched stood out to me. When Levitin said rational thinking is reduced in stressful situations, proving that planning should be done before the stressful event occurs stood out to me especially because it is very true. What he said can relate to most because everyone has dealt with stress in their life, and I'm sure many have done irrational actions while stressed. This Ted Talk is very relatable to people and can help many of them.
Liam Gerety
11/8/2015 10:30:17 pm
Laura, I found this Ted Talk quite interesting. Levitin's use of ethos by stating that he was a neuroscientist definitely strengthened his claims. He also used irony in his talk when he said “I didn’t realize my thinking was cloudy because my thinking was cloudy”.
Christina Constantinou
11/8/2015 10:38:04 pm
Laura, 11/7/2015 02:28:35 pm
The ted talk I listened to was performed by Lizzie Velasquez about how you define yourself. She uses various types of rhetorical strategies to ehance her speech. Some of which include repetition, verbal irony, pathos, ethos, metaphors, and she even motivates the audience with her positive, determined, bright spirit that she brings to the stage.
Mrs. Elbakry
11/11/2015 07:47:22 pm
Excellent analysis, Jaden. Well done.
The Ted Talk that i listened to was by Joseph DeSimone, a chemical engineer, and he talked about the reality if 3D printing was 100x faster.
Ben Santangelo
11/8/2015 10:59:20 am
I found this presentation most intriguing. It wasn't so long ago 3D printing in general was impossible. But now, intricate objects ready for use can be pulled out of a small puddle like a magic trick. Like DeSimone said, creating amazing objects such as the Terminator 1000 in real time would be game-changing. It may not be exactly the same a Hollywood, but seeing what they are striving for, however fake, makes Carbon3D that much more Sci-Fi come true. The uses for such a technological feat are pretty logical to me.
Abbi Locke
11/8/2015 02:05:45 pm
The use of the pop culture reference and the creation of the structure before the audience's eyes was very effective at forging a connection between DeSimone and his viewers. I also appreciated how he threw the elastomer ball into the audience, giving them a chance to have a firsthand account of its intricate structure and elastic properties. Another device he used to attract the listeners attention and ingrain his message into their minds was the repetition of the phrase "real time" to underscore his live demonstration.
Lucas Kaine
11/8/2015 03:16:54 pm
I watched this Ted Talk and it was very interesting. If 3D printers could print 100x faster then they can now then it could be revolutionary. It could end up changing the way the manufacturing process works altogether. It was very cool how his 3D printer printed on stage and finished in only about 7 minutes. 11/8/2015 05:39:07 pm
Eric, your Ted Talk was very interesting and it shows the promise of modern science and technology. Joseph DeSimone is very excited about what the future of 3D printing can bring and he conveys that through his speech. Also, Joseph uses ethos throughout his entire speech as he is appealing to his credibility and the credibility of his coworkers. Joseph himself is a chemical engineer and he does it professionally for a living, and so do his coworkers, so they have a lot of credibility and experience in the field of 3D printing. This credibility establishes a trust between him and the audience. Since he is so experienced in the field, the audience trusts him and what he is saying. Joseph DeSimone's stature is what allows for the audience to trust him and make what he is saying overall more effective and impactful.
Mason Hayes
11/8/2015 05:53:17 pm
I think this is a very interesting topic. Since 3D printing has become more popular, it's fascinating how something similar to the creation of a Terminator is starting to become a reality, minus the killer robot aspect of it.
Robert Sergiyenko
11/8/2015 07:40:54 pm
It is a very interesting invention. Always good to see new breakthroughs in science. I was surprised to find out about the new 3D printer. I though that conventional 3D printing was the top of the line when it comes to manufacturing and production, but it turns out I was mistaken.
Spencer Kerwin
11/8/2015 08:21:15 pm
Eric, this TedTalk was very interesting. It was impressive seeing the 3D printer fabricating the complex so quickly and the science behind the process was also fascinating. Having the 3D printed balls was a good example of ethos because they gave the printer credibility to produce such elaborate structures and it allowed the audience to see up close what they looked like. 11/8/2015 11:20:29 am
The TED Talk I watched was titled “All it Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes” by Andy Puddicombe. As an expert on mindfulness and a former monk, Puddicombe had a lot of wisdom to share about how we can let go of our worries, de-stress, and find the right balance of happiness and stress in our lives. Something I found particularly interesting about his presentation was how he used a set of juggling balls as a visual aid—as he compared the balance between relaxation and focus to the movement of the balls, he sped up and slowed down the pace at which he was juggling. For example, he explained that if he focused too hard on giving the talk while he was juggling, he would forget to throw the balls, and they would slow down and fall. If he focused too hard on juggling, they would be moving too fast for him to keep track of, he would forget the words to his presentation. Hence, he proved the importance of finding a balance.
Mrs. Elbakry
11/15/2015 03:43:52 pm
Terrific analysis, MacKenzie! 11/8/2015 11:51:22 am
"How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives" by Dan Pacholke is about the potential that prisons have to change and influence the lives of its inmates. 11/8/2015 12:46:40 pm
The Ted Talk that I listened to was by Francesco Sauro and was titled "Deep under the Earth's surface, discovering beauty and science". 11/8/2015 01:28:51 pm
11/9/2015 09:05:28 pm
I agree Brianna! The sad truth that feminists are being knocked down due to stereotypes is a great concern, and I agree with Roxane Gay that every woman is allowed to make their own choices due to the privilege of equality. However, other literary devices you may have missed in this TedTalk is when Roxane said "We have this tendency to put visible feminists on a pedestal. We expect them to pose perfectly. When they disappoint us, we gleefully knock them from the very pedestal we put them on". Now, Roxane doesn't really mean that critics put feminists on literal pedestals, but instead uses this term as an idiom to describe how feminists are judged by others in society. 11/8/2015 01:40:28 pm
The Ted Talk I watched was by Joshua Walters on being just crazy enough. The main message of his speech was about how mental illness is horrible, but a good way to get though it is by looking on the bright side, even if there might not be one. He himself is bipolar, and when he said as much to the audience, he followed it up by re framing it as a positive, that "the crazier I get on stage, the more entertaining I become." In addition to his admission of mental illness giving him credibility, the way he reworded it also provides humor. Humor was a continuous theme throughout his speech, lightening up the seriousness of his topic. Many of the literary devices he used served this purpose as well.
Mrs. E
11/15/2015 05:43:17 pm
Very good analysis, Abbi. 11/8/2015 02:03:11 pm
The TedTalk that I watched was called, "Never, ever give up". This was presented by Diana Nyad. Diana Nyad is the famous swimmer that swam from Cuba to Florida after an extreme 100-mile swim. After swimming in the pitch-black, being stung by jellyfish, and choking on salt water, she was able to achieve her life long dream at age 64. During her presentation she describes the dangerous obstacles she overcame during her journey. 11/8/2015 02:39:51 pm
I watched a TedTalk about life in high school. This TedTalk is interesting because I, as well as the rest of the class, can directly relate to the topic as we all currently attend high school. Malcolm London makes interesting points such as the typical segregated groups, teacher’s lack of proper payment, and the stresses that modern education puts on children. He gets these points across by the means of rhetorical devices. London used a metaphor when stating the following: “Social lines are barbed wire.” He is comparing the painful feeling of touching barbed wire to the painful feeling of being labeled as a certain social class. Students get trapped inside these social classes commonly for the entirety of their high school career. The speaker also uses ethos when he mentions his own high school and compares the point of the speech to his own experience. This persuades the audience to believe what he is saying because he is trustworthy.
Lucas Kaine
11/8/2015 02:55:47 pm
The Ted Talk that I watched was by Jane McGonigal and she talked about how gaming can make a better world. 11/8/2015 03:00:15 pm
The TedTalk I listened to was "Sarah Kay: If I Should Have a Daughter..." Kay talks about how she will raise her future daughter to always have a person she can talk to, someone she can trust, and that person will be her mother.
Mrs. Elbakry
11/15/2015 05:47:39 pm
Great analysis, Casey!
Jeremy Lang
11/8/2015 03:14:42 pm
The Ted Talk that I listened to was by Karen Thompson and her views on what fear can teach us. 11/8/2015 03:20:42 pm
The Ted Talk I watched was called "3 things I learned while my plane crashed" by Ric Elias. Ric was a passenger on the plane that crashed into the Hudson River in early 2009. His Ted Talk is about the three things he thought as the plane was going down. 11/8/2015 03:24:14 pm
The Ted Talk that I found was delivered by Daniel Levitin, a nueroscientist by training, who talked about how we can stay calm under stress.
Mrs. E
11/15/2015 05:52:25 pm
Tyler, your analysis could use more rhetorical device identification. You only really mention anecdotes. 11/8/2015 03:45:10 pm
At only 19, Amy Pudry’s life was changed and she shares her inspiring story in her TedTalk, Living Beyond Limits. 11/8/2015 04:17:08 pm
The TED Talk I listened to was by Amy Purdy and it discusses how to live life beyond its limits. Amy mentions that at the age of 19 she was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a vaccine preventable blood infection that eventually led to losing her spleen, kidney, hearing in her left ear, and both of her legs below the knee. However, Amy goes on to explain that she wouldn't change her situation even if she had the option to. She puts a positive spin on the obstacle, explaining that losing her legs has forced her to rely on her imagination and to believe in those dreams which allow us to live our lives beyond our limits. She leaves the audience with a lingering thought, which is that maybe instead of looking at our challenges and our limitations as something negative or bad, we can begin to look at them as blessings and gifts that can be used to ignite our imaginations and help us go further then we ever knew we could go. 11/8/2015 05:38:29 pm
Joseph Kim’s key message in this Ted Talk was perseverance. He was able to persevere throughout his entire life just so that he could get his next meal. Nothing drives a man to the heights that Joseph Kim went to other than hunger and family.
Tyler Passerine
11/9/2015 11:23:11 pm
Robbie, I just watched the TED talk that you discussed. I agree with your point on Pathos, as Joseph Kim uses an emotional story in order to allow for the audience to relate to him, even though they did not go through the same situation that he did. I also agree with your point on apostrophe. Joseph Kim talked to his mother and sister despite them not being there, again, using emotions to enthrall the audience. I also noticed that he used a metaphor in the third paragraph of his speech where he says “Hunger is humiliation. Hunger is hopelessness.” By comparing these things, Joseph Kim is able to describe to the audience just how awful his situation was. 11/8/2015 05:47:56 pm
The Ted Talk I watched was by the author Elizabeth Gilbert. She talked about the numerous ways of finding one's inner creativity as well as the fears that many creative people fell about their accomplishments. 11/8/2015 05:55:41 pm
The TedTalk I listened to is titled To This Day by Shane Koyczan. It focuses on the worldwide issue of bullying and the consequences of it. He uses many rhetorical strategies in this talk to help the viewers depict just how powerful words can be, especially when they are used as labels to define us as human beings.
Mrs. E
11/15/2015 03:46:03 pm
Excellent analysis of rhetorical strategies. Well done, Madeline! 11/8/2015 06:28:08 pm
The Ted Talk that I viewed is titled "Confessions of a Bad Feminist," and was delivered by a woman named Roxane Gay. 11/8/2015 06:49:36 pm
The Ted Talk I listened to was titled "What matters more than your talents" by Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder. His seminar discussed the impact of the choices we make and how they define our character rather than the gifts we are endowed with. Bezos includes logos as well as personification in his speech to engage the audience and to make points clear and understandable. 11/8/2015 07:03:32 pm
The Ted-Talk I listened to is called “Keep Your Goals to Yourself,” by Derek Sivers. I chose this ted talk because I have many ambitious goals and want to have all the information when it comes to achieving them. It surprised me to find that personal goals are better left unsaid. In this talk Sivers explains why it is detrimental for you to share your goals with someone else before you have accomplished them. He states that sharing your goals with someone else gives you a false sense that you have already accomplished your goal, making you less likely to work for the accomplishment of your goal. The two devices utilized the most during the talk are logos and pathos. 11/8/2015 07:12:54 pm
I viewed the TedTalk entitled “Confessions of a Depressed Comic,” delivered by Kevin Breel. Throughout the talk, Breel speaks about how depression has, ultimately, given him a skewed outlook on the purpose of life. Because of the stigma that society has attached to the mental illness, he perceives that he is unable to openly talk about the daily struggles he goes through, resulting in his “living two different lives”: one that his family and peers see, and one that only he is aware of.
Mrs. Elbakry
11/15/2015 05:30:19 pm
Excellent analysis, Ariana. Well-articulated.
Jessica Bawlick
11/8/2015 07:41:33 pm
The TED Talk that I watched was by Matt Cutts, "Try something new for 30 days." In his talk, he used a few rhetorical devices to further the listeners curiousity on the topic he was lecturing: personification, similes, and alliteration.
Allison Tilki
11/17/2015 06:01:15 pm
Jessica, I agree with your statement that the simile in the beginning was intriguing. I think his speech was very eye opening and his use of alliteration and personification definitely exaggerated his point clearly. 11/8/2015 07:57:55 pm
The TedTalk that I listened too was by Donald Hoffman about reality and whether it is an inhibition of the conscious mind or a defined, constant state. Although this may sound fictitious and borderline inception, the speech was more scientific and factual rather than philosophical and hypothetical. In order to persuade his ideals, Hoffman use logos and allusion in his speech. 11/8/2015 07:59:26 pm
A TED talk that really caught my attention and spoke to me was a talk delivered by Tom Uglow. This Ted talk dealt with the future of the world and how the Internet is a much broader topic than we can ever imagine, so broad that eventually a screen may not be able to contain it. Uglow believes that screens in our phones are only temporary, and that hands on devices and interactive “sites” will be the future of the Internet, an Internet that will completely consume its user. 11/8/2015 08:28:43 pm
The TED talk that I decided to watch was "The Price of Shame" by Monica Lewinsky. In this presentation Lewinsky talks about her scandal with Bill Clinton and the media blowup afterwards that effected her for the rest of her life. She goes on to connect what she experienced then to today’s online “culture of humiliation,” where the public shaming and personal harassment she went through has become constant and has reached an unimaginable level. It’s an epidemic and can turn deadly. She states, “There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.” and describes the process of her public humiliation as "a click that reverberated around the whole world."
Danielle Rossi
11/9/2015 12:41:42 pm
After watching the Tedtalk that you picked, i really liked how pathos was used. By using pathos, she really connected with the audience that may have similar stories to hers. Public humiliation is very common, therefore her story relates to many of those who have ever felt publicly humiliated. 11/8/2015 08:33:11 pm
The Ted Talk seminar I watched was “Every Kid Needs a Champion,” by Rita Pierson. This seminar spoke about how the bond between teachers and students can change their ability to learn. The teachers are the kids’ champion. If the kids can bond with the teacher and feel motivated, then they become a better student, and reach to get higher grades. Rita said “kids don’t learn from people they don’t like,” and this is partially true. Not many people want to listen to a person they don’t like, instead they want to be able to bond with the teacher that way it’ll be easier to ask questions and learn. Rita uses an idiom to describe how children and feel when they fail. She said that giving someone a +2 out of 20 is better than a -18 because “it sucks all the life out of you.” This means that a +2 would make the kid want to strive to do better, while a -18 may make them upset and not want to try anymore. The idiom is used to make the audience understand that it better to find the positives in life, rather than dwell on the negatives. Find happiness in the two right answers and not sadness in the eighteen wrong answers. Rita also uses repetition to make her point more powerful. She had a class full of the worst academic students, so her way of getting across to them was telling them that they were the best students and she was the best teacher, and they were put together to set an example for everyone else. She gave the students a saying that they should repeat back to themselves, “I am somebody. I was somebody when I came. I'll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful, and I am strong. I deserve the education that I get here. I have things to do, people to impress, and places to go." The repetition of the word I shows the audience and the students that the kids will become better because of themselves. They’ll be better students and grow up independent and strong because they are somebody. They were born to stand out and to prove to people that they don’t need the help of others. They don’t need people to look down upon them. That saying motivated the students to strive for academic success. 11/8/2015 08:35:33 pm
Sakena Yacoobi is an Afghan woman who started an education evolution in in home country. Her TED talk is titled, "How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school." She talks about how the education she got gave her a stable way of living. Her main argument is the importance of education, and how it helps people make a living for themselves. Since her first conquest of building a school, so many woman, and even men have come out of her school system with enough knowledge to help themselves, and their community.
Mrs. E
11/15/2015 05:10:08 pm
Great job, Erin! Thorough analysis of rhetorical strategies. 11/8/2015 08:40:09 pm
The Ted Talk I listened to was given by Michael Kimmel, Distinguished University Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies. Kimmel talked passionately about gender equality, and how it is not only affecting women, but how it's a men's issue as well. He relates his own personal experiences, seeing the difference between the genders, and how race also plays a role in gender equality. Throughout his speech, Kimmel uses logos, stating facts from studies run at Stony Brook University, and pathos, trying to emotionally engage his audience and get them to relate to the topic. He discusses details of his life, like the upbringing of his son, and the importance of raising children worldwide to appreciate the fight for gender equality. Kimmel, at the end of his speech, says, "Feminism will make it possible for the first time for men to be free." Not only is this a quote that makes one think, but it grasps a listener's attention by using alliteration. His use of humor and irony also keeps one's attention throughout the talk. Also, he uses repetition and diction to further get his message of gender equality across: "And my position is that men need the very things that women have identified that they need to live the lives they say they want to live in order to live the lives that we say we want to live." Again, the way Kimmel gives his speech not only inspires, but enlightens those unfamiliar or uninvolved with the topic. Although I am already engaged on the topic of gender equality, Michael Kimmel taught me even more about the importance of gender equality, no matter what age, race, or gender.
Joe Yacovelli
11/8/2015 08:58:03 pm
The Ted Talk that i listened to was "The Art of Misdirection" by Apollo Robbins, a professional pick-pocketer. He gave this presentation to show the audience how misdirected the mind can get, and what could be done in that brief time that it is. 11/8/2015 09:00:23 pm
The TedTalk I listened to was by Glenn Greenwald. This 20 minute discussion was called Why Privacy Matters, and it dealt with the behavior of people when knowing they can be watched at an given moment. Greenwald starts his speech with a compelling story that drew the audience in right away. Because the concept of privacy invasion could be entitled to anyone, Greenwald uses the rhetorical appeals logos and pathos to strengthen his argument.
Mrs. E
11/15/2015 03:34:24 pm
Excellent analysis, Olyvia.
Nick D'Amico
11/8/2015 09:05:35 pm
The Ted Talk that I listened to was by Arthur Benjamin titled, "Faster than a Calculator". In this Ted Talk Arthur talks about how he combines his love of math and magic to do what he calls "mathemagics". Using his math skills he amazes the crowd by solving some really challenging math problems and by even facing off against someone using a calculator to see who can solve the problem first, and he won. 11/8/2015 10:13:05 pm
11/8/2015 10:20:51 pm
"To This Day... for the Bullied and Beautiful," by Shane Koyczan. This is my favorite TedTalk for many reasons, the first being Koyczan’s points on the influence society had on his mental state and self-perception. He also goes into a slam poem-like word play that focuses on the lifelong effects of bullying on self-esteem. This flurry of words is ended on a high note, with Koyczan saying that if you search hard enough, you will find an internal beauty no one can destroy.
Mrs. E
11/15/2015 05:11:57 pm
Beautifully articulated analysis. Well done. 11/8/2015 10:23:34 pm
The TedTalk I watched was titled, “A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors” by Melissa Fleming. To start off her speech, Melissa gave background information on the lives of two Syrian refugees named Doha and Bassam, who had fallen in love and had decided they wanted to flee their homeland and start a new, better life in Sweden. On the 3rd day that Doha and Bassam were on the boat, Doha had a premonition. She said, “I fear we’re not going to make it. I fear the boat is going to sink.” But Bassam assured her that they would make it to Sweden and they would get married and have a future. This statement is later proven to be ironic when it is revealed that a hole was put in their boat and it indeed sank, drowning 300 of the 500 refugees on that boat. Her premonition was true. Later on, Bassam also became weak and could not hold on any longer, and he too drowned. At this part of the story, Melissa used the rhetorical device of pathos, to pull on the heart strings of her audience. She quoted how Doha was begging Bassam to hold on and she was reminding him of the amazing future they could have, as he did when she had her premonition, but Bassam spoke his last words to Doha when he said, “I am sorry my love that I put you in this situation. I have never loved anyone as much as I loved you.” Melissa engages the audience here because in this moment they may be thinking of a love of their own, and how awful it would be if they tragically lost them like Doha lost Bassam. The audience feels more connected to Doha now. This is also an example of irony. Everyone was expecting Doha and Bassam to make it to Sweden and live a happy life, because the title of this TedTalk states, “The story of two survivors.” It was just assumed that Doha and Bassam were to be the survivors, but the plot was suddenly twisted when Bassam passed away. Now the audience is left shocked and eager to hear what would happen next. Next in the story, a mother approached Doha and handed her a baby child named Massa, for she could no longer take care of her. Then that women drowned as well. We find out towards the end of the speech that Doha and baby Massa turned out to be the two survivors that the title was referencing. Another device Fleming used to engage her audience was a series of rhetorical questions. Some questions she threw at the audience were, “Why did she have to take that risk? Why wasn’t there a legal way for her to study in Europe? Why couldn’t Massa have taken an airplane to Sweden? Why is there no massive resettlement program for Syrian refugees?” and the final question she asked her audience was, “Why is so little being done to stop the wars, poverty, and persecution that is driving so many people to the shores of Europe.” These questions could also be an example of repetition, because she is repeating the word “why” and asking a series of questions, all in a row. They are meant to reach out to the audience and force them to think more deeply on this topic. Fleming is trying to raise awareness on how tragic this situation truly is.
Bobby Gyba
11/9/2015 01:13:18 am
In this Ted talk, Mandy Len Carton talks about how a man and a woman can generically fall in love just by asking a series of personal questions, and then staring into their partners eyes. I found this interesting because if this is true, this reveals that people do not fall in love with personality and appearance, but by how much personal information they know of their partner. Something interesting I found about the Ted talk is that that the 36 questions asked to create love were originally designed not for love, but create a close personal connection between college students. Mandy also had a good use of metaphors when talking about love. Her comparisons of love to average every day things really makes the audience feel what Mandy is trying to describe as love. Another good use of diction the Mandy had was her use of foreshadowing. Mandy often mentions how she had taken the test and found love, and a common question she receives is 'are you still together'. She mentions this several times before revealing that they are still together at the end of the video. Her consistent mention of the test and how her fans ask her of her current relationship status forshadows that she is still together with her love. Mandy's diction really leaves an ever lasting effect with her audience.
Jack Klicsu
11/9/2015 03:10:54 pm
I agree with Bobby, this tedtalk was very interesting to me. The fact that there was a study of falling in love with just asking questions and looking into their eyes amaze me. Mandy Len Carton alludes back to her own life and encounters with people on this study, which makes her points stronger, and helps the audience understand what she is talking about in a more personal way. Great tedtalk topic! 11/9/2015 08:46:39 am
The TEDtalk I watched was by Sylvia Earle, a highly accomplished marine biologist and deep sea explorer. This talk was about the alarming destruction of the ocean ecosystems on this planet and how if the human race doesn't change our ways, we will destroy our planet and ourselves. To start her talk, Earle discusses how she got involved in marine biology and how magical it was to her. She then goes on to list some of her accomplishments. She uses ethos in this way by listing her accomplishments and credentials to get the listeners' trust. She cites the companies and nonprofit organizations she has started and the advanced ocean research technology she has helped develop.
Aaron King
11/9/2015 10:52:51 pm
I agree that this Ted Talk was interesting. The woman makes a good point about how we should be researching about other species with high intelligence and how they survive. I especially like watching Shark Week in the summer and her ideas of new species living not just in the ocean but also on other planets if possible. She talks about how the water and the ocean really are the center of the world. 97% of all life in the world live in it and if we are attacking it we can not only damage the environment but furthermore ourselves. I also enjoyed it because she is very adventurous and explores so many options for the future of the world. How we can operate along side with the ocean and not harm it. 11/9/2015 12:34:43 pm
The Tedtalk that I watched is called Philosophy in Prison. This Ted talk is about a boy named Tony who was innocent in a trial however was convicted guilty and was placed in a prison. One literary device used in this Tedtalk is pathos. Pathos is used when Tony describe show he was really innocent and did nothing wrong yet was still convicted. This is pathos because it warms your heart to believe that this innocent boy is now living in a cruel cold prison, making you feel bad for him. Another device used in this is personification. Personification is used in this Tedtalk because it's states my mind is free. This is personification because a mind cannot be free but it gives a sense that he has nothing to worry about just stayed in a more powerful way. 11/9/2015 07:49:42 pm
The TED talk I have chosen is titled "Connected, but alone?" by Sherry Turkle. In such talk, she discusses the influence of technology on our psyche. 11/9/2015 10:37:08 pm
The TEDTalk that I watched was "How to Stay Calm when You know you'll be Stressed". This presentation was by Daniel Levitin, who incorparates neuroscience in to his everyday life. 11/9/2015 11:04:14 pm
The TED talk I listened to was by Nancy Lublin, the CEO of DoSomething.org. It was about her company and how it helps people going through difficult situations by running a texting hotline for people in emotional distress. In her TED talk, she uses both logos and allusion to better explain how here company helps these people efficiently. 11/17/2015 05:49:53 pm
The TED talk that I watched by Amy Cuddy was all about body language and its affects on you as well as people around you. She talks about how your posture and your mindset can actually alter your hormones and make you feel more confident in yourself or even more uncomfortable depending on how you go about changing your body language. I felt it was inspiring because she made many references to the method of "faking it until you become it." She explained how you can trick your mind into believing that you can become whatever you put your mind to. Amy explained how she got into a car accident when she was 19 and it traumatically damaged her brain. But when someone told her about "faking it until you become it" she found the power in herself to change her body language and it eventually lead her to becoming a professor at Harvard. Comments are closed.
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