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4/3/2017

 
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Find a TedTalks seminar that speaks to you. Provide specifics on interesting points made within the performance. Name two rhetorical strategies (including one of the appeals - logos, pathos, ethos - and one other device we have studied this year) the presenter uses to engage his/her audience and explain the effectiveness of each.

*Please include the title of the talk in your response so that your reader knows the topic before clicking on your link.

Due: Thursday, 4/6/17 - at least 10 sentences for full credit (50 HW pts)
Garrett link
4/3/2017 03:11:46 pm

Carrie Poppy uses her ethos of being an investigative expert in her speech. She uses this to talk about common misconceptions and how her experience with this led her to her job. She talks about how she believed there was a ghost in her house and it was actually a gas leak. After this misconception it led her to find interest in her new career as an investigator. Then she goes on to talk about the aspects of being an investigator. She's uses the rhetorical strategy of emotional appeal using humor . This helps the audience understand her speech. Humor is added to give a lighter side to what some would think is a boring topic. This makes the speech far more enjoyable for all and interests the audience. Then she goes on to explain how through being an investrigator there are two different types of truths but they both play into the bigger picture. Then through these truths a conclusion on everyday problems can be solved.

Mrs. E
4/12/2017 12:25:41 pm

This sounds interesting, Garrett - "A scientific approach to the paranormal." Here is the link: https://www.ted.com/talks/carrie_poppy_a_scientific_approach_to_the_paranormal/up-next (the link you attached did not work)

Justin Calabrese link
4/3/2017 04:05:05 pm

Joe Kowan uses pathos in his TED talk to spark the listeners interests. He talks about his fear of speaking on stage as a way to get empathy from the listener. He uses the example that he couldn't even play music in front of his roommates because it made him uncomfortable. This makes the listener feel pity for him. Throughout his talk, he explains how he slowly overcame his fear. In the beginning with his bad experiences, the audience feels the fear he had. Once he explains how he conquered this fear, the audience feels a sense of joy for him and cheers. The feeling of sorrow and joy that the listener feels from the speech makes the understanding more effective and helps get the point across. He also uses allusions in his talk. He says that when he speaks, his "Spidey sense tingles." This is an allusion to the superhero, Spider-man," for whenever he senses danger and develops fear. This provides humor and makes his speech more entertaining, so the listener would focus more. He also alludes to the Ice Age when he says,"it still can't tell the difference between a saber tooth tiger and 20 folksingers on a Tuesday night open mic." This compares his fear of an audience to his fear of being surrounded of a deadly predator. These devices provide feelings that the listener can relate to which keeps them engaged in the topic of overcoming stage fright.

Mrs. E
4/12/2017 12:28:48 pm

Great choice, Justin. Perfect for the upcoming performance task, giving students some insight on how one can overcome a pretty common fear. Here is the link: https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_kowan_how_i_beat_stage_fright/up-next (not sure why these links aren't working).

Emily Devine link
4/3/2017 05:37:46 pm

In the TedTalk by Kio Stark, “Why You Should Talk to Strangers”, she provides real life experiences, and explains the benefits of opening up and learning to be accepting of everybody. She incorporates the use of pathos and amplification of her words. Pathos appeals to emotion and connects an argument to the audience through emotional responses, while the amplification continues to remind the audience to go and make an effort to talk to strangers. Her tone and pace also play a role on how the presentation was carried out. Throughout the entire TedTalk, she spoke with a calm, cool tone, and a slow pace, putting emphasis on the benefits of branching out and connecting with others. Stark started the talk with sharing a story that had recently happened to her. She explained how one day, she was standing in the street on the storm drain while waiting for the light to turn, and an older man reached out and told her to step back so she wouldn’t “disappear”. She then described her reaction: “This was weird and also really wonderful, he was so warm and he was so happy that he’d saved me. We had this little bond. For a minute, I felt like my existence as a person had been noticed and I was worth saving” (Stark). This appeals to pathos, because she is tugging on the audience’s heart strings by sharing the story. She then continues to further explain the doubts that most of us have regarding talking to strangers on the street: the risk.“The really sad thing is, in many parts of the world we’re raised to believe that strangers are dangerous by default. That we can't trust them, that they might hurt us” (Stark). Her talk made the audience realize that the majority of our community does not reach out to strangers, however if we did, we would be more united. By incorporating pathos, it makes the listeners think about others, and being connected on a more emotional level. To conclude, she tells the listeners the most simple sign of friendship: “The first thing is a simple smile” (Stark).

Matt E
4/6/2017 08:25:49 am

My ted talk was about how a girl was haunted by an "evil" spirit. The ethos in this talk is that the lady makes the audience feel for her. Although the audience is kind of confused logically or lothos. Due to the fact that almost no one believes in ghosts. But she uses science to back her point. That there might be a haunting spirit in her house. This is when the pathos comes in and people in the audience start to be convinced. That there might be a ghost due the scientific evidence. All in all my ted talk was very interesting!

Mrs. E
4/12/2017 01:10:23 pm

Matt, you don't tell me the name of the speaker or the title of the talk. Not enough detail is provided for your reader to know what this talk is truly about.

Mrs. E link
4/12/2017 12:32:44 pm

I love the message of this one! I've attached another link to it because the one you provided isn't working (same goes for the first 3 posts...not sure what's going on).

Kelly Shpak link
4/3/2017 07:09:23 pm

In the TedTalk by Casey Brown, she talked about how you need to know how much you are worth. She used pathos to help engage the audience in her speech. Pathos is a quality that evokes sadness in it. Casey really used it well when talking about how much people are worth. She talked about how girls get less money than guys because people don't think that girls are worth it as much. She is telling everyone to know what they are worth, instead of just having others tell you. She got all serious and she evoked sadness when she was talking about girls, and how it isn't fair for them. She really put her emotions out in her speech that engaged the audience to listen to her about a serious problem. Her calm and serious tone in her voice really made the audience listen to what she had to say. Another rhetorical device she used was an idiom. An idiom is a group of words that has a meaning different than what the words actually say. You have to know what they are talking about to understand the concept. She said "I don't toot my own horn". Casey said that some girls have said this because of their jobs. They say that they are uncomfortable to communicate their own value. They don't want to tell someone how they feel, because they think they will get something bad in return. What Casey is trying to point out now, is that you have to know what you are worth, and ask for what you believe in. Women should be noticed for what they are worth, not their gender. The idiom helped get the audience thinking about these girls and their jobs, which got them engaged in the speech. Casey got her point across by using pathos and an idiom. There were a lot more devices she used to engage people, but those two stuck out to me the most.

Lia Reynolds link
4/3/2017 08:54:42 pm

Ruby Wax presents her TEDtalk entitled, “What’s So Funny About Mental Illness?” in a creative and bubbly way. Ruby uses Ethos constantly throughout by using personal anecdotes and gestures towards herself and her audience. She is very active on stage and includes the audience on multiple occasions during her performance. Her lightheartedness of a rather taboo topic is seen at all times and never goes unnoticed, which ultimately keeps her audience engaged. She also uses an idiom, “And that’s not even the tip of the iceberg.” which would really mean “But that’s not where it ends”. By using this form of speech, her audience becomes more engaged. It keeps the lecture lighthearted and almost happy, which is not a bad thing considering the nature of her talk. The use of the rhetoric also adds a personal spin to her speech. It creates a sense of character yet spreads the concept and message that she wants her audience to receive. Ruby Wax sufficiently uses these two devices to spread a rather darker message in a happier and optimistic way.

Connie Le link
4/4/2017 01:05:37 pm

In Tim Urban's TED talk about the inside of the mind of a procrastinator, he mentioned a few points I found interesting. He first started to talk about the comparison between a procrastinator and a non-procrastinator. The difference was that was an "Instant Gratification Monkey" that procrastinors have that tell a person to do something else although a rational decision was already made. This is also a metaphor that Tim Urban uses to engage his audience. He uses the monkey to compare how we think and the "voice" we hear that makes us avoid a task we have to get done. It is engaging because Urban uses a relatable topic and character that people may find agreeable. The animal he chose is a monkey and can be a nuisance at times. Urban also states that everyone is a procrastinator. He makes this point by saying that most people may have their lives together and not be a huge mess, but they might also might not have begun to chase their dreams. People place their dreams on standby and therefore procrastinate instead of going through with long term decisions. When expressing this point, Urban uses pathos to appeal to his audience. He starts off with a humorous emotion and transitions into an inspiring tone. He tells the audience to start thinking about going after their dreams and desires because each person procrastinates by setting their goals aside without even knowing. He breaks down the thought of when there isn't a deadline for something and how time is valuable. The emotion is set through the thought that there isn't much time left and we should stop procrastinating soon. Urban engages his audience by making us wonder about what we should do in our life, by living it to the fullest.

Mrs. E
4/12/2017 01:21:38 pm

Connie, what a great choice! Another common problem a lot of us have. What an interesting and engaging talk!

Maddie Smith link
4/4/2017 01:31:37 pm

This TEDtalks seminar was very interesting to me because it showed that you never know what goes on in someone else's mind. The lady who spoke was the mother of one of the boys who shot and killed 13 kids at his school and then committed suicide. She talked about the pain that this tragedy has caused her and how it has made her realize what a serious problem mental health issues can be. Through her use of rhetorical strategies, she was able to engage her audience and express to them the horrors she faced after finding out what her son had done. For example, she was able to use pathos to pour out her emotion and captivate the audience. She did this through the use of short stories from life before and after the shooting. This could be seen when she described her last "conversation" with her son. She said that the last time she ever heard his voice was when he yelled bye while walking out of the door the morning of the shooting. In addition to this, she mentions that, after the shooting, she did everything she could to recall memories that would explain to her why her son would do something so violent. Although she couldn't recall any signs or strange behaviors, she did find a letter that her son has written two years before the shooting explaining that he was depressed and cutting himself. This made hurt her even more because she found out that he had been suffering for a long time and even as his mother, she had no idea. She thought that her son mustn't have loved her since he did this. Obviously, since this issue was so closely related to the presenter, her emotion shone through with pathos. She also used a metaphor to get her point across when she said Columbine (the school) was like a tidal wave after the shooting. By saying this, she meant that much like a tidal wave, the shooting destroyed everything in its path. Nobody was ever the same afterwards. People grieved and feared. Memories of this traumatic event replayed in people's heads over and over and will affect them for the rest of their lives. In this was, the presenter was able to use pathos and a metaphor to engage her audience.

Nick Wheeler link
4/4/2017 01:49:11 pm

I chose this TedTalk because it very closely relates to my interests and my life. The talk was about the sneaker buy and sell market and what it's worth. Being a sneaker-head and reseller myself, the talk was very interesting. One rhetorical strategy he used to engage the audience is similes. Using similes, he was able to compare the sneaker buy and sell market to both stocks, and the drug market. He stated "Are sneakers more like stocks, or drugs". He compared the sneaker market (one most people are unfamiliar with, to markets that people are more familiar with. This was able to get the audience to start thinking, and further engage them in the talk. The second rhetorical strategy Luber used was logos. He used logos by using facts of how big the buy and sell market actually is so the people would know actually how big it is. He stated "In a market where in the past 12 months, there have been over 9 million pairs of shoes resold in the United States alone at a value of $1.2 billion". A market that is valued over a billion dollars in one year, it''s just logical to how big that market is.

Sophia DeAngelis link
4/4/2017 03:36:33 pm

In the TedTalk titled, ¨Dive Into an Ocean Photographer's World¨, author Thomas Peschak uses pathos to describe his passion for exploring the marine world. After starting off with a brief, imagery filled introduction about his first conceived notions upon the sea, Peschak captures the reader into learning more about how he uncovered his zeal for the ocean. The talk then transitions into how it carried him into his career, Marine Biology, which was in his words ¨The day I fell in love with the ocean¨. As his story continued, pathos appeals to many readers by him describing the unimaginable, amazing, and heartwarming experiences he has been through using photography as a tool of conservation. To exploit how his work has paid off, Peschak employs logos. For example, on a trip to the Maldives, Peschak (utilizing his images) partnered with the Manta Trust organization to create a marine protected area for some struggling species. In his talk he states, ¨Today, the Manta Trust organization is the most ardent conservation champions and manta rays earn the Maldivian economy in excess of 8 million dollars every single year¨. Throughout his talk, though, Peschak incorporates the subtle use of rhetorical devices to enhance the engagement of the audience. The oxymoron ¨hopeless optimist¨ employed in his closing statement created a lasting impact. The author describes that in order to be an expert in his field, one must be exactly that. It illustrates that though something may seem to be in a bad state, one must always rely on optimism to get through.

Madison Papst link
4/4/2017 05:03:22 pm

In Alix Generous's TEDtalk, "How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's," she talks about her experience with trying to overcome the disease, Asperger's. She lacks basic social skills which makes it difficult to communicate with the people around her. There are many disadvantages and advantages to this disease. She is able to think innovatively and be free. She can make herself imagine different things which makes her at peace and calm. The speaker used the rhetorical device pathos in order to engage the audience by creating an emotional response. She does this by telling stories about her disadvantages that she had to overcome. She is very smart, but because she lacks social skills no one will hire her for a job. The people around her would not make her life any easier. She was sexually assaulted by a peer which made a difficult situation worse. When she was prescribed new medication it made her paranoid and she began to hallucinate. By the time that someone figured out what was going on she lost 19 pounds in three weeks, developed severe anemia, and almost committed suicide. Since she was talking about her experiences with Asperger's her emotions were seen when she was speaking which is pathos. Also, she uses similes to get the point across that she is very different from normal people. She states, "I am a bit more primitive, like a beta version of Google Translate." This means that she is not as advanced as everyone else and can not communicate with the people around her. People with Asperger's have their own language because their minds think differently and they are not able to speak what they are thinking. By using these two rhetorical devices she was able to engage the audience and make them understand her disease, Asperger's.

Leah Tichy link
4/4/2017 05:10:41 pm

In her TED talk, Tali Sharot addressed the phenomenon that occurs in 80% of us, but most aren't even aware of-optimism bias. This when the brain is prewired to think that things will work out for them in a favorable way. Sharot used logos to explain and substantiate this phenomenon by presenting many case studies conducted on average Americans and their responses to various questions. She brought up a study that found the divorce rate to be 2 in 5, or 40%, yet all the newlyweds who were interviewed throughout the duration of the study reported that they have a 0% chance of divorce. By providing solid evidence, Sharot backs up her claim and makes it indisputable. She appeals to human's logical nature and convinces the audience to accept what she is saying is true. In order to keep the audience engaged, as well as to provide further evidence of optimism bias, Sharot asked the audience members if they thought they ranked in the top or bottom 25% in terms of getting along with others. Her point was proven when only 10 people thought they were in the bottom 25%, while the majority raised their hand to be in the top 25%. She logically proved how people are more optimistic about themselves than others. Another rhetorical strategy she used to help the audience understand optimism bias was an idiom. She says, "Your brain is failing at integrating bad news about the future,so you will constantly be wearing rose colored spectacles" to describe how the part of the brain that processes bad news is substantially less active than the part that processes good news. The commonly known idiom: seeing the world through rose colored spectacles, means that you see everything better than it actually is. Through using a commonly known figure of speech, Sharot connects to the audience and makes a complex topic easier to understand. Humor was also integrated throughout her speech to keep the audience engaged and entertained. After talking about how optimism bias makes parents see their kids as having more potential than they actually do, she goes on to show a picture of her nephew and says how he is an exception, accurately portraying the mindset of most Americans. She also brought up many interesting points that made the presentation more interesting. For example. she said how even the British government believes in optimism bias so much that they adjusted their budget for the 2012 Olympics to adjust for it. From humor to logic, Sharot was successfully able to keep the audience engaged and interested for the entire duration of her talk.

Molly Smith link
4/4/2017 05:11:50 pm

This TED talk interested me because it was very relevant to todays society. Not only did it deal with a problem that is so prominent today, and its impact on the world, but it also gave a solution that works well since it involves electronic devices, which are used so frequently today. The speaker came up with a way to solve a world wide problem, littering, by encouraging people to use an app. He made a point that electronic devices are a big part of today's world, which is why it is a great solution to such a common problem. His app, called Litterati, is a creative way of collecting data on the amount of litter in each community around the world. By downloading the app and recording each piece of litter you spot, you can engage yourself and make a difference in your town.The data that is collected using this app creates a digital fingerprint for each country around the world. From this data we are better able to correct the major sources of littering. If a lot of litter is concentrated in one area, then we know something has to be changed. Scientists are able to look at he data collected by people with the Litterati app and determine the most prominent source litter. For example, in the TED talk, he talked about how people kept reporting hot sauce packets from a famous fast food chain. To limit the litter produce by that chain, they now only give packets upon request and, in some cases, dispense the sauce with pumps and not in individual packets. He also mentioned that they collected enough data of cigarettes that were thrown on the floor to take a cigarette company to court. They were able to defend an extra tax on cigarettes to compensate for the cost of clean up for all the littered cigarette butts across the world. Overall, this TED talk encourages people in their community to get the app and make a difference by providing data that can be used to correct the source of littering. One rhetorical strategy that the speaker used was pathos. He appealed to the audiences emotions by making them feel an obligation to better their community and world as a whole. He made the point that the apps data can be used to limit littering and provide a safer and cleaner environment for their own friends and family. He also provided example of communities that were made better because of all the people that downloaded the app and helped out. Not only that, but he gave a personal story of how his daughter was affected by litter she saw on a hike in California. By providing the audience with this information, he appealed to their emotions and made them feel guilty. Another rhetorical strategy that the speaker used was humor and sarcasm. He made a few sarcastic comments that kept the audience engaged and lighthearted, without taking away from the seriousness of the issue at hand. For example, he said how the city called him to see if his technology could help them win the case to place extra taxes on cigarettes. Of course he said yes, but then he let the audience know that his technology at the time was only instagram, an app that billions of people around the world all had, which made the audience laugh. Overall, the rhetorical strategies that he used throughout his presentation kept the audience engaged and encouraged them to do what they could to help fix the problem.

Abby Saracino link
4/4/2017 05:16:42 pm

Everyone experiences some kind of stress in their life and for the most part, people have been taught that too much bad stress can actually be harmful to the human body. In her TEDtalk, Kelly McGonigal challenges this theory with several studies that actually proved that stress can be helpful for the body. However, this is only true if people themselves believe that a quickened heartbeat and other stress-related factors are a positive response from the body to challenge itself and express courage. In her talk, McGonigal applied a pathos appeal. She had her audience participate in several interventions. One of these questioned the level of stress each person had experienced in the past year. This engaged the audience in her talk because it made them feel like their own experiences were important to this topic. The second intervention was even more beneficial. It mimicked a social stress test, which is a type of test designed to stress out participants and see how would react. The first part of this included imagining oneself giving a spur of the moment, 5 minute speech about their weaknesses in front of a panel of judges, who were told to give non-verbal critiques, only facial expressions and sighs. The second part was a mental math quiz that involved subtracting numbers by 7 starting with 996 as fast as possible. The administrator of this test was given the instruction to harass participants by saying things like "that's no quick enough" and "you messed up, start over". Both of these tests were done with McGonigal's audience. It was performed to put the audience under the stress they would experience if they were actual participants in this type of test. It gave the audience a purpose in this TEDtalk, which made them feel important, and most likely stuck with them after they left because it was their personal role. This audience participation appealed to the emotions of the audience and effectively contributed to McGonigal's talk. Besides her use of pathos appeal, Kelly McGonigal also used some rhetorical devices to catch and keep her audience's attention. The second half of Kelly's speech was mostly dedicated to talking about oxytocin, a stress hormone that drives the desire for physical contact and helping others. In order to discuss oxytocin in a way that made it easier for the audience to understand, McGonigal personifies it. She explains that "when oxytocin is released in the stress response, it is motivating you to seek support". A hormone does not wave around a banner chanting "you can do it!" but instead drives the biology of you to step up to the plate and use your stress to drive courage instead of anxiety. Explaining oxytocin's role as a motivator effectively helped her audience understand its purpose in the stress response and further proves McGonigal's point that when the stress response is viewed as helpful, it can enhance performance and do wonders for the body.

Madeline link
4/4/2017 05:57:59 pm

The TEDTalk I choose was about the importance of educating girls, particularly in the country of Afghanistan. The woman who spoke, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, told her story, a story of a hidden education and what she did to make it better when she could. When she was young, she explained, girls were not allowed to be educated and in order for her to do so she dressed as a boy to escort her sister to a secret school of 100 children, taking a different route everyday as to not arise suspicion. I was intrigued by this, an aspect of our life that most of us take for granted and sometimes even despise, was a piece of theirs that they longed for and were willing to risk everything for. She spoke of her father, a progressive man for his time and place, a man who wanted an education for his wife and daughters. In speaking of her father she quoted him to give a better understanding of the importance he placed on her learning all she could. She used a hyperbole when saying that they would sell their blood to pay her school fees then they would. This is a more serious exaggeration since there seems to be no doubt that her father would go that far for her education, however it is a hyperbole because this situation would be extreme and unlikely. It was included to show the importance education had to her father and the great impact he and she alike believed it would have on her life. It stressed the greatness they found in education and the lengths they were willing to go to obtain it. Her talk pulled at the heartstrings though the pathos appeal. She spoke, explaining her fear, appealing to the audiences empathetic feelings, so that they would understand and almost feel the same emotions as she did when she experienced them. She played to their feeling of hope as she explained her school. SOLA, and the help it was bringing to the young women of Afghanistan and how it gave them hope for the future and their education. By working on the audience emotionally they really grew to connect to her story and understand how different her culture was, and still is at times.

Ethan Y link
4/4/2017 07:34:16 pm

In this TED talk, Michael Anti talks about the internet fire wall between China and the rest of the world. He uses the widely known metaphor of the Cat and Mouse, explaining how the censorship is the Cat, and the Chinese internet users are the mice. He explains how the Chinese government censors all mainstream media by producing copies of the software, which the 500 million internet users of the country use. He explains that the Chinese micro bloggers even in censorship are still able to talk and communicate with each other. The Cat like function of the censorship has an overlooking job of restricting certain key words. Instead of using words that are restricted, they use alternate words and phonographs to describe the relationships between the government and the people. The Government code name is "river crab" and the netizen (Network citizen) code name is "grass-mud horse". This how sneaky and evasive the Chinese Citizens (The Mouse) can evade the scary and overlooking government censorship (The Cat). He also uses pathos to inspire people to fight against the metaphoric "Cat". He ends the TED talk by saying, "After all, we are the mouse, whatever the future is, we should fight against the "Cat". He wants to convince people by filling them with the hopes and dreams that he has for the future, to be able to "tweet anytime, anywhere, without fear". This ends the talk with an inspiring reminder to live without boundaries and limits.

Devin Fox link
4/4/2017 07:41:51 pm

I chose the TEDTalk "How to take a picture of a black hole" spoken by Katie Bouman. The author used logos within the speech to help create an interesting story that fascinates others by just using facts. This TEDTalk spoke to me because Katie Bouman, not much older than I, talks of how to take a picture of a black hole. She grabs her audiences' attention by explaining to them where black holes are within space and how many light years away (which is around 26,000 light years away). She explains how hard it is currently to take a picture of the black hole from Earth, "However, this black hole is so far away from us, that from Earth, this ring appears incredibly small — the same size to us as an orange on the surface of the moon. That makes taking a picture of it extremely difficult" (Bouman). She goes on to explain that diffraction, an equation, is claimed to say that in order to see smaller and smaller, we need to make our telescope bigger and bigger. By using tone of voice, Bouman also brings in the audience with a little bit of humor. Claiming that if we did the equation right, we would need an Earth sized telescope in order to be able to take pictures of the black hole. This humor allows the audience to not just sit there having to listen to this, it engages them, showing that humor can be found within scientific material. By overall being serious, yet have a tone change within her material, Katie Bouman proves that she has a logos type of appeal. She intrigues the audience through facts, yet can appeal to them by being a bit humorous.

Jason Black link
4/4/2017 07:51:31 pm

The TEDTalk I chose described a new technology which can be used to improve the quality of life. At this time Rajiv Maheswaran's, the speaker, company is using the early part of this new technology to help give information and advice to NBA basketball teams. Maheswaran uses logos in a majority of the talk. He used graphs and percentages to promote this technology by appealing to the listeners sense of logic. He also used irony and comedy to keep the listener attracted and involved in his talk. He acts nerdy and uninformed about basketball to put both irony and to let non-sports fans know that this topic not only concerns athletes, but everyone. He jokes about old experienced coaches asking to use his technology and jokes about the athletic ability of his company coworkers during their basketball game. His appeal of logic and comedic style help to keep the listener engaged and intrigued about his talk.

Carley Van Buiten link
4/4/2017 08:41:01 pm

In the Tedtalk by Cortney Warren she talks about self deception. She explains the tendencies of humans to not only lie to those around us but to ourselves as well. Cortney uses pathos and ethos to create a deeper connection between her words and the audience. She uses ethos when explaining how Sigmund Freud describes lying as a psychological defense mechanism that we use to protect our egos from information that could hurt us. The fact that, that definition came from Sigmund Freud gives Cortney's topic more credibility and makes the audience more likely to believe what she is saying. She also uses pathos by telling the audience small stories of her own self deception. She shares with the audience how she always struggled with relationships and has always had abandonment issues. These stories add a personal connection between her and the audience making the audience more invested and involved in what she has to say. Cortney also uses many rhetorical questions and scenarios to keep the audience involved as she continues speaking. She says things like, "We've all lied to ourselves here and there, haven't we?". This makes the audience think about what she is saying and how it relates to their own lives.

Carly Alton link
4/4/2017 09:52:54 pm

This TEDtalk was about how inventors and leaders become successful. This man who spoke described what is known as The Golden Circle, which has these three sections: what, how, and why. The people that succeed in business or elections have a belief that they need to do it. He used Apple and the Wright brothers as two examples to this theory. There isn't anything special about Apple, since many other companies, such as Microsoft and Dell, have the same resources and products. However, this company markets their products by marketing their beliefs on the technology and why they create it. People aren't compelled to buy something when there isn't a drive behind it. Also, the Wright brothers didn't have resources or skilled "employees" to help them create aircraft, but they were determined to create this and succeed. Those who only look at what they can get out of something will always fail. The man used logos when talking about the sections of the brain and how each one relates to the three sections of The Golden Circle. The why section is the part of your brain that gives you a "gut feeling". Successful innovators use this feeling to drive them towards their goal. Also, the man spoke about the law of diffusion of elevation, and how a product will only be successful if the early adopters take a chance and buy it first. Once others see that people have done this, they will buy it. These people are part of the early majority. To engage the audience, he used a little humor when talking about the small percentage of people that are late adopters to a product. He said that they are the ones who want a disposable phone, but they aren't sold anymore.

Sean Seibert link
4/4/2017 11:08:41 pm

Tabetha Boyajian: The most mysterious star in the universe. This TED Talk really intrigued me. Tabetha used the rhetoric ethos to really capture the science communities interests. This usage of ethos can be easily seen when the science community came together to review information gathered by a telescope. As a community, these amateur astronomers believed and embodied the idea that they could outperform a computer program. This community idea really paid off as one day, some members of the program found a strange data point. This presentation of ethos in the astronomer community really makes other people interested in these areas feel that they can help further our understanding of the universe. Another piece of rhetoric used by Tabetha is an anecdote. She tells a story of how strange data was found in Keplar's collected research. Such use of an anecdote sparks a curiosity in audience members about how or why the strange data points occurred. An idea presented by Tabetha to explain the abnormal dips in light that I found particularly interesting was massive alien structures. Alien structures to cause these elongated dips would have to be larger than Earth as Tabetha mentioned. It seems unlikely, yet could be feasible. It would also be a huge scientific discovery to find alien life. Another point that intrigued me was how much information could be gathered by just observing the star system. To know how dust impacts light in space requires an extensive amount of research and knowledge. The description and information of Tabetha's work is truly astounding.

Sean Seibert link
4/4/2017 11:11:02 pm

https://www.ted.com/talks/tabetha_boyajian_the_most_mysterious_star_in_the_universe#t-810141
Sorry forgot the link

William Qualls link
4/5/2017 10:32:29 am

In this Ted Talk, street artist mundano talks about his project, Pimp my carocca, or Pimp My Trash Cart. It is a crowdfunded project which aims to decorate the trash carts of scavengers around the world who collect trash to sell as scrap. He appeals to the pathos, and attempts to make veiwers feel bad for the trash collectors. He talks about their struggles, and poor health condidtions, and hard work. Furthermore, he shows pictures of them in all countries, from Brazil, to The US. This causes the viewer to feel pity for the trash collectors, and want to help them. He also uses irony to make you feel bad for them. First, he calls them superheros, causing the audience to think of the trash collectors as upstanding human beings, but then he says that they have the worst superpower, invisibility. This is ironic, as their "Superpower" doesn't beinfit them, it actually harms them. This makes you feel bad for them, further appealing to your sense of pathos.

Seth Schreiber
4/5/2017 10:43:50 am

Simon Sinek appeals to ethos many times throughout his presentation. This is seen where he talks about why someone does something. An example is that the said that good leaders are able to make you believe what they believe. He also used repetition throughout the video. He repeats the the three points of appealing to someone, which include what you are doing, how you are doing something, and why you are doing it. The most important one is the why. He also used facts to backup his claims. He used Martin Luther King Junior as an example of success. He also gave an example of Samuel Langley, who attempted to build an airplane prior to the Wright Brothers. When they built a plane he quit, proving he had not been doing it for the why, but the what.
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

Molly Sastram link
4/5/2017 11:00:55 am

In this TEDtalk by Reshma Saujani, she discuses the importance of young girls being brave in everything that they do in life. Many young girls are trapped in this idea that they must be "perfect" in everything. Statistics and facts were given out by the speaker about how girls are afraid to raise their hands, show progress on work, and usually give up on things right away even though their grades are mainly better then boys. When Saujani spoke to the audience, she used a rhetorical device that grasped the attention and feeling she was going through. It was irony. Reshma described how she applied to be a member of Congress, which was the first real brave thing she's ever done before, but she's making an organization to teach young girls to be brave. This makes the audience feel like it's funny how she's telling young girls to be brave, when she wasn't brave herself until 33. Saujani used this example to explain to girls to be brave when they're young and not worry about anything that life throws at them. The speaker also uses pathos to get her message across to the readers. The speaks in a way to determination and passion. She is determined to make young girls feel brave by making a coding organization and by demonstrating a pure relationship to what she's talking about. Reshma is a women, which is why she feels connected to the concept she's talking about. She effectively accomplished this by explaining her experience and describing what she is going to do to help girls in the future. Reshma Saujani relates to me as well because she made me feel like I can do anything and not let the idea of "perfection" get in the way. The speech "Teach girls bravery, not perfection" could help young girls really see what they're capable of.

Dean link
4/5/2017 11:17:44 am

Margaret Bourdeaux: Why Civilians Suffer More Once a War is Over.Margaret Bourdeaux used both ethos and pathos in her TED Talks in order to catch the audience's attention. However, she mainly uses pathos in order to grab her readers on an emotional level. By speaking strongly about the hardships that the people in not only the Balkans, but all post war locations faced, she was able to portray what it was like to be there. Along with that she used her real life experiences to speak to the listener on a more personal level. By explaining what she felt like when she was waiting in the car and the feel she felt, she was able to make the people sympathize with her in order to make them understand the situation. ALong with that, through the use of tone she was able to engage her audience. By speaking in an emotional way she as able to not only speak for herself but everyone she followed. She wanted people to understand what the true post war effects were like. Her best way to do this was too deeply explain what it is like to be in that situation. The loss of everything that keeps order and protection is gone and by making people understand this it may be possible to avoid this. She wants to avoid this for not only our country, but for the world in order to make everyone life a little safer.

Olivia Potter link
4/5/2017 11:27:01 am

In the TedTalk by Katie Bouman, uses logos to engage her audience. She successfully explains how she is directly involved with trying to accomplish a picture taking of a black hole. First of all, she was able to effectively explain to her audience what she and her team are trying to accomplish, which is the picture taking of a black hole. Katie uses advanced vocabulary, making the audience feel trusting of her, and gives the facts as they are, which also builds the trust of the audience that she actually knows what she’s talking about. These factors add to the audience's engagement in her TedTalk. A rhetorical device she used was a simile. Katie compared taking a picture of a black hole to taking a picture of an orange on the moon from earth. This engages the audience because they have a visual representation of how powerful of a telescope Katie and her team need in order to actually see it. If she just said to her audience that the black hole was extremely hard to see from earth, it would have disengaged her audience by boring them. They wouldn’t have been impressed without a representation which is why it was smart of her to add it in.

Isabelle Lucarelli link
4/5/2017 12:29:13 pm

In order to both hook and engage the audience, the speaker, Lux Narayan, used logos and an anecdote. Throughout his TEDTalk, Narayan incorporated multiple statistics. For example, he included the fact that out of 2000 obituaries, over 40% of them were people involved in the arts. He continued to incorporate more numerical values throughout his speech. Narayan did so to add a sense of credibility. In a sense, Narayan was trying to add to his speech, and prove to the audience that he was credible, and to take his words and view seriously. Narayan also opened his speech with an anecdote. In fact, he opened his speech with a summary of an obituary that he had seen. He described the life of a man who he believes was both relatable and extraordinary. He incorporated this story into his speech in order to add a sense of humor into his talk. In all, his topic was viewed as dark and depressing. By adding this anecdote, Narayan managed to shed a light onto the subject, as well as point out the beauty in people dying and how to celebrate life rather than mourn death.

Kadene Smith
4/5/2017 03:01:01 pm

in the TEDtalk "my story from gangland daughter to star teacher" by Pearl Arredondo focuses on how to change your life for the better no matter the situation your'e in. She uses ethos to bring her point across. She used ethics to convince the listeners of her character. She started of the talk by talking about what her life use to be with her dad being a gang member and her falling in his footsteps. She then realized that she needed to turn her life around and the only way to do so is by putting in effort and being passionate about what you want. She then turn her life around by helping other people that is like her to turn their lives around when she opened a new school. Pearl also used atticism to bring her point across. Atticism is an expression characterized conciseness and elegance. While telling her story she was brave and she told it in an elegant manner. She wasnt harsh talking about her situation, she was rather calm about it.

Aniela Olbrys link
4/5/2017 03:12:48 pm

The Ted talk that I chose was about how people cannot walk in one other shoes except their own. Michele L. Sullivan discussed in her Ted talk “Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness” that as individuals in our society we should walk side by side with a person and not judge them by their appearance. She personally experienced moments where she felt like an outsider because people judged her based on what they could only see and not who she really was. As she explained, people would look at her solely on her disability and learn to judge her in that respect, when on the inside she was a bright, intelligent person that resembled any other person you would talk to. Her point persuaded the audience that someone should not be judged on their disability because unless you are them, you don’t know what they go through. Together as a society, we should not walk in one another’s shoes, but walk side by side and treat everyone that same no matter if someone were different. The constant reminder that she was different caused her confidence to slowly degrad, creating an effect of pathos. Michele continued to show how she felt and what she thought every time something she wasn’t capable of doing was in her way because it got her worried no matter whether or not she got it done. Another rhetorical device strategy that she uses is repetition. Michele continues to repeat similar statements to “Instead of trying to walk in each other's shoes, we must adopt a new way of giving of ourselves...and think about how society can change if we all do that instead of judging on only what you can see”. By repeating this message, she is emphasizing and persuading the audience to take part and understand that the world isn’t a perfect place. If we get rid of the judgment of other based on their appearance, then we can learn to “walk side by side” with someone and get to know them from the inside.

Christina Cevetillo link
4/5/2017 03:43:53 pm

In the TEDTalk, Caroline Paul presents, "To raise brave girls, encourage adventure." In this performance, Caroline uses pathos and allusion to convey that in raising young ladies, parents must let their daughter explore her own paths and need to let her explore her fears. Caroline Paul exclaims that there are studies being done that test the differences between a parent's reaction when their daughter and son want to climb a fire poll. The results state that the parents were more cautious with their daughter and more encouraging for their son. Girls are taught to be careful and watch out for their surroundings more than boys are and that is a fact. The presenter uses pathos when discussing that girls are treated differently than boys in a sense to the factual evidence of the study mentioned which helps the presenter make the audience feel emotional in a sense as to feeling sorry about how they have been treated or treat girls. This statement has opened up the crowd's eyes about how fear is preached to girls more than boys. There is also allusion when Caroline alludes to a visual of a young girl on a bike and she is hesitant about riding down a steep hill. This hill represents the rest of her life and it is her choice of courage to not ride down or face her fears and ride down the hill. This allusion also can connect the audience to pathos because this allusion relates to maybe some of their experiences on a bicycle; when they hesitated to ride down a steep hill. This emotion or feeling is relatable and therefore the audience can easily comprehend what the presenter is trying to explain. So all young girls do not have to be cautious, their parents shall let them to climb the fire poll and face their fears because this moment on the playground will forever and always be with these young women throughout their lives. Caroline Paul does a fantastic job in telling some of her life experiences and using rhetorical devices to prove that brave girls indeed need to be encouraged to be adventurous.

Mrs. E
4/17/2017 08:05:30 am

Christina, while you can allude to something in close proximity (as the visual was for the audience), an allusion (as a rhetorical device) should be a reference to a commonly known person, historical event, work of art, etc.

Anna Biewald link
4/5/2017 04:24:07 pm

Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Ted Talk "Why Lunch Ladies are Heroes" explains how he reunited with his childhood lunch lady, Jeannie, who inspired him to make a children's comic book with lunch ladies as the heroes. The positive response to his books then inspired him to create School Lunch Hero Day, a day where kids could do something nice to show their appreciation for their lunch ladies. In his speech, Krosoczka uses ethos to convey to his audience how important it is that lunch ladies are not overlooked and instead shown kindness. He accomplishes this by sharing an emotional story about how at Jeannie's funeral, a painting of the lunch lady hero that Krosoczka had made based on her was there, because she felt so grateful that her hard work was acknowledged. His use of this story effectively portrays his message that you should appreciate everyone even though you may normally overlook them because they do work hard. Krosoczka also uses a hyperbole to engage his audience. At the very beginning of his speech he talks about how he never gave any thought to the fact that his lunch lady had a life outside of school, and he said he thought she just lived in the lunch room. This is obviously an exaggeration, but it still humors the audience and gets them interested in his topic. If his whole speech was boring with no humor, then the audience would probably be waiting for it to be over instead of listening to it. Jarrett Krosoczka uses ethos and a hyperbole in his Ted Talk to engage and interest the audience.

Olivia Neubaum
4/5/2017 04:28:49 pm

In the TedTalk “A burial practice that nourishes the planet” presented by Caitlin Doughty, Caitlin uses theme and logos to engage her audience. The overall theme of Caitlin’s TedTalk was to inform others that there is a new way to help the environment when you die. She, a funeral director herself, talks about how the idea of any funeral home is to protect, sanitize, and beautify and how others have recently become less impressed with the funeral industry. This overall theme engages the audience because everyone dies and unfortunately, all of us cannot help the environment the way we want during our life, so this new idea of burial, reformation, will interest many. Caitlin also uses logos to hook her audience. Caitlin starts her TedTalk by saying, “When I die I would like for my body to be laid out to be eaten by animals”. This is a bold statement and followed by logic will interest the listeners. Caitlin’s logic was, “We've been laying out our dead for all of human history; it's call exposure burial. In fact, it's likely happening right now as we speak. In the mountainous regions of Tibet, they practice "sky burial," a ritual where the body is left to be consumed by vultures. In Mumbai, in India, those who follow the Parsi religion put their dead in structures called "Towers of Silence." By telling the audience facts and ways that they would benefit for changing their burial once dead, interests and makes the audience think and it makes them more willing to engage in what Caitlin Doughty has to say.

Emily Baktis link
4/5/2017 04:51:05 pm

In Kelli Jean's TedTalk, "Enough With the Fear of Fat," she uses many rhetorical devices to engage her audience and enhance their understanding on the topic. She uses humor in the beginning of her speech to lighten the mood a little bit. I believe that she does this so that people won't feel bad for her because she's fat. She wants them to know that she understands what she is and she is perfectly happy and comfortable with who she is and how she looks. I think that showing her courage and lack of care for other's judgement is truly inspiring. She uses pathos by telling a personal story of how she came to be comfortable in her own skin, despite what others thought. Kelli uses different tones throughout her talk, such as being assertive and appreciative of the life and body she was given. My favorite part of this TedTalk is how straightforward, but compassionate Kelli is. She doesn't sugarcoat it, but she doesn't judge any for their opinion. She talks about how one shouldn't conform to society's beliefs, how they should be comfortable in their own skin, but if losing weight is what one need to do to feel that way then she understands and wishes them the best of luck on their journey. I believe that this video was extremely inspiring and enlightening on how everyone deserves the right to be confident in themselves, no matter what color or shape they are, because we are all human and all the same on the inside.

Micki
4/5/2017 05:14:36 pm

Deepika Kurup: A young scientist's quest for clean water, is a TED talk done by a teen Deepika Kurup. Deepika uses pathos and logos to keep the audience engaged and to help them to understand the point she was trying to get across. Deepika starts her presentation by explaining how her family goes to India every summer on vacation to visit family. She then goes to explain how her parents always make sure that she is drinking water that is safe to be consumed since much of the water in India is contaminated waste water. By talking about the children who were going and getting this dirty water to drink from a stream that she described as to dirty she wouldn't even touch it pathos is being used. By creating an emotional connection between the subject and audience pathos is being used. IN this way pathos is used to connect the audience and make them feel emotional and want to help with the project that Deepika Kurup came up with at the age of 14. Deepika found a way to take a water bottle and use materials and research to create a system to make dirty waste water clean for the people of not only India, but also developing countries that do not have access to clean, drinkable water at their fingertips. Deepika used logos to explain how what she created works. By using logic and research Deepika created a photocatalytic composite for water purification. By explaining the facts behind the product the audience could see how this 8th grader came up with a project that can save peoples lives and change the world. By using both pathos and logos Deepika Kurup engaged the audience and kept them wanting to hear more and how she was/is going to implement her product in India/developing countries.

Morgan Hines link
4/5/2017 06:13:49 pm

In this TedTalk, psychologists, Aala El-Khani, talks about the struggles of daily mental health affects on those who are in war zones. This TedTalk is titled: What it's like to be a parent in a war zone. One area she specifically talked about was Syria. In her speech, El-Khani use the device of ethos. She used this by talking about how she is mother, and what got her involved into the cause for Syria was for her to put herself as a mother in Syria. She said that's how she started her cause to help with the mental health of parents and child from Syria. She also used ethos by telling the stories of victims of Syria. She talked about how one mother completely shut down once she came to Europe. She said the the trauma was so bad for this mother, that she rejected everyone. Even her husband and her children. This statement would make anyone want to intervene in this issue. She also used the rhetorical device of repetition. Throughout her speech, she always repeated the word listen close to each other. She used this to emphasis on the fact that we can't just assume we know what the problem is, we actually have to listen to people so we can help them. Just like how a doctor can't just give random medication to a patient, he actually has to listen to the symptoms to give the right advice and medicine. In both of these devices, El-Khani engages us. She makes us think about certain points she emphasize using these devices. These devices also help us to understand her main point. We know from listening to her words that she wants to take away from her talk that, war zone wounds aren't just physically shown, they are also hidden mentally. She also wants us to help those refugees who come into our countries and provide emotional support for them. She wants us to actually listen to their stories to better help them. Some other points she made in her speech that really go to me, were how she gave us actual results on her journey helping these people mentally. She tells us how there was definitely an improvement in these peoples lives. Especially when they received surveys on there work. El-Khani talked about how on one of the surveys, a women wrote that she was thankful that they didn't forget about them. Those words really hit me and made me think about this whole issue in Syria. Everyday we see these images of these poor people being slaughtered. Sure we feel bad for them, but it is soon forgotten the next day. This cannot continue. I feel that we need do something more than just watch and actually help these people. Even though that wasn't main topic of this video, it made me think about the whole topic of Syria more broadly. Her words made me want to help. I also think that was the point of her words as well. I felt she actually wanted you, to help this cause and to support these people. Some words that confirmed this for me were: "We need to stop wars. We need to build a world where children can dream of planes dropping gifts, and not bombs. Until we stop armed conflicts raging throughout the world, families will continue to be displaced, leaving children vulnerable (El-Khani 1)." This quote from her talk, really impacted me. I feel that in a TedTalk that you need statements like this to engage your viewers. She also used this as an ending statement which was definitely on purpose. This is for, this statement will stick in my mind cause she ended with it. This statement was meant to do this for it is powerful and makes people want to actually do something for her case. I feel that El-Khani perfectly perfected her talk and had me engaged and listening to every word she spoke. She also had me end this TedTalk feeling informed and feeling like there is something we can all do for her cause.

Mrs. E
4/19/2017 02:03:11 pm

Great choice, Morgan! Very relevant to the objectives of this unit. Nice work.

Jesse A link
4/5/2017 06:23:14 pm

In the TEDTalk, "How much does a video weigh?", Michael Stevens uses logos and ethos, as well as allusion to keep the audience engaged. The first device Stevens using is ethos. When introducing himself, he mentions his popular YouTube channel, Vsauce, which has almost 12 million subscribers. This gives him much credibility, as 12 million others like his content. The second device he uses is logos, which is logic or reasoning. All of Stevens' content,including this talk, is backed up by logic and reasoning. He goes to explain how a video is data being temporally stored on your computer, and that this data is being stored using electrons. Finally, he uses alludes to Einstein and his theory of special relativity and calculates exactly how much a video weighs using E = mc^2. By using these 3 literary devices, Stevens keeps the audience constantly engaged.

Kaylee Dolan link
4/5/2017 07:09:40 pm

The TEDTalk titled, "My father, locked in his body but soaring free" is an inspirational story told by a young woman named Kitra Cahana. Kitra's father, Ronnie, suffered an extreme stroke in 2011. The trauma left his with locked-in syndrome. Every inch of his body was paralyzed, besides his eyes. He was on a breathing and feeding tube, and communicated with blinks of his eyes. Now, to most of our world, being paralyzed is the worst possible injury, but Ronnie found peace with his situation. He fell "in love with life and body anew". He appreciated his life and everything within it to an even greater extent. In the end, this story was excruciating for Kitra to tell. She used several rhetorical devices throughout, to soften the burden that the story holds. One important one was a metaphor. She stated that, "my mothers, sisters, brother and I, we surrounded him in a cocoon of healing". Cocoons represent warmth and protection, so by saying this, Kitra is showing the listener how committed their family was to helping Ronnie get better. They were there every single day, and continued to be his support system, nurturing during all times of day. After months and month of motionless days, Kitra says, "from the corner of my eye, I saw his body sliver like a snake, involuntary spasm passing through the course of is limbs". Kiitra used a simple simile to compare her father's body to a snake, and his spontaneous, fast movements to the speedy ones of a snake. This comparison makes the listener picture her father and the unexpected movements his motionless body made. Nearly a week after these spasms, his body began to make connections. His muscle resistance was beginning to show, and to this day, progress is being made. Today, he can move his neck, eat, breathe and speak on his own. This inspiring story tells the audience to appreciate life, because everything can change in the blink of an eye.

Kaylee Dolan
4/6/2017 07:41:50 am

The story being told is emotional. The speaker, Kitra, uses pathos to give the audience a different point of view on the story. Giving the story an emotional appeal will engage the reader and help them understand the talk's overall message.

Andrew Gee
4/5/2017 07:32:32 pm

Let's Clean Up Space Junk Orbiting Earth
The Ted talk starts off with a woman talking about the way our days progress.
Then she makes the point that a lot of the actions we do everyday highly depend on satellites. In this specific TED talk she, for the most part using logos and she really just backs up her claim with hard evidence that has been proven. Her main point that she is trying to drive is that there is so much junk in our atmosphere. The junk could potentially interfere with our lives and really alter our lives if we don't deal with this issue now. One solution that the space stations around the world have come up with. If they make it so that each satellite will burn up as it is passing the atmosphere after it has not been in use for about twenty five years. Her claim is if we make satellites that don’t only relay information back to earth but ether move, destroy or fix the old and not used satellites. The way she hooks the audience and gets their attention is by relating their lives into her speech. Her saying that this could directly interfere with the whole audiences really brings attention to yourself. The only problem with doing this is you can’t just leave the crowd worried what she does is she has a solution to console the audience and make them feel good and that the whole situation is nothing to worry about. The speaker is very direct and straight to the point she is trying to make and she only strays away from the topic to give example and evidence.

Andrew Gee
4/5/2017 07:34:41 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=501FEzbB1JI

Marina Olson link
4/5/2017 07:59:02 pm

The TEDTalk, titled “My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe” was presented by Kenneth Shinozuka. Kenneth is a teenage boy, who is a product inventor. Ever since he was six years old, he had an interest in invention and technology. Soon enough, he put both things together and created a product that would help many. He begins his TEDTalk by educating the audience on Alzheimer’s disease. “What’s the fastest growing threat to American’s health? Cancer? Heart attacks? Diabetes? The answer is actually none of these; it’s Alzheimer’s disease. Every 67 seconds, someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.” At such a young age, Kenneth showed how passionate he was about helping loved ones. He discusses his invention to assist his elderly grandfather, who suffered from dementia. It was a great human interest story with an age-old lesson. He preached about the lesson that necessity is the mother of invention. It proves that difficult situations will cause individuals to rise up and find solutions – no matter how young they are. In Kenneth’s case, he wanted to help his Aunt with his grandfather’s wandering at night due to the dementia. The pressure sensor sock he created would trigger when his grandfather’s foot touched the floor, sending an alert to his Aunt’s smart phone. Since he has grown up with a grandfather suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, he tried to make the best out of the situation. Kenneth used a rhetorical question to transition the audience from the story about his grandfather to the actual scientific explanation of his invention. In listening to Kenneth’s talk, his concern for family was his primary motive in developing this “smart sock.” It was that love and concern that appealed to the emotions of the reader, thus illustrating the rhetorical device of pathos. Many of us have witnessed our aging grandparents struggle, and in that way, Kenneth’s desire to help is a very relatable emotion. He also used anecdotes to connect to the reader. He shared a personal story of how his grandfather got lost in a familiar area when he was a young boy. Overall, Kenneth became an inspiration by merging his love for family with his love for science.

Mrs. E
4/22/2017 09:13:54 am

Great choice! What a cool invention. Nicely done.

Samuel Barrios link
4/5/2017 08:27:50 pm

In this TED talk, "Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator", Tim Urban uses pathos and similes in his TED talk to get his point across. Tim uses pathos to make the listeners really think deep and hard about whether or not they are a procrastinator. However, he hits them with a follow up question later on about how procrastination is not only with deadlines for projects or papers, but for everyday tasks without deadlines. This is when he says that he thinks everyone is a procrastinator to really make them think emotionally about there life. The next device Tim uses is similes. Tim uses similes when comparing the brain to the characters he has made up, the "Rational Decision-Maker", the "Instant Gratification Monkey", and the "Panic Monster." These characters are used to show the audience how a procrastinators brain works compared to a non-procrastinators brain. He uses these devices to really make the audience think but to also help them understand what he is trying to say.

Marissa DiIulio
4/5/2017 08:32:56 pm

The TEDtalk I chose was "Stories from a home for terminally ill children" by Kathy Hull. Kathy Hull uses pathos to grab the audiences attention about her new place for terminally ill children. In the beginning she started out be telling stories about her time working in the Children's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and how tough it was to walk and talk with the parents of the children. The emotions she expressed while talking brought the stories to reality. She brought up that, " These families were experiencing some of the most excruciating moments of their lives, and I so wanted them to have a more peaceful place in which to say a last goodbye to their young daughters and sons." She used specific stories of children that spent there final days at the home to hold the audience and keep them engaged. She also used an idiom to add some humor into this emotional topic: "I'm going to talk to you now about the elephant rather than the camel in the room." In the beginning of the talk, she explained how she was able to bring a therapy camel to the children to try and brighten them up, but in this she was referring to what the camel was trying to take their mind off of. There wasn't really an elephant in the room at the time, she was talking about the constant heaviness of having to wonder when the child's life will end. The constant stories of patients and the explanation of the hospital describes the emotional heaviness, as well as allows the audience to feel it too. The goal of her new building was to create a happy and more peaceful environment for children to live their final days, and by using the emotion of pathos and the lightness of humor, she was able to keep the audience engaged the whole time.

https://www.ted.com/talks/kathy_hull_stories_from_a_home_for_terminally_ill_children/transcript?language=en

Izzy Chop link
4/5/2017 08:42:00 pm

Ric Elias' TedTalk spoke to me the most when summing up "3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed." In the TedTalk, Ric explains to the audience where his mind set was while plummeting down towards earth. In order to catch the audience's attention, Ric used both ethos and pathos. Ethos was incorporated to connect to the audience on an emotional level. He spoke strongly and beautifully, which mostly inspired the observers. This talk could help influence others and be considered as a wake up call from all the paths of life. Pathos was incorporated during this TedTalk by socially understanding how life works. I heard the words that have the ability to change a persons' life in a blink of an eye. The three major things that he presents also helps listeners understand that we as people must overcome everyday obstacles. Some that we face may be worse than others, however, keep it as an experience and use it in order to grow.

Beth Whitehead
4/5/2017 09:36:57 pm

After accidentally discovering how to turn the English subtitles on Spanish speaking Sebastian Bortnik's TED talk entitled "The conversation we're not having about digital child abuse", I was very moved by the video despite the slight language barrier. Bortnik appeals to pathos by telling the story of an 11 year old girl who was convinced by a man pretending to be a kid to reveal herself over webcam to him, and he recorded the video. The video ended up on multiple websites, and Bortnik illuminated to the audience that the young girl's life was now a series of facing people who had seen her naked on the internet without her consent. Of course, the audience feels sympathetic for the girl, as one mistake at a young age resulted in a lifetime of consequences. Therefore, Bortnik's appeal to pathos was very effective. Additionally, Bortnik uses the phrase "kids are alone". The word "alone" has significant connotative meaning. While "alone" literally means there is no one else present, which clearly is not a reality in children's lives, it figuratively suggests that kids feel isolated, like they have no one to turn to in a time of need. This draws the audience in by forming an emotional connection, as many can relate to this feeling or at least sympathize with those who have. All in all, Sebastian Bortnik's TED talk hooked the audience by emotionally investing them in his topic through the use of rhetoric devices.

Sophie Kritemeyer link
4/5/2017 10:09:19 pm

“The dream we haven’t dared to dream” by Dan Pallotta motivates and inspires, and opens our eyes to what advances the human race has achieved, and where we have reached some gridlock. He uses ethos and pathos within his talk, giving us background into his own personal life. We learn that this man is gay, has a family, is a human rights activist and believes in the power of kindness. He taps into logos when using graphs as visuals, telling the audience that as the technology to communicate has increased, the value and ability to communicate and experience joy has gone nowhere. He tells us of how we can simply add wires and circuit boards to send people to space, but it has gotten harder to find compassion, kindness, joy, and humanity. Pallotta uses effective diction especially when explaining his own startup company that takes “heroes” on long journeys to better themselves and others. He tells us their slogan is “human. Kind. Be both.”, meaning we can be complicated, technical and to ourselves in the modern age, and we can be kind and compassionate people. He again brings up irony and humor when he explains, “we need more of the courage of drag queens and astronauts”, referring to their immense bravery for either traveling to space to create a epic milestone in human history, or standing up and coming out in the face of danger. This TED talk is so effective and powerful because it is a simple concept that has been lost overtime. AS young children everyone tells you to dream big and follow those dreams and achieve them. Yet, as we grow up, we have to be “practical” and throw away our dreams to do something that we has humans can make a living off of. Dan Pallotta tells us to throw practicality out the window and discover our dreams and to be a little kinder. We can truly create a better world if we as a human race would take initiative and put our dreams into action. Everyone has had a dream, and everyone has a dream. Dan Pallotta reminds us that is is okay to chase it.

Bonnie Trelease
4/5/2017 10:12:49 pm

In Kelli Jean Drinkwater's TEDtalk, "Enough With the Fear of Fat", Kelli Jean hooks the reader in an interesting and unexpected way. Through the use of ethos and diction, Kelli Jean was able to hook the audience in such a way that they were forced to analyze their own characters and how they are contributing to the "anti-fat" society. Through the use of ethos, Kelli Jean was able to deliver the message that she is not, in fact, a "bad" person due to her weight and that over the course of her life she has been called various insults, escalating to the point where she was even called "the ISIS of fat people". However, Kelli Jean did not tell her audience this to receive sympathy, she did this in order to appeal to her audiences' ethics and allow them to question their own character whilst examining her's. In addition, Kelli Jean used diction to further intrigue her audience. She disregards the words "chubby" and "cuddly" as ways to describe herself, and opts for the blunt word "fat". By doing so, the audience was able to see how credible she is, in that she does not avoid the truth and the seriousness of her topic. Kelli also refers to herself as "the elephant in the room" due to her weight and as an ironic way to display her creditable character because she is not afraid to point out the obvious. By saying "I'm not you're seemingly harmless chubby or cuddly, I'm fat" and referring to herself as "the elephant in the room", Kelli does a fantastic job of hooking her audience and engaging them by questioning their characters and influencing them to identify the credibility of her own character.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kelli_jean_drinkwater_enough_with_the_fear_of_fat#t-32188

Mary-Kate Willis link
4/5/2017 10:17:57 pm

In JD Schramm's TedTalk "Break the silence for suicide attempt survivors", he raises awareness for suicide attempt survivors, who often receive no help in the modern world. Schramm uses pathos to draw the audience in by telling his suicide attempt story. He told the story as if it were somebody else's, as he talked about a man named John who had jumped off a bridge and lay dying in the water with multiple injuries and was fished out by passengers on a Staten Island ferry. After he had survived and committed himself to healing not only mentally but spiritually, he discovered that there was little help in the modern world. Just because "John" had been more than financially comfortable and moving apartments in New York and pretending to be estatic about making a 6 figure profit from selling his previous apartment, and had been offered a job opportunity with benefits and a salary at the college he had graduated from, he was still the same person who had fought addiction and crippling depression. He was still the same "John" who jumped off the Manhattan Bridge in 2003. After revealing that he was in fact John, Schramm talks about how people on the outside can appear to be virtually sane, and how mental health can be easily disguised unlike a physical illness. The shock of this revelation and emotion of the story relates to any member of the audience, as 1 in 4 people suffer from a mental illness. JD also uses pathos by mentioning suicide statistics to support his argument, such as 19 out of 20 people who attempt suicide fail, and 37% are successful the second time. He reminds viewers that just because you hear about people who successfully commit suicide more, doesn't mean there shouldn't be just as much awareness for those who survive the endeavor. He uses imagery as a rhetorical device to describe his experience with suicide in detail. He notes the waters being "treacherous" and passengers on a nearby boat hearing his cries in "pain". Using diction to affect an audiences view on a subject is an important use of a rhetorical device. Schramm reminds the audience that breaking the silence of suicide and making mental illness more acknowledged will benefit society as a whole and help those in need of recovery and assistance after dealing with attempted suicide.

Ryan Herold
4/5/2017 10:19:14 pm

The TED talk I chose was a view on the lives and achievements of people through obituaries. Lux Narayan, the speaker, analyzed over 2000 obituaries of people who had passed away over a 20 month period, and found what achievement looks like over a lifetime. He highlights the differences between famous people and just regular people who weren't as well known. In separating the two categories into key words in the obituaries, similarities began to pop up. The biggest thing he found was the word "help." He commented saying that no matter who you are, you can make a positive impact on the world. To engage his audience, Lux used a pathos appeal and irony. For pathos, he appealed to his audience's emotions by talking about the death of people and how they can make the most out of life. He wanted to persuade the audience not to look at the obituaries in a grim light, but instead as achievements made by the lost people. For irony, he he talks how to make the best obituary even if "you won't be around to enjoy it." He uses this verbal irony to bring a lighter tone to a rather somber topic.

Deanna Petronis
4/5/2017 10:47:19 pm

In the TEDtalk by Salil Dudani, titled "How jails extort the poor" he informs the audience on how people who can't afford to pay their tickets go to jail. He captured the audience using Pathos. He made the listeners emotionally connected to the speech by using examples most of them can relate to or at least sympathize with. Salil mentions how he was discriminated by race, how people can't get their medications in jail, and how people who are less fortunate have to go to jail for not being able to afford a ticket. He describes a wide variety of problems, so the audience can relate to at least one, capturing their attention and making them emotionally invested. Salil also captures the audience through Logos. He lists facts about jails and how the people there are treated. He also gets information from people that were detained, making his point more real to the audience. In addition, he does speak logically as he tries to explain why the jail system is unfair. For example, he mentions the conditions of the rooms for the prisoners as well as what they have access to (which isn't much). Both methods were effective, as evident by the reaction of the audience and how I had the attention span to watch the whole speech.

Daniel Kuna
4/5/2017 10:52:15 pm

The TED talk named "This app makes it fun to litter" was interesting to me because you can relate the litter that the speaker was talking about to today's problem on pollution around the world. The speaker named, Jeff Kirschner, gave his opinion on the problem we have as a species around the world. He gave a solution to make cleaning up the Earth fun by developing an app that tracks the amount of litter around the world and geotagging as well as providing the date of which it was found. Since, many people around the world use their phones this was a great idea to motivate people in order to clean up the Earth and get rid of the litter that is collecting on our planet. His claim was that electronic devices are so common in today's world that it was a great opportunity to get people together as a community to document and prove to others how much we trash around us. The app he created was named Litterati and made collecting data of litter around you a fun and easy task, that further engages you in order to make a difference. The trash in the photos are all digital fingerprints around the world and looking at the photo can help you determine what was going on at the time of when the person littered. One example of an impact this app had was when San Francisco wanted to document the percentage of litter from cigarettes on their streets. Their documentation that included people with clipboards and pencils made the big cigar company sue them for not being precise nor provable, so that they could not tax 20 cents on cigarette sales. The city called for Jeff in order to help them further prove that cigarette litter was a big problem in San Francisco. Thanks to the geotagging and time stamping app the city was able to defend the extra tax on cigarette sales and helped encourage people to stop littering. Jeff Kirschner helped make a difference by creating an electronic app that collected data of littering so that the source of where it was located can be corrected. The first rhetorical strategy the speaker used was humor. He gave a few witty comments in order to keep his audience engage on his topic of the importance of cleaning up the Earth. His first comedic comment was when his first technology was Instagram, a app that many people use today to document photos or memories they have. He then continued to further engage his audience by saying, Now, during that process I learned two things: one, Instagram is not the right tool". This comment made the audience laugh and continue to enjoy his TED talk about the importance of cleaning up the Earth while adding some comedy. The speaker's second strategy was to use pathos in order to continue to engage his audience around him. He helped teach the people around him by making them feel guilty of littering and understand that they should make better choices in order to protect and improve the communities around them. After the Ted talk, I learned that we have to clean-up the world one piece at a time in order for our future generations to enjoy it the same way we did back then. His rhetorical strategies helped keep the audience engaged and gave them an opportunity to learn and make a difference in the world through the use of an everyday electronic device.

Faith link
4/6/2017 12:57:22 am

The TEDtalk I found very interesting was the talk by, Deepika Kurup, “A Young Scientists Quest for Clean Water”. In it she shares her story about how she became inspired to help give everyone access to clean water after going on an annual trip to Indian with her family. She uses both pathos and ethos in it to portray two different sides of how she looked at the problem she saw. When she uses pathos it is usually when she is talking about how her and her family always go to India every year and how special the place is to them. She also uses it when she talks about how it made her feel to see little kids in the streets drinking dirty water that she says she would never even go near, “Watching these kids forced to drink water that I felt was too dirty to touch changed my perspective on the world”. She talks about how witnessing these events were her main inspiration in wanting to help solve this global crisis. When she uses ethos she is showing her true love and passion for science through facts to show the listener how serious the crisis truly is. She uses facts like, “According to the World Health Organization, 660 million people in our world lack access to a clean water source. Lack of access to clean water is a leading cause of death in children under the age of five in developing countries, and UNICEF estimates that 3,000 children die every day from a water-related disease”. With facts like these she is trying show the severity of the situation and furthermore prove to the audience why this cause is so important to her and should be to them as well. I found this talk very interesting because it was a young woman who at a very young age (14yrs old) felt inspired to do some good despite the many obstacles that she would have to overcome. She proved to the audience that her cause is important, and that water is a basic human right and should never be taken for granted.

Mrs. E
4/18/2017 09:15:24 am

The facts she provides appeals to logos (logic), but the fact that she gets them from a credible source - the WHO - appeals to ethos (credibility)

Jack Kolvig link
4/6/2017 03:37:35 am

The TEDtalk that I found was named "Deep ocean mysteries and wonders". This was presented by David Gallo, an oceanographer. To hook the audience into his presentation, Gallo made use of logos. Generally, ethos, logos, and pathos are used to persuade an audience to believe in a specific thing. However in this case, he used logos simply to hook the audience so that they were attentive and listening well. Gallo presented facts such as how Earth is "70 percent water" and that we have explored just "5 percent of it". Since so many people are interested in the ocean, his use of logos in this case was very effective to draw the audience in because the interest many have, including me, in the ocean is high. Another rhetorical device Dave Gallo used to hook readers in was irony. As I mentioned already, Gallo presented facts like how much of the ocean there is, that we are all affected by it, yet he says that we have explored just 5 percent of it. That is clearly ironic. If the ocean takes up so much of Earth, why haven't we explored more? Do we not care? Should we be trying to explore more, and really figure out what we are living with on this earth? These are just some question that came to my mind when Dave Gallo made use of situational irony, because the ocean is so important, and we know so very little. Therefore, his use of irony was successful and effective because he wanted those questions to pop into people heads since he wants everyone to open their eyes to what is or what could actually be beneath the ocean surface.

Drew Herold link
4/6/2017 03:45:31 am

The TEDtalk that I chose was called "Inside of the mind of a master procrastinator," by Tim Urban. From the beginning of the performance, there were many things that interested me. First of all the title. As soon as I saw "procrastinator" in the title, I knew it would be a video I would relate to. Also, within minutes of the presentation, the presenter, Tim Urban, was constantly bringing humor into the performance. Whether it was an ironic joke or a cartoon projected the screen, Tim introduced humor on several occasions. He also demonstrates pathos through his trying to get sympathy from the audience, as he explains his reasoning on why it is impossible for him not to procrastinate in life. His use of irony is also apparent throughout the performance. For instance, at the end he makes a statement about how people should try to fight the urge to procrastinate right away. He then follows that up by saying. "well, maybe not today, but eventually." This is ironic in the sense that he is telling the audience to stop procrastinating, and then telling them to put it off, which is procrastination.

Alice Manning link
4/6/2017 07:16:45 am

In his TED Talk, Dan Kamen talks about the development of a prosthetic arm that could be used to help soldiers. He appeals first and most to pathos. He talks about some of the people he has met with only one arm and even only one limb and about how they had positive attitudes. Not only is this emotional to begin with, but the way he said it had huge implications. He also began with a story of a man who said the new technology made it seem like he had an arm for the first time in 39 years. By telling stories like this and also showing emotion in his face, Kamen was able to effectively use pathos to engage his audience. He also used juxtaposition throughout his talk. The juxtaposition that stood out to me the most was the juxtaposition of what people did in the Civil War when they lost limbs and what they can now do with this prosthetic arm. The nature of the time periods shows a large amount of contrast and leaves a lasting impact. There was also a more deep aspect of the juxtaposition of the assumption of how the people who had lost limbs would act and how they actually acted. This also contributed to the use of pathos. There was also an impactful juxtaposition in what used to be assumed of people with one arm versus what eventually became possible for them with the arm.

Matt Broas link
4/6/2017 07:33:09 am

This Tedtalk is about a women's experience of sexual assault in India. She was sexually harassed multiple times. She uses pathos to spread her thought. She uses her personal experience to make a person feel pity for her. Sexual harassment isn't an easy topic to talk about and Meera really specifies her thoughts. Meera says that sexual harassment in India is a nightmare that no one knows about. The audience will definitely have awareness of the tragedy in India. Meeras structure is very short and too the point. She doesn't sugar coat anything and gives the hard truth. This is why the sentences are so short, and to the point.

Andrew Aldo
4/6/2017 08:04:13 am

In the TED Talk by Lawrence Lessig "Laws that Choke Creativity" he uses logos to appeal logical to the audience therefore persuading them to agree with the statements he says. For example he states a fact about a man named John Phillip Sousa. He says that he went to the capitol to talk about new technology and how it could advance. This is logical and did happen so it then persuades the audience to then believe that the rest of the things he is saying is true. Lawrence Lessig also uses inductive reasoning to appeal to the audience by using real facts and then going off from them to prove a point of his. He uses inductive reasoning when Lawrence says the story about the chickens flying into the barn doors when air planes flew over head following the patterns of the airplanes. After this statement he goes off and says that common sense is a rare idea in the law even though he started with talking about chickens.

Jack B link
4/6/2017 08:13:21 am

Jeff Kirschner talks about the app he has created to make picking up litter fun. He explains how the app works and why he created it. After others started using his app, he realized he was creating a small community. As he wanted this community to grow bigger he had to appeal and advertise to other citizens. He subsequently executes this by using logos and the rhetorical device personification. He uses logos in his presentation to show the scale and overarching effect his app and movement has been. At the time of filming he said that people using his app have collected over 270,000 pieces of trash. He also says that the app helped San Francisco to put tax on cigarettes. By tracking what percent of trash was cigarettes, the city was able to calculate a fair tax to raise 4 million a year to go towards cleaning up the city. Likewise, Jeff uses personification to describe the trash like a destructive person. He says that trash is lurking and hiding around us. He also says that his app makes trash more approachable, as if it was intimidating person. Obviously trash in an inanimate object and can't hide on it's own, also it's not a large being.

Taren Diaz
4/6/2017 08:49:51 am

I choose the TEDTalk presented by Peter Weinstock titled, Lifelike Simulations that Make Real-Life Surgery Safer. This video addresses the idea of how new technology can make surgical procedures easier, more comfortable for doctors, and more reliable for patients. Weinstock discusses the concerning issue of rare diseases and their lack of presentation for the benefit of a doctor’s experience. The utilization of ethos is incorporated throughout the performance as the presenter, Peter Weinstock, speaks from a personal view based off of his ethics being an ICU Physician. Weinstock says that he does not agree with the idea of how young doctors practice surgery on their own patients. He believes this is unethical and should be changed for the future of the medical field. Weinstock also uses an analogy as another rhetorical device throughout his discussion. While the doctor continues to address how new surgeons practice on their patients, he brings up the idea that “medicine is one of the only industries that cannot be rehearsed prior to game time.” In other words, while performing surgeries on real patients, doctors do not get a chance to thoroughly practice their procedures before they actually do them. Weinstock creates an analogy trying to explain to the audience how “practicing before the game” can change the future of medical science in a positive aspect. He makes this analogy between baseball and surgical procedures. Weinstock comments on the practice swings baseball players take directly before the ball is being pitched at them. Using simulation, doctors can take these kinds of practice swings before the actual surgery occurs, making the field of surgery truly more reliable.
As a former patient of a Pediatric Neurosurgeon, I feel strongly toward the idea of creating new ways to benefit the medical field for doctors and patients facing challenges every single day.
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_weinstock_lifelike_simulations_that_make_real_life_surgery_safer#t-1006910

Ethan Penry link
4/6/2017 09:32:11 am

I found the TEDTalk by Holly Morris especially moving. She talked about her experience visiting the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. She spoke of horrible treatment in the area, about how there were "draconian" (A harsh word for laws made to protect, if you ask me.) radiation rules and a necessity for "government minders" for visits. This sounds like a sort of police state, judging by the hopeless tone in which the talk is first expressed. Then, however, Morris suddenly shifts her tone. "The point being, no human being should be living anywhere near the dead zone. But they are." The human beings she is referring to are a group of "self-settlers" who are mostly women, since many of the men are dead due to alcohol, cigarettes, or possibly radiation. From what I had read about Chernobyl and the areas surrounding, the towns were completely evacuated, leaving nothing but a frozen shot in time of a Soviet utopia (or perhaps dystopia). Instead, I hear from Morris that these women refused to leave Chernobyl's surrounding areas because it was their home. They defied the soldiers demanding evacuation and keeping civilians out, and Holly Morris used a powerful quote from one of the women to sum it up. "Shoot me and dig the grave. Otherwise, I'm going home." While the stories I have heard about Chernobyl, about abandoned ghost cities, are true, they are not entirely true. These women are living without a care in the world for what Ukrainian authorities tell them, and remain in their scattered contaminated houses. The way they see it, they'd rather spend their last years in their irradiated homes than in a "...high-rise in the outskirts of Kiev, separated from the graves of their mothers and fathers and babies, the whisper of stork wings on a spring afternoon." When she brings this kind of imagery to the table, I became moved. I hate the city. I hate communism. I hate pseudo-capitalism. I hate most of what Eastern-European cities stand for. I cannot blame these women for not wanting to assimilate to a new environment to which they, Ukrainian women, are foreign. While the speaker, Holly Morris says she may not understand this concept, because her home is "transient," she finds the connection between the old women and their land. She speculates that the people that stayed in Chernobyl rather than accept relocation are actually happier and live longer than their refugee neighbors. I am a relatively logical guy, I like to think, but I found this story of either resilience or stubbornness to a failed regime almost an anomaly, since the women living in the exclusion zone are defying studies of how radiation kills by just living off the land. So this turned my concept of logos up on its head and I loved it. Sure, they may be dying of radiation, but will they even know it if the women are in their seventies anyway? The TEDTalk is a testament to the will of a person.

Mrs. E
4/22/2017 09:07:05 am

Ethan, terrific choice and poignant reflection on the same.

Maya link
4/6/2017 09:28:32 pm

Tim Urban's Tedtalk was able to engage the audience through his use of the pathos appeal. His presentation was on procrastination, which so many people can relate to. However he took this a step further to include various examples of procrastination which most procrastinators have done as well as personal experience. This appeals to people's emotions because they know how it feels to wait until the last second or even miss a deadline because they were procrastinating. His other rhetorical device that helped get the audiences attention was a metaphor. He compared the human mind to a ship in which the "rational decision maker" usually drives, in people who do not procrastinate that is. However, in procrastinators, their minds are controlled by an instant gratification monkey who only does things that are easy and fun for the present. This comparison of how people's minds work to ships made it easy to understand how procrastinators differ from other people and made it quite comical. The point he made that resonated with me the most was that without a dead line people who procrastinate, such as myself, are not motivated to do anything about the situation. I know that I need to change my current situation but I am still not motivated to do it. Luckily, Tim Urban put things into perspective and had a visual of a chart that was a bunch of boxes and each box represented a week of someone's life and there were a total of 90 years worth of boxes. It seemed shorter than one would assume and it really put procrastinating into perspective.

Emily LaRocque
6/5/2017 08:33:08 pm

The TEDtalk I chose is about Printing a human kidney, by Surgeon Anthony Atala. In 2011, Anthony Atala filmed/ displayed an experiment that could solve a massive, and growing problem in the world of surgery. There is actually a huge shortage of organs that are needed for transplants. There are more people going onto the transplant list, that are in desperate need of an organ, than there are organs available for these people. Mr. Atala proposed a question of, “Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?” By growing or printing organs, we can generate more of what we need to save more lives in a shorter amount of time. This could save a lot of people from being put on the transplant list. People would be able to get the organs they need to survive. (The most common organ needed now-a-days are kidneys). In this TEDtalk, the rhetorical strategies used were pathos and logos. Pathos was used by tapping into the emotions of the audience when Atala told the story about a similar technology used to save the life of a young patient named Luke Massella. He received an engineered bladder over 10 years ago. Massella had always wanted to do some things with the other kids, but he was stopped because of his condition. He was extremely grateful when he received his engineered bladder. He explained to the audience how excited he was when he was able to participate in many new activities. By bringing this story into the TEDtalk, Atala was able to touch the hearts of the audience members and convince them of the good that can come from this new innovation. This is where the rhetorical strategy of logos was used. Logos was used by trying to “convince,” in a way, how printing human kidneys and organs can/ would be extremely helpful in the medical world. He was arguing that this new innovation would help save hundreds of lives that need a transplant, but can’t get a viable organ in time.


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