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Rhetorical Analysis Of The Ted Talk

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Food is a fundamental part of human life. Not only does it fuel our bodies and our minds, it also shapes the way we experience the world and relate to other people. During this writing prompt, I have realized food played a greater role in my childhood than I thought, and I realized the importance of using rhetoric when entering the conversation of the way food impacts people. I had these realizations once I spent time deeply analyzing the rhetoric used in the article we read and the rhetoric used in the ted talk we watched. Rhetorical devices were an essential part of communicating across the messages the authors had for their audiences. The rhetorical devices included ethos, the establishment of credibility, pathos, the emotional appeal, and …show more content…

I had a very unusual experience with food growing up, I was born with a calcium deficiency that in turn made me severely allergic to all dairy and beef products. Up until my 8th grade year I had never tasted the foods that seemed to be staples in all of my friends lives. I never had pizza, chocolate, mac and cheese, ice cream, hamburgers and so much more. I noticed at a young age that most kids didn’t have to read food labels like I did. Since I was able to read I had learned to read food labels to check and make sure I wasn’t going to get deathly ill. Most teachers and parents didn’t really think much about it when I told them I was allergic to milk they just though “oh another lactose intolerant kid” but in reality a teaspoon of whip cream would start with violently puking and end with me in the emergency room on multiple tubes for breathing. As I stated before my experience with food was starnge but I watched what most kids ate and got to over stuff their stomachs with on a daily basis which I believe fueled how I eat now. After 8th grade my brain kind of went into a state of making up for lost time and started wanting to try everything I had never been able to eat but saw other kids enjoying. Moving into present day I’ve added lots of dairy into my diet but still barely have a taste for

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Relationships between police officers and the general public have been a roller coaster ride over the past 30 years, when it comes to the way some officers act when put in bad situations, or even if they are just acting out of anger. Melvin Russell explains in his speech that police officers need to do a better job of working with the public and treating them as if they are a customer. Russell has been a police officer himself for nearly 40 years, and is the Chief of the Community Partnership Division of the Baltimore Police Department. The TedTalk, “I Love Being a Police Officer, but We Need Reform,” by Melvin Russell was very persuasive and proposed a strong argument by using pathos and having an engaging voice, being credible in his words,

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And they also knew how much to eat of a specific type of food. But now, standing “in our giant supermarkets, we feel more lost than someone standing in a forest ten thousand years ago” (Pollan 87). Right now, we’re not sure of which food is good to eat and which is not. Back then, simple rules helped maintain a level of understanding of what we were really eating. But thanks “to the food industry, we don’t even know what it is we’re eating” (Pollan 87).

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In his Ted Talk “Why I love a country that once betrayed me” George Takei explains his idea of patriotism through the perspective of being an Asian American that lived through internment camps. This Ted Talk is an important reminder to Americans to uphold civic values to keep society running smoothly and to make progress towards the ideals of the American Dream. It gives the idea that instead of bullying the government for the wrongdoings of democracy, we must hold ourselves to a higher standard through the expression of patriotism. Through his use of rhetoric and positionality, George Takei is able to create a convincing argument about what it means to be patriotic.

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Ron Finley and Speech Structure Ron Finley’s speech on the lack of access to healthy food in South Los Angeles is one of the best I’ve seen. In his Ted Talk, he immediately captures the attention of the audience with his sense of humor and describes the problems in the city and his solution in a very well organized, memorable manner. Like his intro, his conclusion is effective and memorable. We can learn many speaking techniques from Finley. Structure, Organization, and Effectiveness Finley opens his speech with a joke about the city’s lack of effort to fix the healthy food famine.

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TED Talks allow for people all over the world to learn about different ideas from speeches that have either been recorded and posted online or are performed live in global conferences. There are many different topics that are discussed in the videos on the webpages of TED Talks, but one that is particularly controversial is that of the impact of technology on social interaction and intimacy. Sherry Turkle, Stefana Broadbent and Monica Lewinsky are three intelligent women who have spoken about this topic in TED Talks. “Connected, but Alone?” is the title of Sherry Turkle’s speech that she performed at a TED Talks conference. In “Connected, but Alone?”, Turkle uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to help convey her opinion on the social effects

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Olivia Cischke Ms. Jeannotte English 10 27 January 2023 A World Wired Against Introverts - A Rhetorical Analysis of Susan Cain’s TED Talk Susan Cain, a former Wall Street lawyer and author of NY Times bestseller Quiet, gave a TED Talk in 2016 formulated to prove to her audience that, in our modern world, introverts are at a disadvantage, even discriminated against; she goes on to propose how this can be combated, referencing her own experience as an introvert in what she claims is a world wired against people like her. Through a masterful use of ethos and pathos, Cain tugs at her audience’s heartstrings, building a highly persuasive and effective argument throughout her presentation. Cain begins with a touching personal story, generating

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The TED Talk by Joe Smith he talks about about a small way to reduce waste. The title of his speech is called, “How to use a paper towel” and was filmed in March 2012. In this TED Talk by Smith he talked about how to save paper towels. He wanted to clarify how much we really waste and what we can do to reduce paper towel consumption. He showed the audience a effective way to use the paper towel through a simple demonstration..

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Humans’ actions and thoughts are complex, many people spend their lives researching why people act in certain ways. In the TED Talk ‘Why we do what we do’, Tony Robbins, motivational speaker and life coach, helps people understand the reasons behind their actions in order to show how they can reach their full potential and use it to help and understand others. The rhetorical and speaking strategies used in his speech aided him in his effort to reach his audience. The ethos and pathos were very strong and bolstered his message, but his attempt at being logical did not improve the quality of his speech, and affected the extent his audience will take his message to heart.

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TED is one of the non-profit organizations that does help to share different ideas of different people to the world through their persuasive talk. Sir Ken Robinson, in his Ted Talk, discusses how systems of public education disregard the creativity as it is an important factor related with the growth of students, academically. Robinson does focus on the creativity by arguing through different examples, which does make audience, and other viewers to think on this issue and take action which is being ignored by public education system. The use of pathos, ethos, and logos while his talk regarding creativity in school makes the case of education system entertaining and understand, by giving proper examples with the use of humorous tone.

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This is important because it drastically impacted my daily life. Before I used to be able to eat whatever I wanted but now I have to be careful or else I will hurt myself. I had to learn to look at the ingredients of almost everything I eat. I can no longer ask my mom to pull over at a McDonalds’ or something and grab me a burger.

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Do Not Let Your Experience Claim You The speaker of the Ted Talk, “Yes, I survived cancer. But that doesn 't define me” is Debra Jarvis. Debra Jarvis has been a hospice and hospital chaplain for 30 years.

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Rhetorical Analysis of a TED Talk: Emma Marris: Nature Is Everywhere, We Just Need to Learn to See It Emma Marris address the idea about how people view nature and what they consider to be nature. Marris claims that the problem with how people view nature starts with the general definition of nature. Marris argues that the definition is too strict and limited. She declares that nature is everywhere, but people lack the ability to see it: If nature stayed true to the definition there would be none and there would be a negative effect on the following generations. Emma Marris is an environmental science writer whom earned her master’s degree in science writing at John Hopkins University .

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