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TED TALK Watch and Respond Name of Talk: Name of Speaker: 1

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TED TALK Watch and Respond

Name of Talk: Name of Speaker: 1.) What was the speaker's thesis (main point) of this speech? 2.) T.E.D. Talk presenters are known as effective public speakers. Describe two things this speaker does well in terms of engaging the audience. Be sure to include the minutezsecond mark (ex: 8:49) to denote the two speci?c moments you discuss here. 3.)Ethos is a speaker's ability to build credibility, estab lish himself/herself as an expert, and/or convince the a udience members that the speaker has their best interest 3 at heart. How does this speaker build ethos? Feel free to also refer to the speaker's pro?le information from the ted.com webpage as you build your answer. 4.) Pathos is an appeal to emotions (everything from humor to horror) in order to sway an audience, while logos is the use of data/evidence to prove one's case. Did this s peaker rely more on pathos or logos in his/her presentat ion? What argument/point in this presentation did you f ind the most compelling? Why? 5.) If you could ask this speaker a question about his/her information or presentation, What would you ask? 6.) Give one piece of constructive criticism that would improve the presentation. 7.) What group of people would bene?t the most from hearing this lecture? 8 & 9.) Write two speci?c things you learned from this presentation. 10.) Highlight any of the following adjectives that describe the T E. D. talk: Humorous Dull Inspiring Repetitive Intellectual Confusing Persuasive