Contemporary Speeches & PERFORMANCES… digitized!

Choose any ONE of the speeches or performances below.  Do a rhetorical analysis of your ONE chosen artifact.  You can look at the page--- "What is Rhetorical Analysis?"--- for insights and guidelines. Click here.  

You will need to do some background research yourself in order to contextualize your speaker and audience. Click on the youtube icon and you will be taken directly to the youtube site which will give you more information about the video.  You should also do a web search on these speakers so that you can know more about who they are.  

These videos were all chosen by Professor Carmen or previous students.  If you would to contribute a video to the site for future assignments, please email Professor Carmen.

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Lizzie Velasquez Speaks! (4.5+ million views)

Junot Diaz (18K+ views)

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Dr. James Loewen (4700+ views)

Sy Stoles (2+ million views)

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Janet Mock Speaks at USC: Fighting for #GirlsLikeUs (47K+ Views)

Sir Ken Robinson delivers the most watched Ted Talk (7+ million views)

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at TEDxEuston (700,000+ views)

Melissa Harris-Perry 
(200,000+ views)

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​"Hair" by Elizabeth Acevedo 
​15K+ Views

​"The First Time" by Aja Monet
43K+ Views

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​Suli Breaks (2.7+ million view)

Melissa Harris-Perry 
on the Death of Black Men in America
(9,000+ views)

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​Mark Grist (3.1 million+ views)

​Caleb Levell's Digital Documentary (9000+ views)

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​Public Service Announcement (12K+ views)

​3 Ways to Speak English

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​Shane Koyczan (2 million views)

​Denice Frohman(6K+ views)

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​"Perfection" by Noel Quiñones
75K+ views

Please send in your suggestions!

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Do not shy away from watching the longer videos (like Junot Diaz).  Step up to the plate and really listen!

Please send in your own picks for interesting performers that seem to be impacting large audiences.  
You can use the contact form at this website to submit a link to a video.