The ted Talk Essay

In the project for this unit, you are going to talk about the SOCIAL DILEMMAS and DANGERS related to digital rhetoric.  It should feel like you are talking, like a TED TALK. Think of Thomas Suarez, who at 12 years old, delivered one of the ten most watched Ted Talks of all time.  Let that inspire you.

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The Ted talk video

1.AN INTERESTING OPENING/INTRODUCTION:  The first minute opening is interesting and draws a listener in.  The story, anecdote, or issue that I explain in the opening connects clearly to the rest of the my overall message. My introduction flows nicely.

2.OUTSIDE SOURCES & APA CITATIONS: I use AT LEAST two outside sources.  One source comes from the readings from the unit on digital rhetoric. I name the authors and their essay titles in my talk. (I use APA in-text citations accurately and create a bibliography in the description area on youtube). 

3.FORMATTING: My video is at least 5 minutes long.  There may be multiple takes (i.e., it can be edited) but there are no long or awkward pauses. My video has an interesting title on youtube. 

4.VISUAL IMAGES: I have an interesting background behind me and I am easy to hear (if there is NYC background noise, I work that into the video).  The background makes sense with what I am saying or who I am projecting myself as.

5.DIGITAL DISCUSSION: I explain what I see as the social dilemmas and problems with digital rhetoric today.  My discussion of these issues flows nicely and is VERY DETAILED.

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GREEK rhetoric vocabulary

    Aristotelian Aspects

• ethos? (what are their credentials? why are you convinced?)
• logos? (what are the facts?)
• pathos? ( what emotion are involved? what do you feel?)
• identification? (how do other people relate?) 
• repetition? (what are the repeated stories and examples?) 
• kairos? (how is the about the moment in which they live?)​

      MORE

• Locution: What was actually said?
• Illocution: What was implied?  How so?
• Perlocution: What are the psychological and social impacts?

*Anadiplosis is a form of repetition in which the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence.

Basics

• Who is the speaker(s)?  Why? What is the goal? What is the message?
• Who is the targeted audience? Who are the people involved?  Why them?
• What are the visuals? What are the sounds? Why?