Loading...

Messages

Proposals

Stuck in your homework and missing deadline? Get urgent help in $10/Page with 24 hours deadline

Get Urgent Writing Help In Your Essays, Assignments, Homeworks, Dissertation, Thesis Or Coursework & Achieve A+ Grades.

Privacy Guaranteed - 100% Plagiarism Free Writing - Free Turnitin Report - Professional And Experienced Writers - 24/7 Online Support

The danger of a single story ted talk summary

18/10/2021 Client: muhammad11 Deadline: 2 Day

Rhetorical Analysis

Your first formal essay for the semester will be to write a rhetorical analysis on a text. For this assignment, you should select one of the following texts we’ve read and/or viewed together as a class to analyze rhetorically:

· “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie => the one I chose

· “My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas

· Donald Trump campaign speech and press release from December 7, 2015

· “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

As Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz, and Walters write in Everything’s an Argument, to analyze a text rhetorically means to perform “a close reading of a text to find how and whether it persuades” (91). As we’ve practiced in class, more than discussing in detail what the argument is, your rhetorical analysis should focus on the details of how each text makes its argument and ultimately how effective that argument is. Some things you’ll want to consider are the text’s language, rhetorical situation and context, audience, rhetorical techniques, organization/structure, and purpose (i.e., to convince, to persuade, to propose/call to action, to inform, or to explore).

You may also want to consider:

· Ethos—How does the writer establish trust with the audience? How does the writer establish his/her authority to speak on the topic? Does s/he handle the argument fairly or only present one side? Does the biography and background of the writer make him/her more or less credible?

· Logos—How logical and well supported is the argument? What types of evidence does the author use—quotations, allusions to other texts or historical/cultural references, statistics, laws, step-by-step logical reasoning, narratives/testimonies?

· Pathos—In what way(s) does the author attempt to connect with his/her audience emotionally? How does s/he use personal stories to make emotional connections? What moments can you pinpoint where the writer is trying to draw out a particular emotion from the audience? Are these emotional appeals effective, ineffective, overplayed? Explain how/why.

· Opposing arguments—Did the author address counterarguments or alternative points of view? And was s/he effective at fairly engaging with them and shooting them down?

· Style (word choice, sentence structure, details, imagery, tone/voice)—What are the elements of this author’s style and do they add to the argument or detract from it? If you are looking at a speech, here you may also examine how the speaker presents him/herself.

· Is there a clear thesis? What is it? Does the author state it explicitly or implicitly? Why do you think s/he made such a choice?

Likely, you will not (and, arguably should not) answer all of these questions in your final paper. It’s up to you to focus on just the ones that you find most relevant to your assessment of your chosen text. You must be sure to ground your analysis in specific examples from the text. This means you will likely quote regularly from the text, analyzing roughly 2–3 quotations or concrete textual examples in each body paragraph.

In addition, while it’s fine to write an analysis primarily focused on the ways a text is rhetorically convincing and effective, you must find at least one point of critique in your chosen text. This point of critique should be discussed in a paragraph of its own, likely near the end of your paper (though it could be you find this fits better elsewhere). This critique could take the form of identifying missed opportunities or places where the writer might expand, develop, or edit down his/her argument; areas of pathos, ethos, or logos that fall short in the text; or other ways you felt the writer failed to make the most of his/her rhetorical situation. Consider the critique the place where you get to voice how you can see the text being improved. Note: Should you be writing an analysis that is focused mostly on negatively critiquing your text, you will need to identify at least one point where the author succeeds rhetorically and spend a paragraph focused on that component.

Format and Due Dates:

Use the following length and formatting requirements:

· 3–5 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman, size 12, 1-inch margins all around

· Typed, double-spaced, page numbers on all pages except the first page

· First page: in the upper left-hand corner, put the following info:

o Your name

o Instructor name

o Rhetoric 110N

o Date (written in correct format, like so): 23 February 2016

· Title (centered on first page after signature block)—create your own unique title that could only go on your paper

Friday 2/12: Bring working thesis statement, introduction, and at least one body paragraph with you to class

Tuesday 2/16: Essay #1 first draft due in Canvas by 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday 2/23: Essay #1 final draft due in Canvas by 5:00 p.m.

TEXT EVIDENCE MUST BE INCLUDED. I HAVE ATTACHED MY ESSAY BELOW. YOU JUST NEED TO PUT SOME TEXT EVIDENCE IN THERE.

Essay #1: RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 1

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 3

The Danger of a Single Story- Rhetorical Analysis

Ashlee Nguyen

University of San Francisco

The Danger of a Single Story- Rhetorical Analysis

Thesis

Have you ever heard a rumor that completely contrasts with your true self or someone close to you? It has been well portrayed by Adiche in her story “The Danger of a Single Story”. She explains how a story can be a danger to oneself, and it affects her and people around her. The purpose of this thesis is to inform about devices and rhetorical methods used by chamamanda Adiche in her speech.

Introduction

Adiche speech surrounds a theme that she terms as the “danger of a single story” which in real sense means the danger of stereotyping. In the Webster’s dictionary, the term stereotyping is defined as “an often and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic”. She exposes all the stereotypes she has ever encountered and uses those experiences to enlighten a lesson of the danger of knowing or telling only a single story, perspective or a point of people or thing. I have listened to this speech on youtube.com and it resonates with me every time it plays. This is true because we might have experienced similar situations as her. But the most obvious reason am always hooked to her speech is her intelligent use of logos (logic), credibility (ethos), and emotional appeal (pathos), to drive her points.

Her speech points out the flaws of stereotyping whether it is done on empathy or not; it identifies why it is important to consider the other side of a coin before judging a person or a situation, so as to give an impartial and a fair story of people or things. This Nigerian speaker seems to be very skilled in driving her story in canons of rhetoric, arrangements, invention, memory, style and delivery. This thesis analyzes all the subjects that gave rise to her speech and also analyzes her use of pathos, ethos, and logos that she employed to drive her points to the audience.

The Context of the Speech/ the Rhetorical Situation

Amamanda Adiche, who is the speaker, is a Nigerian by descent; she is a writer and author who have been termed as “the most prominent of a procession of critically acclaimed young Anglophone authors that is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African Literature”. She was born in the city of Enugu where she was brought up as the fifth of six children. She has made many speeches and written three books. Her work has been endorsed by celebrities such as Beyoncé who employees Adiche’s work in her song, “Flawless”. Adiche seems to deliver her speech to an audience which seems mostly to be white and sponsored by TED Talks.

Body

Let’s look at the appeals she employs to argue her position now that the scene is already set

She utilizes credibility (ethos), well known as “audience grabber” to arrest their attention and keep their focus. She delivers stories starting with herself as a child which her audience can easily relate to. In her story, she covers about the then and recent debate regarding immigration situation in America.

With precision and expertise, she appeals the emotions of the audience with a strong sense of pathos as seen below. To start with, she narrates the story of a little boy who was her house keeper and was a humble background. She employs humor as she explains the ridiculous nature of stereotyping. She narrated a story of her room-mate who was an American, and she felt pity for her just because she was an African. She also gives a story about how she was being informed about a stereotype of her book and the African characters in the book and how she sarcastically responded by giving her version of stereotype about a book she once read with an American characters.

She also employs logos which in this case can be said to be the arrangement of all her experiences and ideas so as to add power in a direction that is appealing. Through her use of eloquent language, she supports her claims as seen below. She speaks proper English with fluency and starts with her childhood and how the “single story” was given to her since she was a child. She also uses issues that are of notable books, the national debate as well as artists such as Mariah Carey to give her story that the audience can identify her with.

Besides, she also uses her failure and experience in stereotyping of other people so as to further connect with the audience. Funny enough, she also critiques her behavior to portray that she is also subject to this behavior as well. She insists that we should begin with positive stories of people to get a clear picture of their story.

Lady Adiche sets and maintains an audacious tone in the whole speech. She holds and connects the audience captive with each situation or story she uses to drive her point at home.

Conclusion

Ms. Adiche reveals how people stereotype things or people in a convincing, eloquent and soft-spoken manner to her audience. She provides topics of national debate; lessons learned and even suggest how to tell people stories without stereotyping. She captures and engages the audience through the use of cannons of rhetoric’s involving pathos, ethos, and logos. Her style of delivering the speech motivates me every time I listen to her, and I intend to emulate her.

References

Adichie, C. (2016). The danger of a single story. Ted.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016, from http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en

Merriam-webster.com,. (2016). Definition of STEREOTYPE. Retrieved 17 February 2016, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stereotype

Homework is Completed By:

Writer Writer Name Amount Client Comments & Rating
Instant Homework Helper

ONLINE

Instant Homework Helper

$36

She helped me in last minute in a very reasonable price. She is a lifesaver, I got A+ grade in my homework, I will surely hire her again for my next assignments, Thumbs Up!

Order & Get This Solution Within 3 Hours in $25/Page

Custom Original Solution And Get A+ Grades

  • 100% Plagiarism Free
  • Proper APA/MLA/Harvard Referencing
  • Delivery in 3 Hours After Placing Order
  • Free Turnitin Report
  • Unlimited Revisions
  • Privacy Guaranteed

Order & Get This Solution Within 6 Hours in $20/Page

Custom Original Solution And Get A+ Grades

  • 100% Plagiarism Free
  • Proper APA/MLA/Harvard Referencing
  • Delivery in 6 Hours After Placing Order
  • Free Turnitin Report
  • Unlimited Revisions
  • Privacy Guaranteed

Order & Get This Solution Within 12 Hours in $15/Page

Custom Original Solution And Get A+ Grades

  • 100% Plagiarism Free
  • Proper APA/MLA/Harvard Referencing
  • Delivery in 12 Hours After Placing Order
  • Free Turnitin Report
  • Unlimited Revisions
  • Privacy Guaranteed

6 writers have sent their proposals to do this homework:

Engineering Mentor
Top Grade Tutor
Coursework Assignment Help
24/7 Assignment Help
Study Master
Engineering Exam Guru
Writer Writer Name Offer Chat
Engineering Mentor

ONLINE

Engineering Mentor

I have worked on wide variety of research papers including; Analytical research paper, Argumentative research paper, Interpretative research, experimental research etc.

$31 Chat With Writer
Top Grade Tutor

ONLINE

Top Grade Tutor

As per my knowledge I can assist you in writing a perfect Planning, Marketing Research, Business Pitches, Business Proposals, Business Feasibility Reports and Content within your given deadline and budget.

$50 Chat With Writer
Coursework Assignment Help

ONLINE

Coursework Assignment Help

I have read your project details and I can provide you QUALITY WORK within your given timeline and budget.

$39 Chat With Writer
24/7 Assignment Help

ONLINE

24/7 Assignment Help

I am a PhD writer with 10 years of experience. I will be delivering high-quality, plagiarism-free work to you in the minimum amount of time. Waiting for your message.

$38 Chat With Writer
Study Master

ONLINE

Study Master

I can assist you in plagiarism free writing as I have already done several related projects of writing. I have a master qualification with 5 years’ experience in; Essay Writing, Case Study Writing, Report Writing.

$32 Chat With Writer
Engineering Exam Guru

ONLINE

Engineering Exam Guru

I am an elite class writer with more than 6 years of experience as an academic writer. I will provide you the 100 percent original and plagiarism-free content.

$15 Chat With Writer

Let our expert academic writers to help you in achieving a+ grades in your homework, assignment, quiz or exam.

Similar Homework Questions

Windermere international summer school - Forensicaccounting(1stedition).rufus, r., miller, l., and hahn, w. - Digestive system anatomy quiz - Mafs 912 a rei 3.6 - Recrystallization theoretical yield - RM AP4 - Replies week 7 - Matt teachout - How to add figures to table of figures in word - The book of micah presents a divine lawsuit - The managerial process of crafting and executing strategy - Pre socratic philosophers were primarily concerned with - Safety gloves protect your fingers and crossword answers - Rsnetworx for ethernet ip - Old parliament house gardens - In a certain region of space the electric potential is - Garment manufacturing technology ppt - Hsa ergonomics workshop - History of ethnographic research - Criminolgy/paper - Lln unit of competency - 978 0 07 811267 6 - 972 849 0341 - What i have learned so far - Aruba iap 215 rw - How to become a scientific editor - The overcrowded lifeboat a moral dilemma - 66/18 cecilia street marrickville - Reading borough council rent - The curve representing ohm's law must be - Essay - Four lenses of wellness - APA - How earth was born - Hamlet did not love ophelia - How to write reflection 1 for english sba - Drag me to hell opening scene - History Essay - Match the graphs with their parametric equations - Endocrine system worksheet answers - Biozone unit 3 and 4 answers pdf - What is 8 hrs from now - WITNESS horizon - Changing images of violence in rap music lyrics - Qbcc owner builder permit - Cpap in neonates ppt - Decision by blades inc to invest in thailand - Application of myra estrin levine theory - Assume that expected inflation is based on the following: πet = θπt-1. if θ = 0, we know that - Conductors and insulators and semiconductors - Inverse definite minimum time - Earth mat design calculation pdf - Causes of ww1 worksheet - Royal melbourne hospital royal park - Sample letter to client requesting information - Singapore business culture and practices - A+ Tutor Queen Only - Trader joes talent pool - New media -- assignment - Nephroureteral stent icd 10 pcs - Alcoa fastening fka fairchild fasteners - Data structures outside in with java 1st edition - Who theorized that all behavior lawful and criminal is learned - Atlantis marine services llc - Importance of bed making in hotels - Eunice mary kennedy shriver - How to calculate evpi from decision tree - Urban utilities trade waste - Discussion - A small sacrifice yiyun li - Course Assignment 2 - Uct law faculty staff - Computer Science Project-Misson to Mars - Java programs normally go through five phases - Dr danie du toit - Discussion questions and answers for the lottery by shirley jackson - Ellesmere park high school - Kouzes and posner the leadership challenge pdf - Discusion - How many eggs does an echidna lay - Purchased merchandise from boden company for $6 000 - Gps g7 sw 12001 - Joint office of gas transporters - Teacher performance and development plan example - Move clustered bar chart to a chart sheet - Week8 health assignment HSCI 430 - Biol 1322 nutrition - Discussion com510 - GP part 2 MF - Submis assignment 2 eco - Need 500+ words in Apa format with no plagiarism follow instructions below. - Process Costing & cost behavior - Herbicide application record sheet - Celebrating diversity in early years - CC W 1 D - Golden age retirement planners specializes in providing financial advice - Escience lab 14 mendelian genetics answers - Physics problems - Bloomberg terminal software free download - Briony kells dentist