On National Teacher Day, meet the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
P1 component 2
1. P1 Component 2
Mitch Echelberger
“Darkness cannot drive out
darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only
love can do that .”
(Martin Luther King Jr .)
2. Content Overview
The Position Shift Rhetorical Strategy
Before Narrative
Shift Description
After Tone and Diction
Compare and Contrast
Rhetorical Situation
Communicator and Audience Changes
Purpose and Topic Differing Audiences
Medium and Context
3. Before
Solid brotherhood.
I was under my brother’s
wing, he was a source of
guidance.
I idolized him, wanted to
be just like him when I
grew older.
We were inseparable.
4. Shift
We grew older and
developed new friendships.
We became less connected.
Influenced by his new
friends and began to
experiment with drugs.
Experimentation led to
addiction.
Tension and mutual change
in feelings.
I didn’t like him this way, he
didn’t care.
Relationship at all time low.
5. After
Drew realized all the
harm he caused.
Desperately wanted
reconciliation.
Unable to immediately
adjust.
Patience served as a
virtue.
Brotherhood restored
6. Communicator and Audience
I am the communicator to the audience .
Audience would be my classmates/college
students, as well as my college professor.
7. Topic and Purpose
Topic
Brotherhood is very important to me.
Purpose
Allow people to reflect on their own relationships.
Show the dangers of drugs.
Don’t be strangers to loved ones.
8. Medium and Context
Medium
Podcast posted to blog.
Transcript posted to Blackboard.
No feedback from audience.
Context
Tough to stay within the time constraints.
Left things out due to time limit.
Mix of telling my story and getting point across.
9. Narrative
I used this technique for the majority of my podcast.
Allowed audience to ease into my shift smoothly.
Personal accounts from myself provides ability for
audience to connect.
Comfortable technique.
10. Description
I used description to give the audience a first hand
view.
Provided people who don’t know me with a closer
look at my life.
Feelings
Struggles
Outcome
11. Tone and Diction
Tone
Didn’t go overboard.
Changed during dialogue.
Calm tone to get point across easily.
Diction
Rather simple so I could relate to everyone.
I chose way this to keep the audience interested.
12. Compare and Contrast
Podcast was used to show the shift.
Uniformly for clearness.
Went from good, to bad, and back to good.
The podcast went from personal stories, enlightenment on the
subject of drug abuse.
13. Changes
I would make a few changes for different audiences.
Children and elderly
Leave out explicit fight description.
Family and Friends
Focus more on application to society
14. Summary
Rhetorical Situation
Purpose
Have people reflect on their relationships, as well as be aware.
Topic
Audience
Context
Rhetorical Strategy
Compare and Contrast
Description
Narrative
15. Work Cited
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate
cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” "Martin Luther King, Jr.."
BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2012. 11 October 2012.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/martin_luther_king
_jr.html