Activity With this activity, you will analyze a TED talk - http://www.ted.com/talks First, select a "talk" (aka presentation or speech) that interests you from the 1,100 TED Talks (ranging in length from 10 to 20 minutes). FYI: TED Talks was selected because each speech video should have enough depth or substance, and video quality to allow close viewing and analysis. Second, review chapters 10, 11, and 12 of your text. Third, listen to the presentation several times, looking deeply at how the individual uses non-verbal communication, composes sentences, and organizes thoughts, etc. Pay particular attention to the following areas: Purpose: General and the specific purpose (and implied if different from the stated purpose) Non-verbal delivery Movement in Your Speech Visual Aids Strategies for Success Pathos: tone, emphasis, engagement Logos: clarity, conciseness, arrangement Ethos: credibility, expectation, reference Style Appeals (to emotions, logic, ethos) Figurative language (similes, metaphors, symbols, imagery) Use of language, word choices (diction) Passive or active voice Simple or complex sentences; short or long sentences Oral strategies and tactics Music Volume Speech patterns (articulation, intonation, emphasis) Other sound effects Four, report on all 5 of the areas ...

1. Activity
With this activity, you will analyze a TED talk -
http://www.ted.com/talks
First, select a "talk" (aka presentation or speech) that interests
you from the 1,100 TED Talks (ranging in length from 10 to 20
minutes).
FYI: TED Talks was selected because each speech video should
have enough depth or substance, and video quality to allow
close viewing and analysis.
Second, review chapters 10, 11, and 12 of your text.
Third, listen to the presentation several times, looking deeply at
how the individual uses non-verbal communication, composes
sentences, and organizes thoughts, etc. Pay particular attention
to the following areas:
Purpose: General and the specific purpose (and implied if
different from the stated purpose)
Non-verbal delivery
Movement in Your Speech
Visual Aids
Strategies for Success

2. Pathos: tone, emphasis, engagement
Logos: clarity, conciseness, arrangement
Ethos: credibility, expectation, reference
Style
Appeals (to emotions, logic, ethos)
Figurative language (similes, metaphors, symbols, imagery)
Use of language, word choices (diction)
Passive or active voice
Simple or complex sentences; short or long sentences
Oral strategies and tactics
Music
Volume
Speech patterns (articulation, intonation, emphasis)
Other sound effects

3. Four, report on all 5 of the areas