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