https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7 The ultimate RD challenge en-us 2020-11-23 21:14:17 UTC 2020-11-27 12:41:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f643.png jmccarthy61 https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/954079524 Reggie Watts 2012 Ted Talk “Distortion” (video linked)

After reading and watching this Ted Talk, meet with your team to construct a rhetorical analysis of this speech. (transcript of Ted Talk is here
In order to “win” this competition, your team must:

1. Locate 3 RDs
2. Decide the speaker’s purpose and message.
3. Write a thesis with 3 RDs using this Thesis Statement Flow

Submit your thesis on this Padlet

]]> 2020-11-23 21:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/954079524 https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956286646 1. 3 RDs: Juxtaposition, Metaphor, and asyndeton.
2. Reggie Watts purpose is to grab his audience attention through his series of different tones. Reggie Watts message is to live life with no regrets.
3. Reggie Watts employs juxtaposition, metaphor, and asyndeton to empathize his goal of encouraging people to live life with no regrets and to always move forward.

]]> 2020-11-24 14:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956286646 https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956303095 1.3 RDs: asyndeton: ”of that sensation, of the mirror, of the memories” , 
repetition: when...you know what i’m saying, but you know what I’m saying, because as a hip hop think you know what I’m saying,’
colloquialism: “all right, here we go”
2. Purpose: to entertain and encourage people to 
Message: It is essential for people to express themselves and find the genuine values of their life.
3. Thesis statement: Watts entertains people through his talents and the use of asyndeton, repetition, and colloquialism to encourage people to express themselves and find the true values of themselves. ]]> 2020-11-24 14:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956303095 https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956305870 1. The speaker uses colloquialism, irony, and understatement.
2. The speaker wants to be loud and very descriptive in his language so he could motivate his audience and bring a positive energy to them by playing music and speaking different English accents and languages.
3.Watts uses colloquialism, irony, and understatement to convey his message to the audience. The descriptive, funny language made very smooth for the message to shuffle to his audience's mind (the message in on answer 2).]]> 2020-11-24 14:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956305870 https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956321130 Reggie Watts conveys to live in the moment, to enjoy life as is and to be self aware through parallelism, analogy and alliteration. He keeps the audience engaged by singing and using comedy. This allows his message to be heard and memorable even after he finishes his Ted talk. ]]> 2020-11-24 14:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956321130 dbui31 https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956335266 1RD.He used Repetition by using the beats to create this flow and rhythm to how he expresses life
2RD.He also analogy, his comparison to reality and science to compare and contrast that life isn't just found in something
3RD.The finally rhetorical tool he used was colloquialism as he was talking in French as a sort of familiarity
2.His message is to inform his audience how the purpose of life is not just authentic and that we truly do not know how to live our lives fully and that life is bigger than it is. He portrays to his audience his positive attitude while speaking in a different language and uses different beats and tones.
3.  Reggie Watts uses different musical genres to express how life is bigger than it is and finding ways to discover how reality really works through the use of repetition of the beat and flow, colloquialism familiarity and analogy comparison to life .

]]> 2020-11-24 14:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956335266 knguyen164 https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956336245 1. The speaker uses parallel structure, juxtaposition and analogy.
2.The speaker's purpose is to entertain and persuade. 
The speaker's massage is to live in the moment and understanding of reality is utterly futile as it raises more questions.
3. Watt plays parallel structure, juxtaposition, analogy to entertain and persuade audience to live more meaningful and to love the way they are.]]> 2020-11-24 14:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jmccarthy61/slk2q48gofdwxec7/wish/956336245