Rhetorical Analysis of a Speech English Assignment

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Overview: Now that you have a better understanding of the power of rhetoric to

influence/convince a reader, we will look at the way rhetorical strategies are also used with

speech. The purpose of this assignment is to listen to a speech, which just like the article and

image we analyzed, presents an argument, and analyze the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of this

argument.

Prompt: For this assignment, you will watch

Sir Ken Robinson’s Ted Talk titled “How Schools Kill Creativity”

Linda Ciliatt-Wayman’s Ted talk, titled “How to Fix a Broken School? Lead Fearlessly,

Love Hard.”

Please watch both of these TedTalks online. Copy and Paste the title into the search bar,

and you will locate the videos.

Then, you will write an essay in which you

evaluate the ONE of the speaker’s arguments

.

This, of course, does NOT mean that you should agree or disagree with the speaker; instead, you

will provide a deep analysis of the rhetorical strategies the speaker uses to convince his specified

audience of his point. You will need to restate his thesis/argument in your own words, identify

his targeted audience, and show how he or she did an effective or ineffective job at convincing

the audience. Identify the argument and audience in your introduction. Then, in your own thesis,

state whether the presented argument is effective or not and spend the body paragraphs focusing

on the different strategies and how they are being used.

You are analyzing the way the author presented his or her argument to determine whether

it is an effective or ineffective argument.

In order to analyze the argument, you will consider the author’s use of:

Appeals (pathos, logos, ethos)

Assumptions

Logical fallacies

Tone

Types/Strength of evidence

Objectivity/Bias

OR any other points we have discussed or you have encountered in the text

Directions:

You will need to 1) Point out any instances where the speaker used one of these elements by

providing a quote from the speech, and 2) Comment on whether or not the speaker did so

well/whether the use of this strategy contributed to effectiveness of his or her argument.

You do NOT have to address each of these elements, but you must pick a minimum of FIVE (5).

Each of the five can be presented in its own separate paragraph or you may combine any as you

see fit. Each paragraph should have a topic sentence that points back to the thesis.

Due Dates

:

Rough Draft: Week 10

Final Draft: Week 11

Requirements:

Luna 2

Length: 3-5 pages

You will need:

1. Introduction, including a hook, background information, the author’s thesis and his

audience and your thesis with a clear preview of points

2. Up to 5 body paragraphs, including cited examples from the speech as well as your

analysis of effectiveness after each citation

3. Conclusion with a clear restatement of the main points, thesis, and final argument.

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Running head: RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

Rhetorical Analysis

Student Name
Institution Affiliation

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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

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Rhetorical Analysis of Linda Cliatt Wayman’s Speech: How to Fix a Broken School
I.

Introduction

Speakers use different strategies to deliver a point of view to an audience effectively. As
an educator with decades of education administration experience in the Philadelphia academic
district Linda has dedicated her career to transforming the lives of students from low
performance institutions. In the speech about fixing a broken school, the speaker delivers an
emotional speech on using strong leadership skills, participatory involvement of stakeholders and
using love to change the status of low income area schools. Linda uses rhetorical strategies to
assist her to deliver an effective position to education stakeholders. In this article as I analyze her
use of rhetorical tools to deliver her message that a broken school can be fixed by fearless
leadership, passion and love. I submit that her speech has been effectively delivered the message
to her audience using an array of rhetorical strategies.
II.

Appeals

The speaker has used the strategy of ethos to demonstrate to the target audienc...


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