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To complete this journal assignment, first you will choose
one of the following speeches that interests you. You should listen and watch this speech closely because you will be discussing the speech’s rhetorical context.
The successful journal entry will address some or all of the above points of discussion as they relate to
both texts provided in a 300-500 word reflection.
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“What Streaming Means for the Future of Entertainment”
(opens in new window): a speech by Emmett shear, co-founder of Twitch about why so many people watch other people play video games online
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“My Identity is a Superpower–Not an Obstacle”
(opens in new window): a speech by America Ferrera, an actress famous for roles in
Ugly Betty,
Real Women Have Curves, and
Superstore about her early struggles to get cast as a Latina in Hollywood
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“Work Is Not Your Family”
(opens in new window): a speech by Gloria Chan Packer, a mental health advocate, about the dangers of blurring lines between our professional and home lives
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“My Journey to Thank All the People Responsible for my Morning Coffee”
(opens in new window): a speech by A.J. Jacobs about rewiring the brain to focus on the positive things through an emphasis on gratitude
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“The Exploitation of College Athletes”
(opens in new window): a speech by Tim Nevius, a former investigator for the NCAA, about the big business of college sports and how student athletes are taken advantage of
Draw comparisons between the two texts above. Specifically, you might address the following points of discussion:
1. Who is the
specific intended
audience of each of these pieces? Discuss everything you can discern about the audience of each piece based
only on the content of the piece. How old are they? What is their worldviews? What are their education levels? Note that the intended audience extends beyond the people in the room.
2. What
agenda/ message/ purpose does the writer/ speaker have? Can you locate a single sentence in which the writer/ speaker articulates their overall purpose?
3. What are the limitations of the medium of this piece? In other words, what limitations exist in the fact that this is a
speech delivered with the option of including
visuals?
4. What might change if the
speech were, instead, a
magazine article or even a
podcast? In other words, what would this same message look like if it were being communicated in another medium?
Expectations
The successful journal entry will address some or all of the above points of discussion as they relate to
both texts provided in a 300-500 word reflection.
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