Week 13 Discussion: TED Talk 11 | Quick Homework Help

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Initial post due Thursday by 11:59pm
Response to TWO classmates due Saturday by 11:59pm

This week we are starting our unit for the research paper. One of the options, you have to pick from is on Monsters and how Monsters (real and imaginary) function in .our society. Please watch the TED Talk by Karen Thompson Walker entitled “What Fear Can Teach Us.”

While you are watching or writing about the TED Talk consider using it as one of your outside sources for Essay 4.

Click here for the transcript of Walker’s speech.

“What Fear Can Teach Us” | Karen Thompson Walker.

Questions

1. What is the speaker’s main argument? Or what is her thesis?
2. Name at least 3 specific examples/pieces of evidence she uses to support her argument?
3. What was the biggest takeaway that you had from this video? What interested you the most?
4. What kind of evidence/stories is Walker telling her audience in the speech?
5. How does Walker organize her speech? In connection with Question 4, when does this evidence show up in her speech? When does she give that evidence? Is the placement of the evidence successful? Is there any pattern you can discern or figure out from where she places those pieces of specific evidence?
6. What is Walker’s purpose? What does she want from his audience?
7. What is Walker’s tone? Is her tone successful in connecting with her audience?
8. What examples of ethos, pathos, or logos does Walker use in her speech? Are they effective or not?