rhetorical analysis video possibilities

Jason Carney  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_11G9W-fGSs

positive aspects:  addresses topics most middle-class Americans think and worry about on a day-to-day basis.  Edgy word selection speaks to the audience.

negative aspects:  words used to state his point may offend some viewers.  Fast pace of speech may lose some people (may need to hear the poem twice to totally follow).

Twin Poets      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6igkrhepYI&feature=PlayList&p=4832EE0109D8CEE2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=23

positive aspects:  two people speaking gives reinforcement to the message and provides an interesting rhyming delivery to emphasize points.

negative aspects:  none

Amir Sulaiman   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczGIhmaJ_M

positive aspects:  addresses current universal topics which appeal to a wide range of audience members.  Word choice and intense delivery encompasses anger.

negative aspects:  none

One response to this post.

  1. Posted by cdadas on October 14, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    I have not watched these videos, but the Amir Sulaiman video might be worth exploring more. When you talk about intense delivery and anger, you know that a specific audience is being targeted and someone is for sure being excluded.

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