A Lacking Conversation While watching the Ted Talk by Celeste Headlee there were multiple points that the viewer can take away when watching this. Not only does she cover the “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation”, but she also gives examples that may or may not be familiar to some people. Personally, I can now tell based off these theories Celeste makes I am already having a bad conversation with basically everyone I speak to. I am now realizing that I do not actually listen to who is speaking to me. I get easily distracted when I am being spoken to and I do not give my full attention to the speaker. In the piece “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation” by Celeste Headlee she is claiming that people nowadays are incapable of communicating
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One of them is ethos. When it comes to ethos it is the ethical appeal. For instance, the speaker uses multiple quotes and examples to back up her theory of the ten steps to consider during a conversation. She uses quotes from Bill Nye, Steven Cutty, and her sister. She uses Bill Nye’s quote to help back up her theory of number two. The quote she uses from Bill Nye is “everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t” (Celeste Headlee). She also uses experiments and statistics to back her statements up as well. By her providing all this information it convinces the viewer or listener to believe what she is saying and have no doubt in her steps to conversation …show more content…
Pathos is the emotional appeal. In this speech Celeste uses humor to appeal to her audience’s emotions. She incorporates funny quotes, funny sayings, pictures and even jokes of her own. It gets the listener to really hear what is being said which eventually leads to the audience to get the message she is trying to say. One example she uses to try and appeal to her audience is she tells them “to look, nod, and smile to show you are paying attention” (Celeste Headlee). She then goes on to tell them that all the things they have been told in the past about having an enjoyable conversation they need to “forget all of that, it is crap” (Celeste Headlee). She wants the audience to engage with her rules and not what they have been told in the past, so she adds humor to get them engaged with what she is trying to say. She also says, “If you wanted to state your opinion without any opportunity for a response, or argument, or push back, or growth… write a blog” (Celeste Headlee). Although, some people may take offense to this, they know she is just trying to get her audience to laugh and have an enjoyable time. She does not mean any harm to what she is saying, she just wants them to listen and appeal to their
One of them is ethos. When it comes to ethos it is the ethical appeal. For instance, the speaker uses multiple quotes and examples to back up her theory of the ten steps to consider during a conversation. She uses quotes from Bill Nye, Steven Cutty, and her sister. She uses Bill Nye’s quote to help back up her theory of number two. The quote she uses from Bill Nye is “everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t” (Celeste Headlee). She also uses experiments and statistics to back her statements up as well. By her providing all this information it convinces the viewer or listener to believe what she is saying and have no doubt in her steps to conversation …show more content…
Pathos is the emotional appeal. In this speech Celeste uses humor to appeal to her audience’s emotions. She incorporates funny quotes, funny sayings, pictures and even jokes of her own. It gets the listener to really hear what is being said which eventually leads to the audience to get the message she is trying to say. One example she uses to try and appeal to her audience is she tells them “to look, nod, and smile to show you are paying attention” (Celeste Headlee). She then goes on to tell them that all the things they have been told in the past about having an enjoyable conversation they need to “forget all of that, it is crap” (Celeste Headlee). She wants the audience to engage with her rules and not what they have been told in the past, so she adds humor to get them engaged with what she is trying to say. She also says, “If you wanted to state your opinion without any opportunity for a response, or argument, or push back, or growth… write a blog” (Celeste Headlee). Although, some people may take offense to this, they know she is just trying to get her audience to laugh and have an enjoyable time. She does not mean any harm to what she is saying, she just wants them to listen and appeal to their