Outline

Ethos:

It is important to me that I don’t talk to fast or say um after every sentence. In my past speeches I get nervous and try to get them over with as fast as possible. I need to work on slowing down and keeping eye contact with the audience.

Pathos:

 I want my audience to find a way to relate to my stories, by telling my stories in a way for people to put themselves in similar situations in their own lives. I can do this through the eye contact and the stories I choose.

Logos:

Introduction: Looking at three major aspects of life: career, family and entertainment, I can see that one common thread is helping those in need. I have found that after all the help I have received over the years, I am now returning that favor in many different ways.

Body Parts:

Career: kinesiology major—physical therapy

            -People Person- enjoy helping others

            - (story) running which led to injuries, which meant lots of PT

Family: big to small family

            -(story) nobody would never know that my family dynamic just changed drastically with my mom leaving my step dad.

            -helping my mom and brother

            -role model for my brother

Entertainment: DZ

-(story) tymber making me feel comfortable on pref day, I knew that the girls of DZ would one day be my best friends

-being together, feeling as a family doing anything together, brings a sense of ease into what can be a hectic life.

Conclusion: I have found that over the years after getting help for my injuries, how my mom provided for me and then how Delta Zeta created a second family at school, it has created natural want to help others within myself.

An Ellen Degeneres monologue

When I think of someone who is success at giving a great speech or monologue, the first person that came to my mind was Ellen Degeneres. She has had her own show for over 10 years, where each show starts out with a short monologue about anything and everything. And I'm not joking, think of anything and I'm sure she has commented on it in her daily monologue.

I chose a monologue that she did on Christmas trees. She structures this is a way to pull in her audience with her humor. On this particular monologue she picks a very relatable topic of picking out Christmas trees. She engages her audience by including their reactions and comments throughout the speech. She uses ethos, pathos, and logos all throughout this monologue.

Ethos- She finds one of the most relatable topics during the holidays, almost everyone goes out on the hunt to find the perfect Christmas tree. She also brings in some of her personal life by telling her own stories about finding the right tree. She also makes the entire process humorous as well, making fun of the way people pick that right tree

Pathos- She uses this holiday tradition to make an emotional connection with her audience. People are able to think about their own experiences in finding a christmas tree, decorating the tree, and taking the tree down and then relate to all of her jokes throughout her monologue.

Logos- Her organization throughout the monologue is to tie the entire process of having a tree into the speech. She talks about step one of finding the tree, then decorating the tree, and finally having to take the tree down.

Another important aspect of her speech is that she definitely does not seem nervous, she appears to be having fun, by laughing and joking throughout the monologue. She is not just standing up there and reading off cue cards or anything, which means there are not any awkward pauses and she is able to look at both the camera and her live audience. I think Ellen knows exactly how to make a speech about anything both funny and interesting.

Rise of the NBA Nerd

When you think of a sports press conference the attire that would normally be acceptable, would be the just cleaned up after an intense game in the locker room kind of look. When we get more specific and think about the image of an NBA star, most people would see an extremely tall, muscular man, in a jersey and baggy shorts. People normally do not expect these athletes to look put together. Morris takes a look at the relatively recent change in the wardrobe of NBA stars at press conferences. I think that pointing out just what these famous black men are wearing at press conferences is not enough; we need to point out how the fashion of black Americans today has been slowly evolving.

http://fashionscute.com/men-fashion-tips-for-your-best-appearance/black-men-fashion-tips/

It is not just at the NBA press conferences that black celebrities have made noticeably more effort on their personal appearance but in their everyday life these famous men are going to new lengths to dress in a different style. As Morris pointed out, this wardrobe change has made “nerdy” or “white” attire acceptable and cool. Morris compared these styles to Carlton from the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, at the time of the show Carlton was the farthest thing from cool, but when we look at Kanye West in his gray suit with a tan backpack and thick rimmed glasses, we cannot help to think that he is sporting the nerdy look.

http://qcistyle.com/the-n-crowd/men’s-fashion-geek-chic…/

I believe another important point that Morris is sort of making is that because these celebrities are changing their looks, that means the fans of these of men are going to also change their look. I have definitely noticed this change in the black culture. Ten years ago Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, Journeys and Express were all white people stores but now those stores seem to appeal to all races. It is not about looking your color, it is about looking fashionable and put together. I think Morris’ article to commenting on the society change in America, showing that black men are not condemned to the city projects but they too can be smart and successful.