A Rhetorical Analysis Of Justin Baldoni's Ted Talk

To start off the new year, in January of 2018, a new “Ted Talk” was posted, perhaps to persuade its audience to add another resolution to their list. Justin Baldoni, famous actor, talks about,” Why I’m done trying to be ‘man enough’”. Justin discusses his journey of discovering that he has lived his life wrongly and in shame due to not expressing how he truly is because of the pressure society has put on him to be “masculine”. Justin uses personal stories, credibility, and body language to ensure his speech is effective to his audience. Along with other techniques, I will be analyzing the organization and delivery of Justin’s speech. To begin with, Justin’s introduction to the speech starts off with his personal background information, side

As Justin continues his speech, his transitions are clear and evident, from speaking about himself, to his father and childhood, to displaying his Instagram experiment, he never loses the audience’s focus. Justin’s use of evidence in his speech varied, from visual aids, to anecdotes, photos, quotes, and even the logos appeal. Justin manages to squeeze in a use of the logos appeal, by displaying a pie graph that depicts the statistics of the demographic he attracted the most via his initial Instagram posts. He goes on to explain this demographic as being a majority of females between the ages of 18-34 years of age. Justin’s use of logos was effective in being used as hard evidence, making it clear to the audience that he is speaking the truth of his issue. His evidence supported his

Within his introduction, Justin is builds his credibility by addressing his own personal issue, and then goes in to talk about how much this is an issue on a global scale that a various number of men face today in society. Although he explains his vulnerability many times, Justin’s body language shows the audience he is confident in his insecurities and vulnerabilities. It can be seen throughout his speech, that he consistently makes eye contact with the audience members, allowing for a deeper and more sensible connection to the audience. This proves his speech is genuine, hooking the audience to continue to listen to him even more. Simultaneously, his facial expressions always linked up perfectly to the tone of his voice and the words he had to say. Even towards his conclusion, it was clear how emotional Justin was becoming, proving how passionate he is about the issue he is addressing. In allowing himself to be emotional on stage, he was effective with his use of voice and facial expression, being himself, not holding any piece of him or his story