Rhetorical Analysis: The Future Of Lying

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The Art of Lying Once or twice a day is on average, how many times a person lies, according to the TED Talk, “The Future of Lying,” presented by Jeff Hancock. Nevertheless, for being a daily occurrence and something a person is surrounded by, lying is typically not at the forefront of a person’s mind. “The Future of Lying” gives the audience an insight into the world of deception. Jeff Hancock gives relevant examples to make his audience question how much they truly know about the art of lying. A speaker can be the reason for the successfulness of a speech. Even with attention-grabbing information a speaker’s delivery can destroy the audience’s reception of the information. Jeff Hancock uses humor to help carry his fascinating information …show more content…

This interesting information is something that “The Future of Lying” excels at. One of the first ways that Jeff Hancock encages his audience is be naming familiar lying behaviors, most people have already engaged in. These behaviors are the Butler, Sock Puppets, and Chinese Water Army. The one that most people have engaged in would be the Butler. Butlers are common use for many people, the interesting part comes from why people practice them. The avoidance of others is not how most people would think to protect their relationships with others, but that is exactly the reason Jeff Hancock gives for the use of Butlers. Jeff Hancock continues his explanations of these three types of lying behaviors explaining the Chinese Water Army. Jeff Hancock does this be presenting two reviews for a hotel; one is a real review from someone who stayed at the hotel and the other is one from a Chinese Water Army. The remarkable part is how to tell them apart, the fake review creates a narrative with the use of I. While the real reviewer focuses on the spatial aspects of the room and other practical

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