Rhetorical Analysis: The Ted Talk

First and Foremost, The Ted talk by Neuroscientist Dr. Jeffrey Iliff immediately grabs the listener's attention and common ground by mentioning that one third of a our lives are spent sleeping, he also emphasizes the importance of sleeping, thus revealing the main topic, and establishing goodwill. The body of his speech has great information that is backed by research. An ancient physician Names Galen was mentioned that had a theory that supports modern findings about sleep an the brain which was a interesting addition to the speech. The presenter was engaging enough, and did connect with the audience a little by disclosing that he knows the audience already has some knowledge of sleep and the importance of it, then goes on and expands on the knowledge that the audience knows by teaching in an easy and clear way to understand. The transition from main points were done well, hand gestures were there. The slides Jeff showed were not overly complex nor distracting, and were shown at the right time to give excellent information of what he was showing. Considering the presentation was more

The main points were not to clear in the introduction of his speech, and the transition to his first main point was absent and made it difficult to understand if it was part of the introduction or if he was starting the body of his speech. Although The Neuroscientist did have plenty of hand gestures insinuating that he cared about what he was talking about, the guy did not do much else in terms of body language, He stood in place making it seem as if he was uncomfortable to be presenting. The biggest problem with this presentation is that the Doctor mentions the information is supported through research, but fails to disclose, who, when, and where the research was done, which makes his use of logos less