TED Talk Rhetorical Analysis

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A TED Talk video is spreading ideas in a speech that takes about eighteen minutes or less.In a TED Video, the speaker uses Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, to persuade their audience to believe them.Ethos is an ethical appeal (credibility), convincing the audience that the speaker is someone worth them listening to.Pathos is when the speaker uses emotions to persuade their audience.Logos is when the speaker uses reasoning and common sense to get to their audience. Sam Berns or Simpson Gordon Bern’s was born October 23, 1996, and died January 10, 2014.He was born to Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Bern.Who found out that their son Sam has Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. Sam was twenty-two months old then. when …show more content…

"I loved Sam Berns and am richer for having known him," Patriots owner Robert Kraft said. "He was a special young man whose inspirational story and positive outlook on life touched my heart. Alakhras 5 Life according to Sam, is a documentary that showed Sam’s life with such disease, and how he was living as a teen with progeria.He mentioned the documentary in the video and told the audience how as a person he changes,such as some his dreams of what he wanted to become.he says”no matter what I choose to become, I believe I can change the world.And as I'm striving to change the world, I will be happy”. Sam died January-10-2014.He was 17 years old, he died due to complications that were caused because of progeria.At his death, Sam had been planning to apply to college, where he hoped to study genetics or cell biology.Sam Berns was scheduled to serve as an honorary captain at Saturday night’s New England Patriots playoff game. Instead, the team planned to hold a moment of silence before the game in his

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