TED Talk WORKSHEET Watch the TED TALK. Watch it a second time and fill in this worksheet. 1. TITLE OF THE TED TALK The Dangers of a Single Story 2. NAME OF THE SPEAKER Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 3. DATE OF THE TED TALK and NUMBER OF VIEWS October 2009 27,322,589 views 4. WHAT WAS THE SPEAKER’S THESIS, MAIN POINT OF THIS SPEECH? The speaker’s main point was there’s always more than one side to a story. Single stories create stereotypes that are incomplete. One story is not enough to represent a group of people. When people think there's only one story, that one story becomes the only one. 5. CIRCLE ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE THE TED TALK: a. Humorous b. Inspiring c. Dull d. Persuasive e. Intellectual f. Repetitive g. Confusing 6. ETHOS is the speaker’s attempt to establish their expertise and bona fides. How does the speaker build their ethos that they have the audience’s best interests at heart? You may want to consult their profile information too. As a negarian writer she experience effects of stereotyping when she moved to the states. She establishes the audience's trust by telling her experience when she wrote as a child, her experience in writing and speaking and her personal struggles. She gave all the real facts that describe single stories. 7. PATHOS is emotional appeal built into the speech. LOGOS is the use of data and evidence to prove one’s case. What was the balance of the two techniques in their speech? What was their best argument and point? Why was it so compelling? She displays her emotions by sharing stories with the audience like when she talks about a personal story, Fide(the helper) and his family. She talks about how everybody called him poor and she couldn't see another story for them. “Their poverty was my story for them”. She uses logos as examples of African people who have brought innovation and development in their fields. She also talks about her roommate who felt pity for her because she was African. She talks about her emotions to the audience so they can feel what she feels. 8. LIST TWO EFFECTIVE things this presenter did in their speech that engaged the audience (you?). Record the time stamps of those moments as well: A. At (3.20) she talks about Fide and his family. She talks about how everybody called him poor and she couldn't see another story for them. “Their poverty was my story for them” B. At (5.00) she talks about how her roommate had a single story for her, in this story she thought Africans were not similar to them, no connection as human equals, no feelings. C. When she jokes about her roommate reaction to Adichie’s African origin, how she “asked if she could listen to what she called my ‘tribal music’ and was consequently very disappointed when I produced my tape of Mariah Carey” (4:13) 9. LIST TWO specific things you learned from this presentation: A. Equal humanity is difficult B. Talk encourages us to understand how important these stories are 10. If you could ask a question about the information or presentation of the speech to the speaker what would you ask? When did you realize you wanted to talk about this topic publicly? 11. Give one piece of constructive criticism that would improve this presentation to the speaker. Maybe put information on slides so we can read it while you are talking 12. What group of people or audience would MOST BENEFIT from hearing this presentation? All groups because everyone needs to understand there is always more than one story