There are a lot of rhetorical techniques used in his speech. One thing Lecrae did a good job at was giving context and historical background. Lecrae also did a good job at defining things that were important to the topic. He also used quotes from rap songs and relevant people who gave great input. Lecrae really went all out for this speech. When it comes to ethos, pathos, and logos, logos stood out to me the most. He used logical reasoning and points to explain his opinions on why he thought that though hip-hop has had ups and downs, especially right now, he believes it can go back to being the positive and helpful music it once was. He also used ethos to show how he has seen changes in African American culture and hip-hop culture. When Lecrae mentioned his family’s struggles and concerns, he was really able to make the audience feel understanding of the side he was on. Overall this speech was very informative and it really opened my own mind.
There are a lot of rhetorical techniques used in his speech. One thing Lecrae did a good job at was giving context and historical background. Lecrae also did a good job at defining things that were important to the topic. He also used quotes from rap songs and relevant people who gave great input. Lecrae really went all out for this speech. When it comes to ethos, pathos, and logos, logos stood out to me the most. He used logical reasoning and points to explain his opinions on why he thought that though hip-hop has had ups and downs, especially right now, he believes it can go back to being the positive and helpful music it once was. He also used ethos to show how he has seen changes in African American culture and hip-hop culture. When Lecrae mentioned his family’s struggles and concerns, he was really able to make the audience feel understanding of the side he was on. Overall this speech was very informative and it really opened my own mind.
I agree with your thoughts on the talk. I also find the history of rap interesting as well.
ReplyDeleteLike Caleb said, I think it is really cool how Lacrae did a TED talk. I think it is really important for people to understand both sides of a story before they judge a situation like Lacrae's. It seemed like he did a good job at trying to make people understand what he went through as well as understand his main points about hip-hop.
ReplyDeleteCaleb, I really enjoyed reading your blog post. I really liked how you started by talking about your personal interest of Lecrae and talked a little bit about his background. I also liked how you broke down the speech and went through it topic by topic. You had very good organization and good recognition of Rhetoric.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very interesting speech. The speaker obviously had lots of passion for his topic and could provide plenty of personal insight. The portion about about heroes and villains is very interesting!
ReplyDeleteNice job Caleb. I really like Lecrae and it is cool to think of it from the perspective that not every rapper that talks about drugs and the struggle chose to live that life, but that they were forced to
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