Video and Writing

For this portion of the exam, you will watch a specific TedTalk video and then, answer the following questions. Write your answers under each question on this document.

Step 1: Watch TedTalk clip.

TedTalk Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/stella_young_i_m_not_your_inspiration_thank_you_very_much

Speaker: Stella Young

Publication Year: April 2014

Step 2: Answer the following questions. Answer need to be atleast the length of a paragraph to be considered as complete (*except for question 3). You do not need in-text citations, but do not plagiarize.

· How would you evaluate this video clip as source? Reference the ABC’s of source quality from Ch 7 in your response.

· How do you evaluate the credibility of the speaker? Support your answer by discussing two out of the four components of source credibility (competence, character, connection, & caring; Ch 11) and relate it back to the Speaker’s performance.

· What is the Speaker’s thesis statement? * This answer only needs to be one sentence .

· Would you consider this a persuasive speech? Why?