English Rhetorical Discussion

Directions: Watch the videos below. Answer the discussion questions and submit them in one post. You and your group members will read each other’s responses and reply to them with comments. Please review the requirements at the bottom of this page on how to earn a Complete.Video #1 Discussion Questions: 1. What were your major takeaways from the video? 2. What is her viewpoint or main claim? 3. How can we apply racial literacy to this experience? What are the head and heart connections? 4. Who is the intended audience (it could be more than one)? What words or examples used in the video helped you to identify the audience? 5. Research her professional and personal background. Share what you have found and how it may relate to her viewpoint. How does Adichie’s viewpoint shape her voice? 6. How can be storytelling be used as a rhetorical device to express one’s viewpoint about language? Video#2 Discussion Questions: 1. What were your major takeaways from the video? 2. What is her viewpoint or main claim? 3. How can we apply racial literacy to this experience? What are the head and heart connections? 4. Who is the intended audience (it could be more than one)? What words or examples used in the video helped you to identify the audience? 5. What is her professional background? How does it relate to her viewpoint? 6. How does her viewpoint shape her voice? Video#3 Discussion Questions: 1. What were your major takeaways from the video? 2. What is her viewpoint or main claim? 3. How can we apply racial literacy to this experience? What are the head and heart connections? 4. Who is the intended audience (it could be more than one)? What words or examples used in the video helped you to identify the audience? 5. What words or lines from her poem created vivid imagery or gave you a different perspective? 6. What is her professional background? How does it relate to her background? 7. How does her viewpoint shape her voice? Video#4 Discussion Questions: 1. What were your major takeaways from the video? 2. What is her viewpoint or main claim? 3. How can we apply racial literacy to this experience? What are the head and heart connections? 4. Who is the intended audience (it could be more than one)? What words or examples used in the video helped you to identify the audience? 5. What words or lines from her poem created vivid imagery or gave you a different perspective? 6. How does her viewpoint shape her voice? Video#5 Discussion Questions: 1. What were your major takeaways from the video? 2. What is her viewpoint or main claim? 3. How can we apply racial literacy to this experience? What are the head and heart connections? 4. Who is the intended audience (it could be more than one)? What words or examples used in the video helped you to identify the audience? 5. What words or lines from her poem created vivid imagery or gave you a different perspective? 6. How does her viewpoint shape her voice? 7. After watching these videos, what is your viewpoint on how language shapes identity and voice?