Application Exercise

Contemporary Rhetoric: Burke's Dramatism

Pentadic Analysis of el Seed's TED Talk-"Street Art with a Message of Hope and Peace"

NOTE: Please make sure you listen to your lecture on Dramatism and read your reading on Burke's Pentad before completing this application exercise.

Directions

Below please find the transcript of a TED talk by the Muslim artist el Seed. He is talking about his unique style of art (calligraffiti -- a mix of calligraphy and graffiti) and the meaning surrounding it.

Please read the transcriptand analyze it using Burke's Pentad. You may also listen toand/or watch the TED Talk

Questions

1. What is the act?

2. What is the scene?

3. Who is the agent? Why?

4. What is the agency?

5. What is the purpose of the TED Talk? Remember that the answer to this question lies in el Seed's own words. What does he say is the reason for giving this talk?

6. Which element of the Pentad stands out the most?

7. What did you learn about el Seed, the person, by listening to his talk and applying the Pentad to it?

Attachment:- TRANSCRIPT.rar