TED Analysis: In Search of General Tso - Jennifer 8. Lee: Watch the presentation and debrief
your thinking in the questions below. Submit to the schoology assignment for credit.
1. Ethos is a speaker’s ability to build credibility, establish himself/herself as an expert, and/or convince the
audience members that the speaker has their best interests at heart. How does this speaker build ethos - who
is she and what has she done to be an expert in this subject matter? Give three pieces of evidence.
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She is stating facts without being
To demeaning.
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she keeps them focused without being
Dfv she chose the best statements to
to boring
Em prove her point
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2. How does Lee use humor and what is its effect on the audience (besides making them laugh)? You could
give any evidence in the TED Talk (anecdote, pictures, historic detail, examples) to show her use of humor.
By using humor I think it will make these facts stick with the audience by remembering the jokes she uses
3. Explain how Lee brings up ways people use food as an agent of discrimination. You could give any
evidence in the TED Talk (anecdote, pictures, historic detail, examples) to show how she explores this
topic.
She said McDonalds is like windows 10
While Chinese food is like Linux
While Linux open source and everyone can copy it windows 10 you cant copy
4. Does Lee’s discussion of Chinese-American food make you think she believes the food has been
celebrated, appropriated, or assimilated? Make a claim to show which you believe she is trying to
prove. Provide two pieces of evidence to support this claim. You could give any evidence in the TED
Talk (anecdote, pictures, historic detail, examples).
Claim:
I think Chinese food has been appropriated bc unlike a barbeque cookout on 4th of July its being shared around and changed and not many people can
appreciate actually Chinese food
Evidence 1:the American and original fortune cookie
Evidence 2: american people making up dishes
5. Purpose defines the reason behind a presentation - it could be to inform, inspire, create community,
persuade, etc.. What does this speaker want his/her audience to think or do after hearing his/her
presentation? What does she say/do to make you think this is her goal.
I think her goal not to destroy Chinese American food but to acknowledge and appreciate ethe
actual authentic chinse food that’s lost its reputation