A Rhetorical Analysis Of Malcom Gladwell's Speech

Malcom Gladwell is a very powerful speaker man that has plenty to say on a varity of topics. However, when he chooses to speak he uses many ways of expressing himself to grab and keep his audiences attention without having doubt about what he is saying by the end of his speech. Gladwell, in the speech on school shootings is very convincing. There are three main devices he used in order to get his point across which is reasoning, emotion, and credibility. Here I will be explaining how he has come to use each device to win over the majority of his audience.
Gladwell uses reasoning throughout his speech and does so very well to get his audience on a foundation of facts. One part of the speech he talks about is a person’s thresh hold. The threshold of a person is explained by him by simply saying how many people it would take to get a particular person involved in a riot or similar event. According to Gladwell, a riot is a social phenomenon, in which people join by evaluating their behavior in response to the people who are already rioting. It is a psychological Fact that some people only have a threshold of one, when others
Granovetter, who graduated with a Ph.D. from Harvard University, is one of the best sources of credibility as far as sociologists goes was quoted and referred to in his speech however you cannot fail to acknowledge the credibility of Malcom Gladwell himself. This man is known as one of best authors. “. . . New York Times bestselling author of Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. . .” (Business Wire 1). When he has a topic he speaks on, he is generally looked at as an honor to listen to. These are very few of his credentials that make him as credible as he is. Gladwell also used to write for the Washington post about science and medicine, he has also won the national magazine award according to other online