Rhetorical Analysis Of Jason Reynolds Speech
In his passionate and inspiring speech given to the Lesly University graduating class of 2018, award-winning author Jason Reynolds clearly articulated and emotionally persuaded the audience through his use of recalling personal experiences and a direct comparison in order to highlight his message of being grounded. Jason Reynolds tells a story from when he was in high school and uses this personal experience to add substance to his message and help the crowd visualize the point he is making. The story Jason Reynolds talks about is from a Global Studies class he took with a teacher named Mr. Williams. In this story, the teacher makes it so you get suspended for doing the morally right thing and when this rule is broken he sends the two girls