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Analyzing Ted Talk

Analyzing Ted Talk

Q Analyzing Pamela Meyer’s Tedtalk “How to Spot a Liar” ENG 112/Paden 1. List the types of evidence Meyer uses to prove that lying is an important and widespread problem. ? Enron, Madoff and the mortgage crisis. Or double agent traitors: Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. ? Con man Henry Oberlander. ? Koko the Gorilla. ? Bill Clinton ? Dominique Strauss- Kahn with Obama. ? Presidential candidate, John Edwards. ? David Matsumoto in California research shows video of two mothers, one is lying – Diane Downs; grieving mother- Erin Runnion. 2. Explain how the Meyer makes the topic relevant to all of us.

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? Pamela Meyer thinks we’re facing a pandemic of deception, but she’s arming people with tools that can help take back the truth. She makes it relevant by connecting those videos and the book that she has written. Those videos are very much evident and relevant to the topic of how to spot a liar. The video shows different types of spotting a liar. The evidences were clips of different people and different emotions, relevant to the topic.