First glance, this talk probably doesn’t come off as something very important. Or, at least not as important as other Ted Talks you may have encountered. But, this Ted Talk is a perfect example of spoken rhetoric, as James Veitch uses comedy, speech strategies, and an interesting topic to entice his audience. What his talk mainly covers is the fact that each day, you may open up your email to a new, random spam email from a stranger. Most of the time, you ignore the message, or even delete it. But, what Jame Veitch decided to do was to reply to the spammer, and even continued a comedic thread with the emailer for a week. In his talk, Veitch used visual aids and comedy in order to keep his audience interested in the topic. The thing I admire most about this speech was the pace of his spoken word, as he balanced between pauses, fast speech, and slower speech in order to induce importance and humor throughout the talk.

Not only does his spoken word keep the interest of his audience, but the topic in general is the only reason I clicked on the video to watch. As I scrolled through Ted.com to find a talk I enjoyed, this one sparked my interest, as it is something not so commonly thought about, but apart of our everyday lives. I praise his creativity, as I aspire to give my in-class talk about something original and unthought of as well.