A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF COMMENTS AND DELIVERY STRATEGY ON TED TALKS by Ildi Kurniawan

“…by Sir Ken Robinson on TED.com. The data of this research were 50 comments of the videos (2016-2020) which contained comments on speaker or talk style not relating to talk content.  …”
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Sylvia Plath’s October 1962 Poems: “Things Are Resolving” by Gary LEISING

“…In these poems and letters, we see conflicted speakers. Independence—personal and financial—and a view of better things to come suffuse many of the letters of this period while Ariel—especially as edited by Ted Hughes—appears darker, as does the ultimate and tragic trajectory of Plath’s biography. …”
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Fear and Disillusionment: The EcoGothic in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath by Colin BANCROFT

“…This study will analyse elements of the EcoGothic in the poetry of Sylvia Plath, and will focus in particular on her poems set in the “Yorkshire” landscape which she visited after marrying the English poet Ted Hughes. The EcoGothic looks to evaluate environmental concerns through the Gothic lens and is a sub-strand of Ecocriticism, which in its widest definition looks to evaluate the relationships of culture on the non-human world. …”
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Language style (mis)matching: Consuming entertainment media from someone unlike you is linked to positive attitudes by David M. Markowitz

“…The evidence suggested less LSM was associated with positive attitudes (e.g., an interest in watching another video by the speaker, feeling connected to the speaker). Mediation analyses revealed the negative relationship between LSM and positive attitudes was explained by one’s novelty need satisfaction. …”
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