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The document summarizes two TED Talk videos - "Why You Think You're Ugly" by Melissa Butler and "How to Believe in Yourself" by Jim Cathcart. It compares the videos' thesis statements, delivery styles, content, speaking events, introductions, backgrounds of the speakers, causes of changes, and goals of the speeches. Both videos aim to motivate self-love and confidence, though they differ in how the speakers introduce themselves and their backgrounds.

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Essay Draft Group 6

The document summarizes two TED Talk videos - "Why You Think You're Ugly" by Melissa Butler and "How to Believe in Yourself" by Jim Cathcart. It compares the videos' thesis statements, delivery styles, content, speaking events, introductions, backgrounds of the speakers, causes of changes, and goals of the speeches. Both videos aim to motivate self-love and confidence, though they differ in how the speakers introduce themselves and their backgrounds.

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GROUP : 6

GROUP MEMBERS :

NAME MATRIC NUMBER

1 SANJEEVAN A/L MOHAN CI190039

2 WAN MUHAMMAD NAASEHUDDIN BIN WAN DF190160


BAHARUDIN

3 MUHAMMAD AMINUDDIN BIN KHALID DF190164

4 TARSHAINI NAIR A/P A.PATHMANATHAN CI190045

5 CLARISSA KAMALY A/P STEPHEN DASS AI190285

SECTION : 29
COMPARE AND CONTRAST - TED TALK VIDEOS (PAIR 3)

DRAFT

Fill in the table with the suitable details following to the writing assignment (30%)
instructions.

Aspect Video A (Why You Video B (How to


Think You’re Ugly | believe in yourself |
Melissa Butler) Jim Cathcart)

Thesis - Melissa Butler took her personal life related with beauty as
statement inspiration to motivate other people in Video A.
- Jim Cathcart mixes his personal life with some real historical
events and earth’s nature which have a similar positive way of
feedback with what he is trying to convey in Video B.

e.g : Delivery Details:


style
- Both of the speakers have similar intonation.
- Both of the speaker's delivery style is
positive and motivating

Comparison

(Similarities)
e.g : Content Details :

- Both motivate people to encourage and


compliment other people to transform the world
into a better place

- Both speakers encourage self love and knowing


our self worth so that we could like a better
future.
Speaking event Details:

- Both Melissa Butler and Jim Cathcart


do the speech in the TED
conference.

Contrast e.g : introduction Details: Details:

(Differences) - Melissa Butler - Jim Carthcart


started the started the
speech by telling transcript with a
about herself question about
ourselves
- He started to tell
us about the
- She told us about acorn where we
the physical need to be the
characteristics of oak tree but not
herself and how the oak.
people value her
physical
characteristics.

e.g : Background Details: Details:


of the speakers
- Beauty disruptor, -On 1972, working for
self-esteem Little Rock Housing
advocate Activity as government
- Grew up at clerk making 525$ a
Detroit month, did not have a
- Built a cosmetic college degree and no
company money in the bank,
newly married with new
baby at home, did not
expect much from life
Cause of She remembers vividly Heard the voice of Earl
changes overhearing a guy Nightingale, the dean of
describe her with the the personal motivation
attributes she didn't at that time said that “if
have. "She is not even you will spend one extra
light-skinned." "She's got hour each day, studying
a flat butt." But at this your chosen field, you
time, you couldn't tell me will be a national expert
a thing. She thought she in that field in five years
was so cute. And that or less” that hit him and
day taught me a valuable rearranged everything in
lesson. It taught her how his life
to love myself wholly.
And more importantly, it -After that, he start to get
taught her how to never in the field of human
allow someone else's development
opinion of her to
determine her value​.

Goals of the -Breaking stereotypes of -Know what kind of


speech being pretty and person you were
handsome. designed to be.

·​ ​You may use suitable transitional words to indicate comparison/contrast

·​ ​You
can provide any aspects that you would like to compare & contrast but it should not be
something too obvious such as the gender of the speakers ( we can clearly notice that).

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