Rhetorical Analysis: The Loose Knot

The Loose Knot
Terry Moore presented at a TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) talk posted in May 2011 “How to Tie Your Shoes.” explained in a humorous manner, that there is the right way to tie shoes and the wrong way to tie shoes. Not only does he explain in detail, but also demonstrated it live on a shoe with laces, also showing people how to tell if its tied incorrectly and correctly, while making the point that it is one simple change. No matter how small a change one person makes, that change can cause a whole range a results, good or bad, no can predict this type of change.
Moore was able to prove that there was a right way and a wrong way to tie shoes, and also prove the credibility of his information and ethics, and not by demonstrating the knot in front of hundreds of people, but by where he had learned it from. He had learned it from a shoe store owner, and until that point Moore only knew that there is only way to tie shoes, and never doubted himself that he was ever tying his shoes the wrong way. Until he met the owner to the shoe store and having to explain that he loves the shoe but hates the laces, and after showing the problem all

Moore was able to mix a point and a theme together to make something that people can understand to. An example of this is when he said “It will come untied less often. It will let you down less”(1). This quote is when he was making a comment about the strong form of the knot and how it won't fail on you, meaning you can trust it, which this one purpose serves as two. His use of switching between compound and simple sentences affected the audience by getting their attention with a thought and getting them to want to know more about the topic. This process of switching sentences proved successful to get the audience to