Who is the author/speaker?:
The author and speaker in this would be Emily Balcetis, who wrote this and decided to talk through it during a TED talk.
What is his/her intention ?
I would say her intentions were to be to show us and persuade us that for some people, the prize is farther away than we think, but for others it is as close as we can get.
What is the message?
Her message is that each and every person sees things differently. That we all see it in our own way and not the same as everyone thinks we do.
Who make up the audience?
I think the target audience could be anybody. It mainly focuses on people that like want to exercise but can't see the prize, people that do see the prize to exercising, and just mainly anybody who sees everything a different way. The audience makes up an idea about that we see things differently.
What is the form/structure/medium in which it is conveyed?
She starts out showing a picture and wanting us to think about what this person in the picture is feeling. We all get mixed emotions, so she is trying to show us the point, that not everyone thinks the same way. That's when she goes into the exercise, that there is a waist-hip ratio that shows who doesn't like to exercise and who does. And then explains about see the prize. Keeping your eye on the prize. She keeps the sentences very open but with plenty of examples to show us what she is talking about.
Which persuasive and rhetorical devices are used to accomplish the purpose?
She uses a lot of examples in the talk and in her transcript, about how we think of everything. She also uses pathos and logos also, relying on our emotions and our own logic to put her point across to everyone in the audience and whomever is watching.
Does the message/speech/text succeed in fulfilling the author's or speaker's intentions?
I think it does. It proves a point to the exercise, that we have to keep our eye on the prize to get to what and where we want. And that people see everything differently and not at all the same.
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