Rhetoric & Literary Devices
How language persuades, moves, and stays with us.
FORMER NFL PLAYER ENGLISH MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER
Culture Gets Their Attention. Communication Changes Their Future.
Andre Fluellen uses hip-hop, storytelling, and culturally familiar language to make communication, critical thinking, and literacy impossible to ignore.
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ENGLISH
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culture → language
From viral cultural analysis to live educational experiences.
08YEAR NFL
VETERAN
VETERAN
BAENGLISH
MAJOR
MAJOR
1K+PRESENTATIONS
DELIVERED
DELIVERED
01AUTHOR &
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER
THE SERIES
The Culture Is Familiar.
The Lesson Is Unexpected.
Each episode starts with something the audience already knows, then uncovers the linguistic architecture underneath it.
Syntax, Semantics & Linguistics
The architecture underneath every line.
Rhythm, Cadence & Prosody
Why delivery changes meaning before a word lands.
Storytelling & Persuasive Communication
Turning a familiar story into a reason to listen.
WHY IT WORKS
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Familiarity earns attention.
Culture gives audiences an immediate point of connection.
02
Discovery creates engagement.
Viewers learn something hidden inside language they already enjoy.
03
Communication builds agency.
Students learn to recognize and use language more intentionally.
“Culture is not the distraction from learning. It can become the doorway into it.”
PROGRAMS
Bring English Major Explains to Life.
Built for rooms where attention matters — and where communication has consequences.
Student Keynote
The Power of Words
English Major Explains Live
An interactive lyric, language, and rhetoric laboratory.
Educator Development
Culturally responsive engagement through familiar language and stories.
College & University Programs
Communication, identity, media literacy, student success, and student-athlete development.
ABOUT ANDRE
An Athlete Who Studied the Architecture of Language.
Andre’s NFL experience attracts attention, but his English education and more than 1,000 presentations give him the expertise to teach communication with depth, energy, humor, and real-world relevance.
WATCH THE WORK
From the Field to the Classroom.
See the energy, honesty, and cultural fluency behind the English Major Explains experience.
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