For Wednesday's class, please have a draft of your visual rhetorical analysis done and in class with you (on your blog or in some other form--either way is fine). We're going peer review them, answer your questions, bitch about length requirements ;-), and make sure the calendar is visible!!
Chapter 14 (Visual arguments) in Everything's an Argument is a great help for this assignment. Read through it.
NOTE: Please remember that the assignment asks you to pick a visual related to your field--hopefully something you can use in your final research paper. You are welcome to use the visual you chose for yesterday's homework, but if it is not related to your field somehow, please pick one that is. Feel free to email me with questions.
You all are doing great with this. Try not to stress out over the grade, just keep doing what you've been doing. Allow yourself the space to think--you can perfect the writing after Wednesday. Right now just go with that gut!
Assignment #2: Visual Rhetorical Analysis
Peer review: Wed, 2-12
DUE on blog: Sunday, 2-16, by midnight.
(3-4 pages, double-spaced)
Parameters and Purpose
Keeping our class’s main question in mind (how is writing/communication done in your chosen field or discipline?), you will find a piece of a visual rhetoric related to your field and analyze it in a 3-4 page essay.
The purpose of this assignment is to explain how the visual and written elements work together to promote its intended message. This means adequately describing the visual artifact and explaining its context. Keep in mind that the audience for this rhetorical analysis is your teacher and classmates who may not have the same knowledge level of your field as you do. The paper should also discuss who the artifact’s intended audience is and how effective its argument is. Since you are using an outside source to compose this paper, you are required to have an MLA-style works cited section.
Evaluation Criteria for the Essay
At a minimum, your paper needs to satisfy these criteria. However, the grade is based not just on whether a feature is present or not, but on how well it has been integrated into your paper. The visual rhetorical analysis should:
· orient the reader by identifying the source, its date, the target audience, and purpose
· contain a clear thesis supported by specific, concrete details
· provide sufficient description of and insightful comments about the visual argument
· use and cite secondary sources appropriately
· integrate text and visuals effectively
· avoid errors that distract reader's attention ______________________________________
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