Length – 3-4 pages long, plus a works cited (the works cited will be the 4th or 5th page, and will mirror the Works Cited on p. 350 of the textbook), with 1″ margins all around.
POV – 3rd person
SOURCES – 3 sources, plus the visual (this means that you will have 4 sources listed on your works cited page. Also, cite the visual as a work in an anthology (see p. 337, the 4th example down). Your textbook is the anthology. You’ll have to a little research to get the author of the visual and the title of the visual. Remember that you must enclose the title in quotation marks.
MLA Format – See Chapter 10 pp. 329-351 (which means double spacing, a page header with your last name and the page #, and a proper MLA heading, which mirrors the heading on the sample paper on p. 345)
**See the MLA Paper Guidelines on p. 344 (study page 344 carefully so that you understand the requirements for MLA).
Choose from one of the following 9 visuals, and analyze the argument based on the visual rhetorical strategies, such as focal point, foreground, background, symbolism (traditional and original), irony, allusion (if present), text, placement of objects, juxtaposition, and people and facial expressions)
Each of the visuals deals with a pressing social issue:
(a) Identify the exigence and construct hook introduction that ends with a thesis on the issue. The introduction should be 5-7 sentences long.
(b) The Body: Write a well organized cause and effect essay that analyzes how the visual brings out the argument (the exigence). Toward the end of your essay, analyze whether the visual is effective in presenting its thesis. Body should consist of 4-5 paragraphs (with the introduction and conclusion, this means you will write a 6-7 paragraph essay–or more, but not less).
(c) The conclusion should be no more than 4 sentences; the goal is to sum up what you said in the essay and restate your thesis in slightly different wording/phrasing.
Visual Choices: (1) p. 392 & 408 (fake news), readings are listed under the sources;
(2) p. 433 (CNN one way)
(3) p. 441 (Vote)
(4) p. 515 & 532 (Keeping Students Safe)
(5) p. 558 (Virginia Tech –School Shootings)
(6) p. 562, 578, & 593 (Student Debt)
(7) p. 678 (Fentanyl)
(8) p. 680 (Immigrants) **The issue, however, is “illegal immigration” which is a little different from immigration, so don’t be duped with the play on words.
(9) p. 694 & 714 (Importance of the humanities)
**These visuals should give you an idea of research paper topics.
**Please do not forget that you are analyzing a visual.
**Please do not forget what you learned about the four pillars of argument, induction, education, and logical fallacies. This means that if you see a fallacy in your chosen visual, you should dedicate a paragraph to analyzing how the fallacy works to mislead the audience, which would destroy ethos of the organization or author.
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