Week 4 Blog Post

For this week's blog, please choose one photo from any of Time.com's photo essays. Similar to what we did in class, I would like for you to identify any elements used to help convey the photo's persuasive message, including text, color, visuals, design, etc. You should also identify any rhetorical appeals (to ethos, pathos, logos) that you see at work in the photo. You may also practice a sentence or two assessing the overall effectiveness/ineffectiveness of the photo's rhetorical message.

Here's the link to the photo essays:

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays

Color Symbolism Chart

Here's a link to the color symbolism chart I showed you in class. If you choose to write your rhetorical analysis on a piece of visual rhetoric, understanding the various cultural and emotional associations with different colors could be very useful!

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/color2.htm

Week 3 Blog Post Topic

For this week's blog post, I would like for you to keep a daily record and observation of the rhetoric that you encounter. In addition to listing and describing the rhetorical pieces, also include your impressions of their rhetorical messages. If you need to review examples and definitions involving rhetoric, please see the Introduction to Rhetoric presentation on Blackboard.

Transition Words

Follow this link for some helpful information about using transitional words and phrases in your writing. Incorporating these into your writing is crucial to maintaining cohesive, unified paragraphs and essays.

http://grammar.about.com/od/developingparagraphs/a/cohsignals.htm