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The Visual Argument
ACTIVITY 1.7
Learning Targets
• Identify and analyze the persuasive effect of rhetorical appeals in visual images.
• Use knowledge of the elements of photography and of rhetorical appeals to evaluate the argument presented in an image.
Rhetorical Appeals
1. Review rhetorical appeals to ethos (the credibility and authority of the author or artist), pathos (emotions), and logos (facts, data, logic). Write examples below.
Ethos:
Pathos:
Logos:
2. Authors can influence audiences by using images or visual elements as powerful support for their arguments. Visual rhetoric is a term used to describe images that make or support an argument. Visual rhetoric may also include the use of text features, such as fonts and white space, or graphics, such as illustrations, charts, and cartoons. Reflect on the image or images you studied in Activity 1.6. What rhetorical appeals does it make? Use details from the image to explain your answer.
What Is a Photo Essay?
An essay is an interpretive or analytical composition that reveals the author’s perspective on a subject. A photo essay reveals the author’s perspective on
the subject through a collection of photographic images. Just as the words and sentences in a written essay are placed in a specific order, the images in a photo essay are placed in a specific way to express ideas, convey emotions, and show a progression of thoughts or events.
My Notes
ACTIVITY 1.7
LEARNING STRATEGIES:
Think-Pair-Share, Discussion Groups
TEACH
Literary Terms
Visual rhetoric is the argument or points
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PLAN
Materials: photo essays with an argument and with clear rhetorical examples
Suggested Pacing: 1 50-minute class period
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
(e.g., figures and tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Additional Standards Addressed:
W.11–12.2b; W.11–12.2d; W.11–12.4; W.11–12.10
1 Review the appeals of rhetoric: ethos, pathos, and logos. Have students think-pair-share where they think these appeals are used in real life and generate a list to share.
2 Allow student pairs to review the photo or photos analyzed in the previous activity to determine the rhetorical appeal or appeals used.
TO TEACHER
Listed below are some suggested online resources for photo essays:
• www.reuters.com
• www.time.com/photography
• www.defense.gov/Media/Photo-
Essays
• www.unicef.org/photoessays
• proof.nationalgeographic.com
Leveled Differentiated Instruction
In this activity, students may need support writing an interpretive response to the photo essay.
Em Havestudentsworkin groups prior to writing to
develop a list of possible arguments and rhetorical appeals presented in the image. Then have students collaborate to respond to the prompt with sentence starters: The photojournalist’s argument is ... , He/she presents this argument by ... , The photojournalist uses rhetorical appeals such as ...
Ex Purposefullypairstudentsto collaborate in writing an
interpretive response to the prompt. Provide students with sentence starters to craft their responses: The photojournalist’s argument is ... , which can be seen in ... He/she uses (rhetorical appeal) when he/she ... This creates an effect of ...
made by visuals such as photographs or by other visual features of a text.
TEACHER
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Focus Standards:
W.11–12.2: Write informative/explanatory texts
to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
W.11–12.2a: Introduce a topic or thesis statement; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; including formatting (e.g., headings), graphics
L.11–12.6: Acquire and use accurately 10/2/15 general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence
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