Sunday, September 16, 2012

MWP Visual Rhetoric Sheet


What visual elements grab your attention first?

·         The pictures of "average" women

·         Women in workforce

·         Different ethnicity

 

What other details reinforce that impression? How?

·         Obama's rhetoric

·         Refers to the women as "mothers, sisters, daughters...."

·         A doctor, teacher, department store worker

 

What is more important? Less important?

·         Video is short- all aspects important

·         pieces go hand in hand

·         Obama's speech matches photos

·         However,  more pictures would have been a little more helpful, less Obama since speech is about women

 

What about color and style? What impact do they have on your impressions?

·         American Flag in background of speech

·         Pictures of women focused on them background blurry

·         Empathizes the womens' role in everyday life

 

How does the image direct the viewer’s eyes and reinforce what is important?

·         Women key point in pictures

·         Important in everyday life

·         Make things run smoothly

·         Mother, sister, daughter, wife etc. pull heartstrings, we all have a woman that's important to us

·         See the hard work women put into work/life

 

What text is included? How does the text relate to the image?

·         "President Obama is committed to protecting a woman's right to choose"

·         Target audience: woman

·         "Committed" key word to phrase, shows women his undying support

·         Woman's right to choose: Healthcare no longer employers decision

 

What argument is being made? Consider: when this was made (kairos), who is the audience, what is the purpose (exigency).

·         Women have the right to make own decisions

·         Their body their decision

·         Moving forward

·         Starts of speech with his main point of speech

 

List details that provide ethos, pathos, logos.

·         Ethos: President Obama

·         Pathos: Women make decisions, "wives, sisters, daughters, moms", contraceptive  use, women half of this country/workforce, keep moving forward

·         Logos: None

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