Visual Rhetoric

Visual Rhetoric is about persuasion. For example if you want to sell your house using balloons and having an open house will bring more attention than the house for sell with just a sign in the yard. Using bright colors, bold lettering, and pictures is often more appealing and draws attention to what every the visual may be trying to represent. There are many different ways to look at visual rhetoric, there are black and white visuals that rely on shading to get the right mood. Also visuals get store in our brain both in our short term and long term memories. Long term memories are things that you see all the time and can picture in our heads because we "archive" it into our memory. Then are short term visuals that you see once or twice and can vaguely remember. Visual rhetoric is what food chains and department stores use to catch our attention so we purchase their product instead of the competitors.

The example I have pasted below is a persuasion that Mac computers are better than Windows. They represent this by showing an old junk car by the Windows symbol, and the Mac symbol by the nice new car.

Helpful Elements of Writing

I’ve learned several different techniques to writing a successful paper. The most important is how to use narration and proper essay outline. Making your writing flow smoothly is very important for the person reading it. In my personal experience when I get confused because of wording I lose interest fast and realize at the end that I didn’t comprehend anything I had just read. When writing a narrative you should usually have a thesis in the beginning paragraph of your paper, and go in chronological order throughout the body of the narrative. Also using details is crucial in keeping people interested, you want to paint a picture in their head of what you are talking about. For example when writing about an important experience in your life you want the audience to be able to feel the emotion you are trying to get across. I also liked learning the proper way to use flash backs in your story so your reader doesn’t get confused about the time events. Then there was cause and effect which I didn’t realize how important it was to understand. There is always an effect to everything you do, so when explaining life events you use cause and effect to show what you did and the outcome.  When writing your conclusion you want the reader to completely understand what your point of the story was. For instance in the case of our first paper we want the class to have a better understanding of the person we are and events we’ve had in our lives. Those examples are just the tip of learning  to write a great narrative.

What is a narrative?

What is a narrative?

                Narrative is a story. It is an easy flowing read that usual starts with a thesis that explains what the narrative is about, the thesis tells what is going to be in the narrative and the order. Then there is the body of the narrative which tells in chronological order everything that was stated in the thesis. It is important to use clear and complete sentences when writing your story. The story needs to have a conclusion at the end with a summary of what was talked about in the body and the ending result.

                There are many different types of narratives, some tell a story, some are informative, there are argumentative ones, or ones to persuade into believing the opinion of the author.  It is also very important to understand your audience so you can use proper wording, and formatting. For example if you’re writing to children you are not going to use large words, or examples they wouldn’t understand. Narratives are meant to catch attention and make the reader want to read on to find out the end result.

The importance of Narration

When writing a narrative you want to catch the person’s attention right away.  Using a catchy title will make people interested in reading the story. When beginning make sure the reader knows right away what you are going to be talking about. Usually in the first paragraph you should have your thesis statement, basically outlining the main point of the story. As you are writing the body of your story you want to make sure everything is in chronological order so the chain of events will be clear to your audience, and go over everything you mentioned in your thesis.  When using flash backs it is ok to get out of order as long as you are using past tense words so you are not confusing your reader.  At the end of the narrative you want to wrap it up with a summary or conclusion.

 Details are so important in stories, with enough detail a short story can go a long way. You want your story to flow smoothly so reader doesn't have to go back and re-read sentences to be able to understand it. Turning a paper into a story will make people want to read it.  Using choppy, incomplete sentences will lose the reader’s attention. Writing narratives can be fun for both the author and the audience if done correctly.

Week 3- Cause and Effect/ Peer Review

Understanding the definition of cause and effect can help make the paper your reading flow much easier. Especially as the paper goes in chronological order you can use cause and effect to understand why the next events occurred. For example I like to think of it like “because of this English class I will be able to write narratives”.  As the article read, cause and effect is crucial to understand while trying to comprehend history books. Everything is an effect of something that happened.

Peer reviews are a very helpful tool on any assignment or project you are working on. Having other peoples input, and ideas can greatly help build a paper. Everyone has different ideas and read things differently so it’s always a good idea to have someone else look it over. When we read something over and over our eyes begin to see what we want them to and hear it how we want it so sound. Punctuation is also easy to miss something as little as a comma, although technology is great we can’t rely on it to perfect our work.