In chapter 14, there was a section that discussed visual argument. In today's time, visual arguments are very common and used for a variety of things. One of the most common things visual arguments are known for are taking information from different campaign ads and transferring them to pie chart data. When making visual arguments, there are various factors that have to be considered. The most obvious factors include color, font, font size, and "logos". These are important because visual arguments must appeal to an audience's emotion or logic in order to seem legitimate. This chapter went on to compare an assignment turned in on two different types of paper. One of the papers was neatly typed on straight, white paper, and used a proper font. The other paper was turned in on loose-leaf paper with messy handwriting. Comparing these two papers based on solely style, if I were to choose one to present to a group of people, I would choose the neat and organized one on computer paper. It is hard to admit, but appearance does play a major part in quality. It’s like if you went to a restaurant with an open kitchen. Would you want to see a chef with long and uncombed hair, an unshaved face, dirty clothes and bad teeth? Not to say this chef isn’t talented, but usually people prefer to see a chef with nice, clean-cut hair and good teeth in a nice chef’s outfit. Presentation is a bigger factor then most people like to admit, and this is true for visual arguments as well. Chapter 14 gave me a good insight when choosing a visual argument for my first writing project.
Writing Project One Ideas-
I really like animals, and I really respond to visual arguments that appeal to your emotions. Like the Sara McLaughlin ASPCA commercials get me every time. Other areas I am interested in might include poverty, or social issues like starvation or homelessness for children.
