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Traci Bair, "in loco parentis" (PDF document)
Esmeralda Fuentes, "Visual Rhetoric Narrative" (PDF document)
Esmeralda Fuentes provides a short narrative about visual rhetoric in her day.
Jack Chung, "Calvin and the Incredible Cranium Enhancing Machine: A Bergsonian Analysis of a Mad-Boy Genius" (PDF document)
Jack Chung analyzes a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip through two lenses: a rhetorical examination of Calvin's comic moves and a theoretical application of Henri Bergson's essay on "Laughter." His essay shows how students can write a rhetorical analysis and include additional theoretical perspectives on cartoons.
Jeff Enquist, "Media: More Harm than Good, Priests: More Good than Harm" (Word document)
Jeff Enquist's well-written essay turns to a political cartoon to argue that media coverage has misrepresented the Catholic Priest sex abuse scandal. This paper exemplifies effective rhetorical analysis of contemporary political cartoons and current issues.
Eric Adamson, "Artful Forecasting: Visual Rhetoric in Modern Economic Analysis" (Word document)
Analyzing the drawings created by economic and financial forecasters, Eric Adamson offers a powerful argument for the importance of understanding visual rhetoric. His essay provides a great model for students seeking to pick a visual rhetoric topic outside the usual parameters of cartoon drawings.
Austin Rachlin, "Images Everywhere!" (Word document)
In his description of his day, Austin Rachlin provides a detailed account of the visual rhetoric strategies in three different student flyers.
Kimberly Chu, "Blog Post #2" on Visual Rhetoric (Word document)
Follow Kimberly Chu's encounter with visual rhetoric in her blog
Nicholas Giacomini, "Images Everywhere!" (Word document)
Nicholas Giacomini examines visual rhetoric in the dorm and on the web in this brief narrative essay.
Avneesh Saluja, "Visual Rhetoric All Over The Place!" (Word document)
Avneesh Saluja offers insight on the power of visual rhetoric in his personal narrative on student voting campaigns and international news websites.
Mandy Raymond, "images everywhere! Personal Narrative" (Word document)
Mandy Raymond takes us through a look at the visual rhetoric in her day in this personal narrative.
Corie Geballe, "Covers of The Great Gatsby: Different Strategies for Different Audiences" (Word document)
Corie Geballe presents a comparative analysis of two historical texts, the drawn covers of The Great Gatsby, offering a strong model for Added Challenge Projects 2 and 3.
Derek Huang, "Slanted Eyes: Looking at SARS through a Chinese and American Lens" (Word document)
Derek Haung turned his rhetorical analysis of a political cartoon on SARS into a full research paper, offering a great model for students to follow.
Jonathan Hwang, "The China-Taiwan Dilemma: Uncovering the Truth in Cross-Strait Rhetoric through Analysis of Political Cartoons in China and Taiwan" (PDF document)
Similarly, Jonathan Hwang transformed his rhetorical analysis on a political cartoon about the Tawain-China conflict into a complete research paper.
Joseph Yoon, “The Costs of War” (Word document)
In this powerful comparative analysis essay, Joseph Yoon examines two American political cartoons, one looking at the costs of war for Americans, the other at the costs for Iraqis.
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