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Beyond Words
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About the Book
About the Book
Reading Texts: A Tutorial
Reading Texts: A Tutorial
Composing Texts: A Tutorial
Composing Texts: A Tutorial
Finding Images: A Tutorial
Finding Images: A Tutorial
Using Images in Word Processors: A Tutorial
Using Images in Word Processors: A Tutorial
WebLinks: Contexts for Exploring Visual and Verbal Texts
Introduction
Chapter 3 - Picturing Ourselves
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait (1884) (page 79)
Billy Collins, "Embrace" (1988) (page 88)
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (1975) (page 103)
Susan Bordo "The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies" (2003) (page 105-14)
Jim Goldberg, images from Raised by Wolves (1995) (page 123)
Chapter 4 - Seeing Places
Reading Landscapes and Environments (page 177)
Margaret Cezair-Thompson, "Geography Lessons" (1999) (page 207-10)
Burning Spear, "My Island" (1997) (page 213-14)
Bobby Troup, "Route 66" (page 227)
Chapter 5 - Moving Pictures
Martin Parr, from Bored Couples (1993) (page 255)
Images of Child Labor (page 259)
Examine the role of editing and narration in film (page 263)
Susan Sontag, from Regarding the Pain of Others (2003) (page 270-77)
Chapter 6 - Mapping Ideas
Research GIS and other maps that change the territory (page 351)
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Map" (1946) (page 354)
Joan O'C. Hamilton, "A Sharper Picture of Health" (2003) (page 370-77)
Julian Dibbell, "The Unreal Estate Boom" (2003) (page 388-97)
Chapter 7 - Exploring Design
Rob Walker, "The Guts of a New Machine" (2003) (page 445-56)
Sharon Waxman, "A Prius-Hummer War Divides Oscarville" (page 466-9)
Courtney Leigh Hyan, "My Life, My Cadillac Escalade EXT" (2004) (page 478-9)
Linda Baker, Salon.com asks "Are you ready for some 'unswooshing'"? (2003) (page 490-7)
Chapter 8 - Debating Culture
Al Jourgensen, Punkvoter's Letters to Urban Outfitters (2004) (page 535-6)
Are college students really apathetic? Research the arguments (page 543)
Lauren Greenfield, Images from Girl Culture (2002) (page 556-7)
Sue Luftschein, photos from the September 11 Digital Archive (2001) (page 576-80)
Assignments and Projects
Introduction
Chapter 3 - Picturing Ourselves
Analyzing Portraits by Mary Ellen Mark
"Word Portrait" of a Friend or Family Member
Response Paper on Sherman Alexie's "Up All Night"
Creating a Parody
Biography of a famous and influential figure
Interlude 1 - Henriata Nicholas
Chapter 4 - Seeing Places
Eulogy for a Vanished Place
Rethinking Place: Writing the American Dream
Analyzing a Place
Interlude 2 - Milton Glaser
Interlude 3 - Maira Kalman
Interlude 4 - Robin Williams
Chapter 5 - Moving Pictures
Reviewing a Film: Peer Revision Questions
Narrative Essay: Responding to American Gothic
Interlude 5 - Kurtis Harris
Chapter 6 - Mapping Ideas
Writing to Explain: Instructions
Mapping an Emotional Geography
Chapter 7 - Exploring Design
The Argument of Design
Analyzing Advertisements in Different Media
Chapter 8 - Debating Culture
Writing a Definitional Argument
Definitional Argument Peer Revision Questions
Writing a Causal Argument
Causal Argument Peer Revision Questions
Writing a Policy/Proposal Argument
Policy/Proposal Argument Peer Revision Questions
Interlude 6 - Jon Foster
Sample Student Papers and Projects
Introduction
Chapter 3 - Picturing Ourselves
“Word Portrait”: Jason Noll, “Nana’s Hands”
Biography of a famous and influential figure: Nikki Amenson, “Lessons from a Spice Girl”
Critical Analysis: Phil Pakenham, “Insomnia’s Insomniac” (on Sherman Alexie’s “Up All Night”)
Chapter 4 - Seeing Places
Eulogy for a Vanished Place: Sarah Schumacher, “The Clearing”
Analyzing a Place: Ashley Hamm, “Semper Fi”
Chapter 5 - Moving Pictures
Film Review: Jonathan Krellenstein, “Bowling for Columbine’s Causal Argument a Strike”
Film Review: Whitney Jones, Roger & Me Depicts the American Dream as Shattered
Film Review: S. Hagan, “Underworld: The Underdone”
Chapter 6 - Mapping Ideas
Chapter 7 - Exploring Design
The Argument of Design (rheotrical analysis of an advertisement): Tallon Harding, “The WHOPPER® and Implicit Arguments”
Analyzing Advertisements in Different Media: Jonathan Krellenstein, “Attack Ads: More than ‘Child’s Play’”
Chapter 8 - Debating Culture
Policy/Proposal Argument: Siobhan Houlihan, “Educate, Don’t Attack”
Reading Visual Arguments: Jonathan Butler, “Visual Images of National Identity: British and French Propaganda Posters of the Great War”
Instructor Resources
Introduction
Instructor's Manual
Alternate Tables of Contents
Visual Rhetoric and Visual Literacy
Writing with and about Images
Reading Checklists and Handouts
WPA Outcomes Statement and Beyond Words
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