Sample Student Papers and Projects

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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”

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