Sample Student Papers and Projects
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Introduction
Chapter 3 - Picturing Ourselves
Word Portrait: Jason Noll, Nanas Hands
Biography of a famous and influential figure: Nikki Amenson, Lessons from a Spice Girl
Critical Analysis: Phil Pakenham, Insomnias Insomniac (on Sherman Alexies 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 Columbines 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 Childs Play
Chapter 8 - Debating Culture
Policy/Proposal Argument: Siobhan Houlihan, Educate, Dont Attack
Reading Visual Arguments: Jonathan Butler, Visual Images of National Identity: British and French Propaganda Posters of the Great War
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