Monday, June 20, 2016
Rhetorical Analysis Readings
The study of rhetoric has a long tradition. In the readings over the weekend, you saw a number of different pieces of visual rhetoric-- many in the medium of a bumper sticker.
Describe one of the pieces of rhetoric you recall from the readings using any of the vocabulary you recall.
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I recall the bumper stickers about peace. They were kinda confusing in certain ways because some called for violence to make peace. It pressured the reader using pathos or pertaining to the emotional connection of the reader.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember any of the different pieces of the rhetoric used but when I first skimmed it, I saw something about bumper stickers. Also, not much of the vocabulary stuck out to me either.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get the chance to do it. I planned on doing it this morning but there was a mix up of how long my first period was.
ReplyDeleteThe first poster was a way to catch someone's eye. It said that you were able to click but not hide. There were so many bumper stickers, too. It was all to emphasize someone's message, but in a small a short sentence. It had the message go through, and made the readers think.
ReplyDeleteI recall the image of the Sun Mad raisins with the piece of artwork depicting a skeleton rather than female farmer. It makes the reader have to look closer and see the small details that make it different from the traditional poster. It strikes up emotional responses as to how the raisins are raised in terms of chemicals and migrant farm labor.
ReplyDeleteOne of the pieces of rhetoric I recall from the readings are pictures such as the soldier holding the child in his arms. The photo was able to stand alone without any words and was strong enough to convey its purpose alone. Stand alone pictures are very rare. Most pictures need words but there are a few that are potent enough to just be on their own. There are a few such pictures that are correlated to the Vietnam War. They are strong enough to express their point that the war may be bad without words.
ReplyDeleteI recall seeing a lot of rhetorical pictures but I don't recall many of the details.
ReplyDeleteJoshua Lucero
ReplyDeleteI recall a poster on those sunbaked raisins where it showed a dead grape picker girl. She was holding baskets of grapes with labels on the bottom filled with messages of what the product contains like pesticides and insecticides. It was a statement from an artist that was against the modern consumerism. His statement is mostly against pesticides and chemicals on our food that is sold to us.
I didn't get a chance to read.
ReplyDeleteAn activist Ester Hernandez changed the raisins logo to the female skeleton. He used pathos because it stuck out to people. People are so accustomed to seeing the raisin brand and his image stood out. He also did the straight forward technique. He mentioned all the bad things the workers had put on the food and how they are slowly killed by it.
ReplyDeleteThe "Sun Mad Raisins" was by far my favorite sticker because it conveyed the cause and effect of using insecticides and pesticides to grow grapes.
ReplyDeleteI recall the impact of different types of PSA's. I remember the "you can click, but you can't hide" bumper sticker. The bumper sticker had a very blunt and straightforward approach. Because of the straightforward approach I would think it is aimed towards pathos and logos because it appealed to both emotion and logic.
ReplyDeleteThe Raisins ad was cause and effect of the Campbell soup commercial. It inspired ad like-wise or similar. It looked cinco de mayo inspired (day of the dead)
ReplyDeleteOne of the poster was about copyright and how people copy things from the internet and don't give credit to the owner. There were two posters to indicate or to stop people from downloading thing illegally. One poster portrayed strong statement and said "you can click but cannot hide" or something like that. And another poster about same message conveyed same message but in a fun way. I like how one of the poster was direct and bold and got to the point. To copy or download things illegally is not right.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, after reading each piece of rhetoric stickers, I feel that the Sticker that brought up "Sun Mad Raisins" gave off an ability to give his readers to really think about what that means.
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