Reading Visual Rhetoric


Visual images have clout in our culture, and technology
enables people to create and transmit images at an incredible
pace.


Increasingly, documents are being regarded as more than words.

As soon as the reader encounters text or images, he/she immediately starts to take in many kinds of visual information about it, from its apparent size to details of type, color, layout, and illustrations.

As the reader continues to examine the text, he/she makes judgments about design, meaning and importance.

Documents with visual components are rhetorical, contributing to effective communication.

There are three important areas that the reader must consider as he/she approaches and analyzes visual arguments:


                   Word Choice                                    Content                                         Design


Lunsford, Everything's An Argument




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