Major Assignment 2: 

For this assignment, I was required to write an essay about a visual rhetorical analysis. We were basically allowed to do it on anything we wanted that showed visuals, such as a poster, menu, advertisement, etc. Throughout the previous weeks, the students were taught about rhetorical analysis and how to apply it while reading literature. After I read the class readings, I was confident enough to apply my knowledge of a rhetorical analysis to my own essay. 

 

This artifact shows two of the learning outcomes: Writing & Power and Revision. 

 

The draft talked about all of the rhetorical appeals and other terms, such as exigence, context, constraints, and the audience. I was able to connect the posters and movie that I chose, Obsession, to all of the terms, and did a good analysis on the posters as well. However, I struggled to find enough of the class readings as evidence to support my claims. Going over my draft a few times helped me visualize for myself what I was going to do for my final draft. 

 

On the Writing workshop assignment for this essay, I was able to get some feedback from a classmate on what to work on. After hearing from Alyson, I was unable to originally showcase the Writing & Power learning outcome that was supposed to be showcased in this essay to begin with, so I had to work on that. 

 

After revising my draft, I was able to show both the revision and writing & power learning outcome by expanding on how self-identity and power through writing can be shown through the characters in the movie. I talked about how the main character, Nikki, lost her own identity because of Bear. Bear used a wishing device that took power over Nikki’s control, ultimately showing how people in power keep other people silenced, losing their own identity.