Thursday, October 16, 2008

Discussion Questions

Chapter 1:

1. What are ways that we can practice interpreting visual rhetoric in our daily lives?

2. How can we recognize differences between visual rhetoric and "simple decorative images", and what characteristcs make a visual rhetorical?

3. Why is it often much easier to see points of persuasion in visuals, rather than actual writing? Why are they so effective?

4. What is meant by "juxtaposes" and what purpose does it serve?

Chapter 2:

1. Where can we find examples of use of logos, pathos and ethnos is our daily lives?

2. Where would use of ethos be inappropriate for a particular audience?

3. What effect does comparing the ethos of one company to another have on both companies?