1.4: Visual Rhetoric/ Visual Reading Series

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Directions

Here, you will find the instructions for reading: "Visual Rhetoric/ Visual Reading Series"

The story is a .doc. file. I recommend either reading the PowerPoint on How to Read Graphic novels in order to understand the genre of comics. I recommend taking notes on the text by using your computer, sticky notes, or separate note-taking procedures.

While reading the story, keep these questions/ideas in mind:

What is the the story about?
How does the story use graphic novel structure to it advantage?
Does the text's use of black and white color to its advantage?
What are you learning about the Civil Rights movement?
How does a historical text make more of an impact/less of an impact due to its format?

Essay 1 Topic

Directions: Write a 3-6 page thesis-driven essay that analyzes how images and words interact with each other to create meaning in the graphic novel March: Book One- Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (posted on our course website).

For example, how does the selection from March: Book Three use structural elements (various mixtures of light, and dark and words and silence, etc.) to convey the novel’s opening theme?

Sample Thesis: "The theme of alienation is depicted in the graphic novel through the facial expressions of the characters, the use of shading, and the use of color."

(Hint: Theme+ Three Structural Elements)

Visual Rhetoric_Visual Literacy Series(1).docx