After reading Jack’s reading response, I noticed some similarities and differences between our reading responses.

Similarities:

• we both mentioned an example from chapter 6 of Everything’s an Argument.
• both said there was ethos in the example we mentioned.
• talked about how ethos supported the example and made it better.

Differences:

• I mentioned a personal experience.
• I talked about how I can improve my writing after reading the examples in chapter 6.
• I talked about how rhetorical analysis can help you make better arguments and become a better writer.
• he talked more about different tones/styles such as serious vs. sarcastic.

Jack was unique in his own perspective in his reading response because talked about different styles of writing and how even a sarcastic tone can make a strong writing piece.

 

 

Rhetorical Analysis of a Visual Argument:

Names: Jackson Sublett, Ari Hoohuli, and Meili Skov

https://blogs.longwood.edu/visualswithjones/2015/09/22/post-7-visual-arguments/

 

In the image, there is a student at graduation taking a selfie and he is being trapped by a snake that has the word ‘debt’ written on it.

Typically, many high school graduates pursue a higher education that puts them into crippling debt. The image of the large snake trapping the graduate encapsulates the idea of debt consuming humans.  

 

Oftentimes, students have to take on student loans to be able to attend university, which then leaves them with substantial debt when they graduate. Snakes often trap their prey and with the snake representing debt, we can assume it conveys students are being trapped in debt.   

 

The image conveys the impending struggle many students face post-graduation. The image of a snake, often used as a symbol for greed, looming over the graduate conveys how quickly debt strikes new-grads.