Assignment 3



The campaign to end drunk driving dramatically portrays the consequences of drunk driving in order to infuse fear into drinkers who are irresponsible and reckless.

Assignment 2- Visual Images

The campaign to end drunk driving dramatically portrays the consequences of drunk driving in order to infuse fear into drinkers who are irresponsible and reckless.

By comparing the fine point on a their pen to the fine lines of a fingerprint, Sharpie persuades the audience of the precision of their pens.

Denver Water company uses a portionized park bench to suggest that the population should conserve water by only using the appropriate amount instead of being wasteful. 

Assignment 1- Rhetorical?

Upon contemplating what I see in everyday life that has an impact on me and is a rhetoric, I didn't have to look very far. In this day and age everything that we see, especially those things presented by the media, are rhetorics. These can range from billboards asking us if we've eaten today and ads on transportation systems telling us we need to try the newest, most creative burger yet. Once I thought further about rhetorics that have recently influenced me and a majority of girls I know, an instant example came to mind: The Victoria Secret Fashion Show. My three roommates and I were a contribution to the however many million viewers who tuned in to watch this unnerving event unfold back last fall. I use the word unnerving here because also like most of the viewers I had my Facebook page up, and over the course of the the show I saw my newsfeed flooded with comments about it. Most read a little something like this: "OMG. These girls are so gorgeous. I officially need to hit up the gym tomorrow and everyday for the rest of my life." I must admit these girls did make me want to jump on the treadmill and do 1000 sit ups, but on the other hand I felt like I need to eat a Big Mac with a large fry FOR these girls. Between my train of thought throughout the show and my newsfeed blowing up with similiar ideas, I started wondering why these things have such an impact to us girls and guys equally (all you need to do is watch and a Calvin Kline ad to be on board with the fact that guys are influenced too). The Victoria Secret Fashion Show and Calvin Kline ads are a types of visual rhetoric. They are aimed at the younger female or male population and present there models as having the "perfect" body. Not only are these ads trying to persuade us that these are the acceptable body images but they are also trying to persuade us that their material is the best. "Buy our stuff because you will look like this if you do." When noticing visual rhetorc such as these PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Don't be sucked into their delusions.