IMAGES SHAPE YOUR VOICE

•Visual Rhetoric 1

Voice

Voice is the writer’s attitude toward topic and audience.

Swine flu: light, playful, funny

Runway incursions: serious, concerned, alarmed

Chinese New Year: playful, instructive

What topic? What voice?

While shaping your voice, a visual supports points and arguments in the text.

alternative energy 1

alternative energy 2

alternate energy 3

Near the end of a paper about addiction to video games

after telling the story of a prominent suicide bomber who had been an avid video game player first.

Refer to and explain visuals

As can be seen from figure 2… (oops--passive voice. Why keep it?)

In 2007 a California wind turbine caught fire, leading to … (proximity may be enough, depending on the style and audience)

Chart A, to the right, depicts the sudden uptick in narcolepsy between 1995 and 2005.

As can be seen from graph 3, creativity in engineering results in higher ay and satisfaction.

And earn full credit in the grading criteria

Take control with captions

Your words create a world for the reader.

Are college campuses overacting to the “Swine” flu?

Airports report over 10,000 runway incursions per year. Experts estimate that three times that number go unreported.

Wind turbines can disfigure the natural landscape

Growing water stress

An issue examined in depth through visuals alone