For an example of a visual rhetoric, I have chosen a political cartoon about the issue of global warming. This cartoon shows polar bears tanning in beach chairs and sea lions playing volleyball on the beach. There are two humans saying "global warming does seem harder and harder to deny". By showing these animals from the north pole playing in the hot sun, the artist implies that the animals are being forced to change their ways of living because of global warming. The polar bears are drawn much smaller compared to the sea lions, suggesting that the polar bears are not getting enough food because of global warming. Do you think that global warming is an important issue in the world today? The credit for this cartoon goes to Dan Wasserman, Tribune Media Services, Inc. Just click the image to see a bigger version of the cartoon.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Visual Rhetoric
For an example of a visual rhetoric, I have chosen a political cartoon about the issue of global warming. This cartoon shows polar bears tanning in beach chairs and sea lions playing volleyball on the beach. There are two humans saying "global warming does seem harder and harder to deny". By showing these animals from the north pole playing in the hot sun, the artist implies that the animals are being forced to change their ways of living because of global warming. The polar bears are drawn much smaller compared to the sea lions, suggesting that the polar bears are not getting enough food because of global warming. Do you think that global warming is an important issue in the world today? The credit for this cartoon goes to Dan Wasserman, Tribune Media Services, Inc. Just click the image to see a bigger version of the cartoon.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Photo Essay
The photo essay that I chose was one that I found from TIME magazine. The essay is about a village that is currently fighting a parasite called the guinea worm. The disease is spread through contaminated water, so the people are working to find ways to still have water and not get infected. I think that it's very sad that this debilitating disease is affecting this village because it is affecting not only the people's health but also the village's economy. Because the people are not able to walk, they cannot fish, farm, etc. I think the photo essay did a good job of portraying what the people go through in dealing with this disease. I had never heard of this disease before. Did you know anything about this disease? Do you think that the efforts being made by these people are enough to completely get rid of the disease? Click either the picture or the word link to get to the essay.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Grammar!
One of the most difficult aspects of grammar for me to learn was how to write in active voice and how to avoid writing in passive voice. Sometimes the use of passive voice can create awkward sentences, so it's better to just write in active voice. Here is a link that I found that discusses how to use active voice and how to change passive voice to active voice.
Has anyone else ever had difficulty rewording a sentence so that it is not in passive voice?
Has anyone else ever had difficulty rewording a sentence so that it is not in passive voice?
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