Multi-modal project

Starting our the reading, the content speaks of four main points that must be made to have a visual argument: the argument, audience, medium, and form. These four key points directly relate to our assignment which is to make a visual argument using the least amount of literal words as possible. Just as in the paper we did earlier this semester, the saying a picture is worth a thousand words truly ties in as it adds a different layer to the argument at hand. These pictures makes the audience take another perspective on the argument, and having to use nothing but images and videos to create and support an argument entails that the audience will think about the argument in a completely different way than the normal point of view. This phenomenon will peak the attention of the audience and motivate them to acknowledge the argument being made. Reverting back to the beginning of the semester when we did the rhetorical analysis of an image and broke down its ethos, pathos, and logos, this assignment requires us to format our argument similar to a photo essay in which the three rhetorical appeals must be established so the point is clear. In general, the argument that attracts the most attention and establishes their rhetorical analysis the best is going to successfully convince the audience. Also formatting writing for audience was mention, and in relation to our project the situation is calling for us to use form of writing normally seen on websites. This form of writing is a hybrid of different extremes of the types of writing we are used to seeing: Giant writing meant to grab your attention and traditional type normally seen in research papers. The writing we will be using caters to those who enjoy the concept of the reading, but do not want to take the time to read the entirety of the material. By making our arguments broad enough so that includes everyone in the message, we are designing arguments for public audiences. This concept is also seen in the book in showing an example of a community service announcement, and in our project we are convincing our audience that world can be changed by not only the president of the United States or others in power but also by the regular Joes out there who posses enough motivation do something about the suffering. Having our argument being that the world can be changed by our government taking one percent of the top one percent of America's highest income holders and use it to pave the roads in Nigeria thereby providing transportation of clean water, we can do that.