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The essay today is on Scott McCloud's "Show and Tell." McCloud's "graphic essay" is actually Chapter Six of his Understanding Comics, and it discusses the ability of comics to communicate through a delicate balance of words and pictures. In fact, I would argue that this is increasingly becoming the way people communicate in the world today -- via technology like texting and social media. This balance, he argues, is what makes comics work.
Your prompt follows:
We are moving on to the Romantic Period. Please read the following introduction from your textbook for Monday: Introduction to The Romantic Period.
The essay today is on Scott McCloud's "Show and Tell." McCloud's "graphic essay" is actually Chapter Six of his Understanding Comics, and it discusses the ability of comics to communicate through a delicate balance of words and pictures. In fact, I would argue that this is increasingly becoming the way people communicate in the world today -- via technology like texting and social media. This balance, he argues, is what makes comics work.
Your prompt follows:
Analyze the rhetoric of McCloud's "graphic essay" on communicating ideas through the combination of words and pictures. How does he achieve his rhetorical purpose? In what ways does he employ the same techniques he is explaining? Consider his use of language and imagery, including rhetorical techniques such as juxtaposition, parallelism, allusion and figurative language.Sophomores
We are moving on to the Romantic Period. Please read the following introduction from your textbook for Monday: Introduction to The Romantic Period.
