Visual Rhetoric

      Series Editor, Marguerite Helmers

      The Visual Rhetoric series publishes work by scholars in a wide variety of disciplines, including art theory, anthropology, rhetoric, cultural studies, psychology, and media studies.

      Other Books in the Series

      Ways of Seeing, Ways of Speaking: The Integration of Rhetoric and Vision in Constructing the Real, edited by Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Sue Hum, and Linda T. Calendrillo

      Writing the Visual

      A Practical Guide for Teachers

      of Composition and Communication

      Edited by

      Carol David and Anne R. Richards

      Parlor Press

      West Lafayette, Indiana

      www.parlorpress.com

      Parlor Press LLC, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906

      © 2008 by Parlor Press

      All rights reserved.

      Printed in the United States of America.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Writing the visual : a practical guide for teachers of composition and communication / edited by Carol David and Anne R. Richards.

      p. cm. -- (Visual rhetoric)

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-60235-046-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-047-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-048-9 (adobe ebk.)

      1. English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching. 2. Report writing--Study and teaching. 3. Visual communication--Study and teaching. I. David, Carol, 1931- II. Richards, Anne R., 1961-

      PE1404.W743 2008

      808’.042071--dc22

      2007051124

      Cover Images: “Sacred Sight, Island of Djerba, Tunisia,” by Anne R. Richards. Used by permission. “Smooth Sea after Sunset,” by AVTG. Used by permission.

      Cover design by David Blakesley.

      Printed on acid-free paper.

      Parlor Press, LLC is an independent publisher of scholarly and trade titles in print and multimedia formats. This book is available in paper, cloth and Adobe eBook formats from Parlor Press on the World Wide Web at http://www.parlorpress.com or through online and brick-and-mortar bookstores. For submission information or to find out about Parlor Press publications, write to Parlor Press, 816 Robinson St., West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, or e-mail [email protected].

      Contents

       Acknowledgments

      1 Introduction | Fields of Vision: A Background Study of References for Teachers

       Anne R. Richards and Carol David

       2 Seeing Rhetoric

       Nancy Allen

       3 Mediated Memory:

       The Language of Memorial Spaces

       L. J. Nicoletti

       4 Visual Rhetoric for Writing Teachers: Using Documentaries to Develop Student Awareness of Rhetorical Elements

       Barbara Worthington and Deborah Rard

       5 Envisioning Justice: Racial Metaphors, Political Movements, and Critical Pedagogy

       C. Richard King

       6 Seeing the Unspeakable: Emmett Till and American Terrorism

       Jane Davis

       7 A Study of Photographs of Iran: Postcolonial Inquiry into

       the Limits of Visual Representation

       Iraj Omidvar

       8 Ethos on the Web:

       Yong-Kang Wei

       9 Visualizing Discovery: Christopher Columbus’s Maps

       Jean Darcy

       10 Drawn to Multiple Sides: Making Arguments Visible with Political Cartoons

       Alyssa O’Brien

       11 Thirteen Ways of Looking

       Ryan Jerving

       12 Collapsing Floors and Disappearing Walls: Teaching Visual and Cultural Intertexts in Electronic Games

       Mark Mullen

       13 Revising for Activity Purposes: Improving Document Design for Reader-Oriented Activities

       Kristin Walker Pickering

       Contributors

       Index to the Print Edition

      Illustrations

      Chapter 1

      Figure 1. Anh Thuy Dang at Red Top Mountain.

      Figure 2. Self-portrait. Frances Benjamin Johnston. 1896.

      Figure 3. (a) Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Thomas Gainsborough. 1727; (b) Laura and Walter Rypstat. 1910; (c) Shannon and Ben. 2004.

      Figure 4. Katie Jezghani’s response to an online discussion prompt.

      Chapter 2