Blog Post Paragraph Instructions:
Rhetorical Context:
Purpose: write an Image Analysis
paragraph which analyzes an Opposing Viewpoints image related to Junk Food,
Audience: Educated adults who are not familiar with this image
Genre: 250-300 words paragraph with image
Section of paragraph |
Content of section |
| Image | Copy and paste the image at the top of your paragraph.
Below the image, add an informal source citation EX: (source: galegroup.com) |
| Topic Sentence: Purpose
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Identify the photograph.
What was the photographers original intent: To report an event, convey information, persuade viewers to think about the event or people a certain way?
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| Context | What was the original historical, cultural, and political context for the photograph?
Where was the photograph originally viewed? (news story, scientific report, public exhibit, Web site) |
| Subject matter: People | What is the relationship of people to one another?
What do details of clothing and positions reveal? Can you recreate the story behind the scene? If people are absent, what does this reveal? |
| Subject matter: Setting | What is the setting? What does it reveal?
If the setting is outdoors, what are the features of the landscape: urban, rural, mountain, desert? If the setting is indoors, what are the features of the space? |
| Angle: Vantage point of the photographer | Is the angle low (subject looks larger)?
Is the angle high (subject looks smaller)? How does the angle influence what you see? |
| Framing: What is visible and what is hidden | How does the framing direct your attention?
What is included and what is left out? Why was this particular frame chosen? |
| Light: Shadows and contrast | How does light reveal details?
How do shadows obscure details and affect the feeling? |
| Color | What colors are used? Are they warm, cool, bright, or dull?
Which colors dominate? What emotional response do these colors evoke? |
| Conclusion | What is this photograph trying to get you to feel, think, do? |
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