A Picture:  Painted in 1000 Words

 

Vodka.jpg            

 

 

Photos, cartoons, & Op-Ads all use images to convey messages.  Pictures can hit a viewer on a more emotional level—they can disgust (cow heads), enrage, sadden (little girl in poverty), amuse (gas prices with LOL, OMG, WTF), shock, surprise (baby covered with trademark tattoos), or enlighten, which makes them a very effective medium for making a strong statement.  In this essay, you will develop an argument regarding your interpretation of the image.  You will make a declaration regarding the intended message of an image (thesis) & then prove your theory using in-depth analysis of the features of the image. 

 

Your argument will be about the creator’s intended message, and you will use analysis of the image to prove that your interpretation regarding the message is correct.

 

YOUR PAPER IS NOT ABOUT THE ISSUE THE IMAGE ADDRESSES; THUS, YOUR THESIS & TOPIC SENTENCES MUST BE ABOUT THE IMAGE, NOT THE ISSUE.

 

Your analysis will be formatted as follows:

Intro:  A brief introduction of the picture:  information about its creation, a description of the image, &/or anything else that your reader will need in order to understand & appreciate your thesis.

Body:  Main points, each in their own ¶s with topic sentences and analysis/support/explanation.  Each body ¶ will explore one aspect of the image and discuss how it is used to convey the message.  Identify the aspect and connect it to the message in a topic sentence, and then thoroughly explain how this aspect helps the image to convey the message.

Conclusion:  Make the relevance of the analysis evident to the reader.  You could comment on the message the image conveys and how it relates to viewers today, encourage the reader to act in accordance with the message, discuss the use of images as a medium for exchanging opinions, etc.

Works Cited, 2 Sources:  This will cite the image itself and one article related to the image.

 

Table of Contents:

Criteria for Success and Schedule of Due Dates                     2

Help with Source Material                                                       3

Instructions for Turnitin                                                          4

Page for Brainstorming                                                            5

Fill-in-the-Blank Outline                                                         6

Criteria for Success

 

See your “Evaluation Criteria” sheet for the standards by which your paper will be graded. 

 

Other Criteria: 

·         1,000+ words (put word count at end), formatted according to MLA guidelines

·         No more than five major errors per page

·         2+ Sources:  This/ese can offer background information about or analysis of the image.

·         You may not use internet articles unless they are from reputable online newspapers.

·         Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources do not count toward the source requirement; however, you should still include them on your Works Cited page.

·         A correctly formatted Works Cited page that cites the image & your sources

*Instructions are in Keys for Writers, 166-167 (Basic Rules) and 168-194 (Samples)

*To cite an image:  See pages 190-191 in Keys.

·         Your in-text citations must correctly introduce your sources the first time you use them (full name, credibility, and the name of article or publication).

·         Your subsequent in-text citations still require a lead-in and should include the first word of the Works Cited citation and page number (if applicable).

·         If your final draft is late, it will be dropped one full letter grade.

·         The paper must be submitted with all the required materials, and a copy must go to Turnitin. 

Schedule of Due Dates:

 

M, 4.13; T, 4.14; W, 4.15:  Background ¶, Image, OL, and Message Statement Due

·         Compose a 200+ word, MLA-formatted background ¶ about your image. 

·         Fill in the message statement at the top of the outline tearaway.

*We will work on the outlines in class.  Make sure you have yours!

 

M, 4.20 (hee hee!); T, 4.21; W, 4.22:  Workshop Draft Due; BRING TWO COPIES!

·         Bring the completed draft of your argument.

·         Include a Works Cited page; See Keys for Writers, 166-167 (Basics) & 168-194 (Samples).

**Help with Citations can be found on page 4 of this assignment packet.

*If your paper is not workshopped, the draft will receive half credit, even if you submit it on time.  It must be workshopped to receive full credit.

 

M, 4.27; T, 4.28; W, 4.29:  Final Draft Due

·         1,000+ words (include word count at end), formatted according to MLA guidelines

·         Correctly formatted Works Cited page with your image and your source/s

·         Submit in folder with log/chart (w/ info. from midterm & Paper 1 filled in)

·         Include all workshop materials and copies of every source you used.

·         Submit an electronic copy of the paper to Turnitin.

*Your paper will not be read until it has gone to Turnitin.

 

Help with Source Material

 

Works Cited Citations:

*Instructions are in Keys for Writers, 166-167 (Basic Rules) and 168-194 (Samples)

 

See Keys, page 190, 12g, 52, 53, and 54 for how to cite various image types.

 

Reprinted Book:  Lane, Tristan.  Pictures and Passion.  1970.  Chico, CA: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

 

Editor as author:  Lanze, Deirdre, ed.  Images of Life.  3rd ed.  Boston:  Norton, 2006.

 

Work in an Anthology:  Juncker, Margaret.  “The Wanderer.”  The Picture as a Text.  4th ed.  Ed.

 

John D. Shehorn.  Boston, Bedford, 2008.  56-60.

 

Advertisement:  Diesel Jeans.  Advertisement.  Bazaar.  13 February 2008:  43. 

 

Newspaper:  Riley, Jane.  “Photoshop This!”  Fresno Bee  26 October 2007:  A5.

 

Scholarly Journal:  Jones, Ty.  “Your Heart.”  MD Quarterly  45.6 (2006):  125–133.

 

Magazine Article:  Diaz, Trey.  “Digital You.”  Health  26 October 2005:  15.

 

Database Article:  Cite as print article (above) and then add the following:

·         Name of the database, underlined (Expanded Academic ASAP.)

·         Name of the service providing the database (Infotrac.)

·         Name of library w/ city & state (Mission College Library, Santa Clara, CA.)

·         Your date of access (30 October 2005.)

Rosenberg, Debra, Lynn Waddell, and Suzanne Smalley. "The Car of the Year." 

Consumer Reports 21 Jan 2008: 40. Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis. 

Mission College Library, Santa Clara, CA.  16  Mar. 2009.

 

In-text Citations:

*Instructions are in Keys for Writers, 148-149 and 155-157.

 

First Use:  In her article “Calling for a New Dialogue on Rape,” University of Pennsylvania student Darcy Richie asks an important question:  “What messages are men receiving through the media and through our words about how women are to be treated?” (36).

 

Subsequent Uses:  One of her theories is that “the media’s sexualization of females translates […] into a justification to touch, fondle, and use force or coercion to lure their female acquaintances into unwanted sexual intercourse” (Richie 35).

 

 

Instructions for Turnitin

 

1.  Go to http://turnitin.com/static/home.html.

          *There is a link to this site from our class website.

 

2.  Click “New Users.”

 

3.  On the page that appears, in the box that says “New students start here,” click on “create a user profile.”

 

4.  It will ask you what kind of user you are.  Click “student.” 

 

5.  It will ask you to enter the course ID# & password:

 

                                           Class ID                       PW

Eng. 1A, Mon

2577341

Beatty

Eng. 1A, Weds

2577342

Hound

Eng. 1A, TTh

2577343

Phoenix

Eng. 1B, MW

2577344

Freedom

 

5.  It will then ask you for your first & last name, your email address, & a password.  Create your OWN password, complete with secret question & answer.  Write this down as you will need it to log in:

________________________________________

 

6.  Agree to the user agreement; you will then have an account.

 

7.  At this point, you will be prompted to log in.

 

8.  Once in, click on our class.

 

9.  Once you are in our class, find the assignment that is due and click the submit box next to it.

 

10.  Instructions should appear telling you how to submit your paper.

 

*Tip:  When you are finished add Turnitin’s login page to your bookmarks or favorites for easy access in the future.

 

Page for Brainstorming

 

Fill-in-the-Blank-Outline (Follows Standard Format)

 

Name:

 

What is the message the image is attempting to convey?:

 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

I.  Intro

     A. *(Optional) Attention-getter

     B. ¶ of background about/description of the image. 

C.  Thesis:  Specific, focused claim re: the message conveyed by the image:  _____________________________________________________________________________.

 

II. Body: 

     A.  Topic sentence: Identify one aspect of the image and connect it to the intended message.

Example:  Through the use of the Coke logo (aspect), Greenpeace makes it very clear that the Coke company has played a role in global warming (message).

_____________________________________________________________________________.

       1.  Describe Aspect:

______________________________________________________________________________

       2.  Explain How It Connects to the Message: ______________________________________________________________________________

       3.  Reflect/Analyze (comment on the relevance/importance of the support to your thesis): ______________________________________________________________________________

     B.  Topic sentence: Identify aspect of the image, transition from previous aspect, and connect aspect to intended message:

Example:  Having used their own logo to directly indict them, Greenpeace then underscores the gravity of global warming using the expressions on the faces of the bears.  ____________________________________________________________________________.

       1.  Describe Aspect:

______________________________________________________________________________

       2.  Explain How It Connects to the Message: ______________________________________________________________________________

3.  Reflect/Analyze (comment on the relevance/importance of the support to your thesis): ______________________________________________________________________________

      C.  Topic sentence: Identify aspect of the image, transition from previous aspect, and connect aspect to intended message:

_____________________________________________________________________________.     

       1.  Describe Aspect:

______________________________________________________________________________

       2.  Explain How It Connects to the Message: ______________________________________________________________________________

3.  Reflect/Analyze (comment on the relevance/importance of the support to your thesis): ______________________________________________________________________________

 

III. Conclusion:  Conclude in a way that impacts the reader; you could discuss what the future holds, invite him/her to think, agree, or act, or encourage him/her to apply the message to his/her life.