In Class: visual argument reading

The reading for this class period dealt with how visual images make different arguments. The reading covered everything from wording to coloring to emotional appeals created through visuals. Since I am dealing with more of the textual parts of the third assignment, I focused on the visual elements that text deals with. The visual appearance of text plays an important role and sends many messages for what the style of a visual may be. Certain fonts (serif vs. sans serif vs. decorative) all play a role in the message that an author may want to portray. For this project, one of the tasks that I will be doing is creating an article that is similar to one found in ESPN. This article will be formatted using either a serif or sans serif font (likely Times New Roman). For this article, the visuals that I may choose to incorporate will need to be relevant to the context, and I will attempt to elicit emotional response from the hypothetical reader. This I will accomplish through the use of pictures that show TCU doing well, or through pictures that may show reactions of fans (hopefully creating an effect that other events have been able to show through the use of bystanders).