Visual Rhetorical Argument: "Be Kind"

Creator(s): 
Tessa Sayers
Class: 
Composing Digital Media
Instructor: 
Ben Miller
Semester: 
Spring
Year: 
2019

"This project was made in memory of Kinsley Kronenwetter. Although she only spent 14 months on earth, she was a world changer and still is continuing to change the world. On the 15th of every month, her family asks people to perform random acts of kindness in her memory to bring light on the anniversary of her death. To learn more about Kinsley and her family, please visit Kindness for Kinsley on Facebook, and remember, in a world where you can be anything, be kind."

This assignment asked students to "make a rhetorical claim through the juxtaposition of images and text. It's kind of a collage, but a collage with an argument to make." Professor Ben Miller writes of Tessa's project, "Tessa, you really outdid yourself with this one! Your attention to detail and perseverance really paid off, both in the image itself (love the expanding dots of kindness, and the hand-brushed watercolor effect on the background; great work, too, on re-using fonts but varying font weights) and also in the very thorough and thoughtful reflection. Thank you for putting in so much time and effort into realizing your vision for this project – and not just working on your own, but seeking out solutions to help you level up."

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