PAPER #2: Analyzing a Visual Representation of a Culture or Ethnic Group
Weight: 20% of Final Grade
Length and Formatting: 4-5 pages, typed, double-spaced, with a left-justified margin, and black 12-point Times New Roman font, utilizing APA style.
Assignment Preparation: List how the Culture or Ethnic Group that you wrote about in Paper #1 have been depicted on a billboard, on TV, or in print. What visual representations come to mind? Complete a free write on what those representations have in common and what makes each of those representations different. Then ask yourself: which one of those representations seems to be the most interesting or complex?
Assignment: Select a visual representation (e.g., poster, billboard, photograph) of the culture or ethnic group that you wrote about for Paper #1. Note: A webpage or movie will not work for this assignment. Analyze how that representation is achieving or not achieving its creators’ desired effect. The point here is not to evaluate the representation, but to walk your readers through the specifics of how that representation is working, or attempting to work, on a group of viewers.
Please limit your focus to 3 key strategies that the creator of the representation uses; these strategies should come from our reading in our course textbook “Writing Guide with Handbook” pages 537-573.
*You will need to include the selected image in your essay and pre-writing.
Research: If you choose to obtain outside sources you are limited to 2 sources only. Do not use Google. Resources that can be used for this assignment should only be comprised of in-class text, Jstor, or LSC Libraries.



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