Purpose Statements and Design Plans

Photo Essay Purpose Statement

Purpose:

The purpose of my photo essay is to give my audience a tour of the main attractions of the “Field Museum.” I personally like going to the “Field Museum” and I want to my audience, which is my scholarly peers, to gain some respect and awe for the “Field Museum” and maybe even see it for themselves one day. Worst case scenario, I want my audience to at least know what is at the “Field Museum.” In the end, my goal is to use the idea of the photo essay to promote the “Field Museum.” Since the project is based on pictures, it will be easier to describe the items at the museum using pictures then writing a paper about all the main attractions.

Audience:

My audience will consist of people of a scholarly background. For example, that would include my fellow classmates, other college students, historical tourists, and simply people who like history or historical items. I feel that the people I mentioned will be interested in my photo essay, because the one characteristic they all have in common is that they are people who are currently in or like an educational environment.

Context:

The reason why I am writing this photo essay, is simply because it is a school project. I will give a run down of my photo essay during class and will it be graded as well. Obviously, my class will be comfortable with this way of communicating, because it is a class assignment and everyone has to write a photo essay. 

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of my photo essay is to give my audience a tour of the main attractions of the “Field Museum.” I personally like going to the “Field Museum” and I want to my audience to gain some respect and awe for the “Field Museum” and maybe even see it for themselves one day. Worst case scenario, I want my audience to at least know what is at the “Field Museum.” In the end, my goal is to use the idea of the photo essay to promote the “Field Museum.” Since the project is based on pictures, it will be easier to describe the items at the museum using pictures then writing a paper about all the main attractions. The photo essay is a good writing technique for my particular story or in other words, promoting the main attractions of the “Field Museum.”

My audience will consist of people of a scholarly background. For example, that would include my fellow classmates, other college students, historical tourists, and simply people who like history or historical items. I feel that the people I mentioned will be interested in my photo essay, because the one characteristic they all have in common is that they are people who are currently in or like an educational environment. Personally, I think at least most of my audience will enjoy my photo essay.

The context of my photo essay is not very complicating. The reason why I am writing this photo essay, is simply because it is a school project. I will give a run down of my photo essay during class and will it be graded as well. Obviously, my class will be comfortable with this way of communicating, because it is a class assignment and everyone has to write a photo essay. The context part of my photo essay is very simply and to the point.

Photo Essay Design Plan

Purpose:

I would like my classmates and peers to at least think about going to the "Field Museum" at some point during their life. I want them to see all the history and treasures that are housed there. The Field Museum is a very special place and should be one of the great tourist and educational attractions of the world.

Medium:

  I will be using photographs. I want my photographs to show my audience the elegance of the all historical and present day artifacts that are on display at the Field Museum. I plan on going to the Field Museum on a Sunday afternoon and simply just taking pictures of the main attractions of the museum. I will be using my iPhone and then emailing them to myself so I can then copy and paste them from my email account to my Keynote presentation. In regards to my keynote presentation, I will use Avenir font with the font size ranging from 10 - 30 pt, based on the amount shape I have to write captions. My keynotes will also be all black with the pictures and captions towards the middle of the slides. Just to clarify, Keynotes can be converted to Microsoft Powerpoint so there should be no compatibility issues.

Strategies:

Ethos: To build good credibility, I will put serious effort into taking good pictures and doing research on many of the artifacts I choose to show within my photo essay. I want my pictures to be clear and concise. They will be big enough so they are easy to analyze. I also want to know the basic history and information about each artifact. I will achieve this by asking questions at the museum about the displays I don’t completely understand. 

Pathos: I want my keynote presentation to make people feel that the Field Museum is not just a boring school building. I will achieve this by explaining why some of the artifacts are significant to life on Earth and the history behind them. I also want my presentation to be easy to understand and not like feel a college level science or social studies class.

Logos: My photo essay is based on basic research and pictures I have taken at the Field Museum. I want to be able to give and explain the main facts of each artifact and be able to describe the pictures I took as well. I will achieve this by taking good pictures and knowing the basic information about the artifacts I am presenting. I want my audience to be able to recognize and/or know something about the main attractions of the Field Museum after watching and reading through my photo essay.

Arrangement: 

I will arrange my photo essay in a coherent and simplistic way. I will open up with a title slide and follow that with one or two slides that summarize each of main attractions at the museum. I will make sure I have between eight and ten slides of information. My first slide after the title will contain my narrative. In regards to the pictures, I want the pictures to be set up in a way that is easiest for my audience to understand. I will make sure the pictures are not bunched up and towards the middle of the slides, which means they may be manipulated in some way so they fit the slide. I will also put some sort of caption under each picture. The captions will be directly next to each picture. Their length will range from a simply phase to small paragraph, based what the picture is.

Testing:

I will test my photo essay and everything about it during the peer review process. I want someone else other than me to read my photo essay and see if it makes sense.

Rhetorical Analysis Purpose Statement and Design Plan

Purpose:

The purpose of my rhetorical analysis essay is to point out the strategies that particular written and visual arguments can employ. My topic is four Pro-America World War II propaganda posters made by the United States government. The ideas of the posters surround the ideas of not wasting gas, particularly in cars, young college age kids going off the war, women working back at home, the government and the work force working together, and the making of war weapons and materials. One of the reasons analyzing posters can be useful is that it requires you to understand not just what writers are saying, but also the purposes and motivations behind their ideas/arguments. In other words, you can find deeper meanings behind the idea of the poster. 

Audience:

My audience will consist of my scholarly peers. I want to go broaden their concept of World War II United States propaganda, and the idea of how to interpret other war propaganda posters. 

Context:

The reason why I am writing this rhetorical analysis essay, is simply because it is a school project. Obviously, my class will be comfortable with this way of communicating, because it is a class assignment and everyone has to write a rhetorical analysis essay. Most of the text will consist mainly of my analysis of the three rhetorical appeals of ethos which deals primarily with credibility, logos which is the logic of the writer’s argument, and pathos which deals with emotion. All that will be written within a 3-4 page paper between 1200-1500 words. In regards to testing my subject matter, I will read my essay to my family and see how they feel about it.

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of my rhetorical analysis essay is to point out the strategies that particular written and visual arguments can employ. My topic is five Pro-America World War II propaganda posters made by the United States government. The ideas of the posters surround the ideas of not wasting gas, particularly in cars, young college age kids going off the war, women working back at home, the government and the work force working together, and the making of war weapons and materials. One of the reasons analyzing posters can be useful is that it requires you to understand not just what writers are saying, but also the purposes and motivations behind their ideas/arguments. In other words, you can find deeper meanings behind the idea of the poster. This can be a very powerful tool for writers who are trying to make a real difference in the world.

My audience will consist of my scholarly peers. I want to go broaden their concept of World War II United States propaganda, and the idea of how to interpret other war propaganda posters. I feel that most young people in the world know none to little information about world conflicts such as war.

The reason why I am writing this rhetorical analysis essay, is simply because it is a school project. Obviously, my class will be comfortable with this way of communicating, because it is a class assignment and everyone has to write a rhetorical analysis essay. Most of the text will consist mainly of my analysis of the three rhetorical appeals of ethos which deals primarily with credibility, logos which is the logic of the writer’s argument, and pathos which deals with emotion. All that will be written within a 3-4 page paper between 1200-1500 words. In regards to testing my subject matter, I will read my essay to my family and see how they feel about it. Using with the three ethical appeals correctly can make a paper or poster more believable and more interesting to the reader.

Researched Argument Synthesis Purpose Statement/Design Plan

Purpose:

The purpose of my Researched Argument Synthesis Paper is prove why Division I college athletes should get paid or at least receive some monetary compensation for the amount money, popularity, and notoriety they bring in for the college or university. I believe Division I college athletes are a huge part of a college or university’s ability to pay for what they are do on a day to day basis and they are a good recruiting tool for not only athletes, but the everyday college kid who wants to have a great and memorable college experience. Most high school kids associate the colleges they are deciding between based on which schools they see on T.V. and in the newspapers headlines the most. I feel that Division I college athletes should get paid based on play on in addition to their scholarships. Scholarships should be treat the same way contracts. They decide what your pay rate would be and an other incentives players and schools may want to include in the scholarship. 

Audience:

My audience will consist of my scholarly peers, highly regarded high school athletes, Division I level coaches and school administrators. 

Context:

The reason why I am writing this rhetorical analysis essay, is simply because it is a school project. Obviously, my class will be comfortable with this way of communicating, because it is a class assignment and everyone has to the same the of essay. I will be using 6 scholarly sources from Lewis University’s library database. The paper itself will be in MLA format and and be 6-8 pages long and between 2000-2500 words. In addition to writing my research, I will also use forms of synthesis to validate my argument and data I provide throughout the paper. 

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of my Researched Argument Synthesis Paper is prove why Division I college athletes should get paid or at least receive some monetary compensation for the amount money, popularity, and notoriety they bring in for the college or university. I believe Division I college athletes are a huge part of a college or university’s ability to pay for what they are do on a day to day basis and they are a good recruiting tool for not only athletes, but the everyday college kid who wants to have a great and memorable college experience. Most high school kids associate the colleges they are deciding between based on which schools they see on T.V. and in the newspapers headlines the most. I feel that Division I college athletes should get paid based on play on in addition to their scholarships. Scholarships should be treat the same way contracts. They decide what your pay rate would be and an other incentives players and schools may want to include in the scholarship. I feel this a topic that gets overlooked a lot and should be put in the spotlight. 

My audience will be a wide range of people. It will consist of my fellow scholarly peers, or college and high school aged kids, highly regarded high school athletes, Division I level coaches and school administrators. All the people involved in my audience all have an say when comes to this topic.

The reason why I am writing this rhetorical analysis essay, is simply because it is a school project. Obviously, my class will be comfortable with this way of communicating, because it is a class assignment and everyone has to the same the of essay. I will be using 6 scholarly sources from Lewis University’s library database. The paper itself will be in MLA format and and be 6-8 pages long and between 2000-2500 words. In addition to writing my research, I will also use forms of synthesis to validate my argument and data I provide throughout the paper. This assignment is a good way to support an argue about an important and controversial topic.