Writing Project 4--Wobbly Image Analysis

For this writing assignment, we will be using an image from the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) or the "Wobblies," image archive at: http://www.iww.org/en/graphicslibrary. Another source that you may use is the IWW exhibit on the Labor Art web site at: http://www.laborarts.org/exhibits/iww/title.cfm.

This assignment will be a straightforward undertaking...select an image that appeals to you or infuriates you, and write a rhetorical analysis of this image. This will be a good opportunity to see how a labor organization uses graphic images to influence and create an argument for an audience.

The image can be a logo, a work of formal art, a cartoon, or a photograph, but part of this assignment will be to figure out what the argument of the image is, who is the audience, and if the image's argument contains elements of either ethos, logos, or pathos; if the argument contains two of the three or all three of the "rhetoreers."

Generally, there is a lot going on in these images, so careful study and examination of details within the image will be essential toward earning your 3.0 on this assignment. I would advise doing a bit of background reading on the Wobblies either from their web site or from other print sources. Other things that will contribute to the grading will be correct assessment of ethos, logos, and/or pathos in the image, 3C writing style, sentence structure, and proper citation of the image and/or other sources used for the writing project.

Writing project follows standard format we have been using including font, etc., and the standard format we have been using for rhetorical analysis. Also, for this assignment, please copy and paste the image into the document at the end of the text. If these instructions are not followed in a concrete manner, I will not grade the writing project.