Keywords for Print Media

Aesthetics
Design
Canons of Rhetoric
Rhetorical Triangle
Closure
Purpose
Genre
Rhetorical Situation (audience, exigence, constraints,discourse)
Visuals (icons & symbols)
Conventions

Theory of Composing: Part 2

Think back to the theories of composing you have been constructing; what role, if any, did design/visual rhetoric play? Has your theory of composing changed--in what ways yes, in what ways no? Do you see visual rhetoric/visual composition in your daily lives, and if so, in what ways?

Print Media Project Rubric

	Excellent	On Track	Emergent	Off Track
Come to a definition of your own that includes the scholars who have influenced you (comprehensible)
Complexity of term discussion
Consideration of audience
Understands and meets the expectations of the assignment
Appropriateness of the genre
Design (Overall effort)
Effectiveness of the composition
Critical analysis of composition and audience in process memo
MLA/Mechanics

Genre and Composition

What is the role of genre in communication? What role does genre play in composing? What expectations does it set? What limitations does it inscribe?

Theory of Composing: Part 1

Reflect on our readings and discussions--as well as your new and growing understanding of rhetoric--and start to construct your own “theory of composing;” what does it mean to compose and to do so “effectively?”

You will revisit your theory of composing as the semester continues and it will become one of the capstone pieces in your portfolio; but for right now, focus on your initial thoughts.