Directions: Choose either the image from “Analysis of an Image” or the website from “Analysis of a Website” and develop your outline into an essay.
Length: 500 – 750 words
Content:
Explore key features of your chosen image or website.
For the image, consider: content, analysis, inference, synthesis, audience, evaluation. Another way to think of it is:
why the image was constructed this way (purpose, imagery, design)
what it is trying to say (message, synthesis)
what it assumes about the viewer (inference, audience)
who it’s trying to influence (inference, audience)
whether or not you think it works (evaluation)
whether it’s appealing to emotions, logic, or the product’s worthiness (3 appeals)
etc.
Organization
Multiple paragraphs required. This submission needs to be in essay, not outline format.
A simple way to organize would be to include your thesis in your introduction, then to use the paragraphs to explain various parts of your analysis.
A conclusion leaves the audience with an important idea to take with them.
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Grading
A thesis is developed through detailed information.
The thesis should consider answering the following
questions:
What is important to notice about the design?
How does design relate to purpose?
What do you most want to draw your reader’s attention to?
However, there are many different ways to write a good analytical thesis.
Development
Detailed analysis offered.
Attempts to explain some or all of the questions detailed in the directions (above).
Goes beyond obvious statements to explain underlying elements and ideas.
Provides details from the image (evidence) and explains how they influence the design (analysis).
500 – 750+ words.
Going over is OK, but please try to stick within this target.
Citations
Website or image must be linked so that I can access it.
A Works Cited page must follow the paper that includes the image or website.
Organization
Solid paragraphs are present.
You can group your paragraphs as you did in your
outlines or explore your own paragraph topics.
Clear grouping of ideas helps the reader understand what they’re reading.
Essay is aware of its own main idea.
It should offer proof to explain the thesis statement.
Writing Quality
Grammar accurate, clear, eloquent, etc.
Tone
Formal enough for academic work.
Length
Meets minimum word count at least (500 words).