2014年3月17日星期一

Entry 5


1) Outline the infographic essay
paragraph-by-paragraph as if it were a traditional, text-written essay

Introduction: The author will adopt a shelter dog soon
Body: 1. Shelter dogs are looking for a good home.
          2. Shelter dogs are more grateful for their master then pedigree.
          3. Mixes breeds have less health problems than purebred dogs.
Conclusion:  Please adopt a shelter dog if you are ready to keep a dog.

2) Provide the Rhetorical Situation of this essay
  • purpose: Call on people to adopt shelter dogs instead of buying dogs. It also tells people why and how to adopt a shelter dog.
  • audience: People who are ready to keep a dog.
  • stance: Objective
  • genre: Web pages
  • media/design: Web site

3) While you are only outlining the essay--not writing it word-for-word--you can still get a feeling for what this essay would look like. How is the infographic different from the traditional essay you outlined?
      Infographic is more vivid and clearly than text. Infographic colorful and attract readers' attention.


4) Strengths and weaknesses of the infographic: what does the infographic do better than the essay? What does the essay do better than the infographic?
      Inforgraphic is more easier to understand than essay. And it's quicker to get information from image.
     However, essay could be more detailed. Essay could explain the infographic. 
 

5) How does this qualify as an essay and not a series of pictures?
     
      Because it has words. Infographics are tools to make essay more brilliant.

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