Visual Analyse

(
MT3
English

W131 ML

Analytical

Reading,

Writing,

&
Inquiry
)

Visual Analysis

Description: 300-400 words, plus an MLA-formatted Works Cited page

Source: One visual artifact

Due Date: Friday, February 9

The Assignment

Analyze a portrait or other visual image. Locate the image, then do a version of we’ve done in class with Whistler’s Mother. Your goal is to produce an analysis of a portrait or some other visual image with the steps we included in analyzing Whistler’s Mother. To review these steps, see WA 26-28 “The Method” and WA 33-35 “Summing Up: Analyzing Whistler’s Mother.”

Learning Outcomes

You are being asked to demonstrate your proficiency in the following categories:

· ability to read critically, analyze, and synthesize information and concepts in written sources as the basis for developing your own ideas and claims,

· ability to analyze genre conventions and structure in ways that serve the development and communication of information and ideas,

· ability to make editing choices in style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation that contribute to the clear communication of information and ideas.

Format

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the image and then explain what you have found. What does the image mean? What is it trying to tell us? How do you know what it is trying to tell us? What aspects of the image portray its meaning? How does it do it?

You should:

1. Briefly summarize what the image is of in the introduction, then say what your analysis of the image will focus on (thesis statement)

2. Explain how you reached your analysis and what aspects of the image portray its meaning

3. Deliver an effective conclusion

Considerations for Evaluation

1. Does the analysis identify and focus on specific evidence? Is the significance of this evidence explored? Does the analysis explain what is interesting, strange or revealing about the evidence?
2. Does the analysis remain independent, brief, and objective by paraphrasing the author’s words, using a minimum of quotations, and avoiding judgment or personal associations?
3. Does the analysis offer a brief summary/explanation of the visual text’s main claim that could be understood by someone unfamiliar with it?
4. Does the analysis exhibit brevity and coherence through a logical flow of ideas and the use of transitions, attributive tags, and strong verbs?

Visual Analysis

Description:

3
00
–
4
00

words,

plus

an MLA
–
formatted Works

Cited page

Source:

One

visual artifact

Due Date:

Friday,
Februar
y 9

The Assignment

Analyze a portrait or other visual image. Locate the image, then do a version of we’ve done in class
with
Whistler’s Mother
. Your goal is to produce an analysis of a portrait or some other visual image
with the steps we included in analyzing
Whistler’s
Mother
. To review these steps, see WA 26
–
28 “The
Method” and WA 33
–
35 “Summing Up: Analyzing
Whistler’s Mother
.”

Learning Outcomes

You are being asked to demonstrate your proficiency in the following categories:

·

ability to read critically, analyze, and sy
nthesize information and concepts in written sources as
the basis for developing your own ideas and claims
,

·

ability to analyze

genre conventions and structure in ways that serve the development and
communication of information and ideas,

·

ability to make e
diting choices in style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation that contribute to the
clear communication of information and ideas.

Format

T
h
e
purpose of th
is assignment i
s to

analyze the image and then
explain

what you have fo
und.
What does the i
mage mean? What is it t
rying
to tell us? How do you know what it is trying to tell
us
? What a
spects of the

image
portray

it
s me
aning? How does it do it?

Y
ou shou
l
d:

1.

Br
iefly

summarize wh
at the image is of

in the in
troduction,

then
say what
your analysis of
the image will focus on (thesis statement)

2.

Explain how you rea
ched your analysis and what asp
ect
s
of the image
portray
its me
aning

3.

Deliv
er an effective conclusion

Considerations for Evaluation

1.

Does the analysis identify and focus on specific
evidence? Is the significance of this evidence
explored? Does the analysis explain what is interesting, strange or revealing about the evidence?

2.

Does the analysis remain independent, brief, and objective by paraphrasing the author’s words,
using a minimum
of quotations, and avoiding judgment or personal associations?

3.

Does the analysis offer a brief summary/explanation
of the visual text’s

main claim that could be
understood by someone unfamiliar with it?

4.

Does the analysis exhibit brevity and coherence throu
gh a logical flow of ideas and the use of
transitions, attributive tags, and strong verbs?

MT3

English

W131 ML

Analytical

Reading,

Writing,

&
Inquiry

Visual Analysis
Description: 300-400 words, plus an MLA-formatted Works Cited page
Source: One visual artifact
Due Date: Friday, February 9

The Assignment
Analyze a portrait or other visual image. Locate the image, then do a version of we’ve done in class
with Whistler’s Mother. Your goal is to produce an analysis of a portrait or some other visual image
with the steps we included in analyzing Whistler’s Mother. To review these steps, see WA 26-28 “The
Method” and WA 33-35 “Summing Up: Analyzing Whistler’s Mother.”

Learning Outcomes
You are being asked to demonstrate your proficiency in the following categories:
 ability to read critically, analyze, and synthesize information and concepts in written sources as
the basis for developing your own ideas and claims,
 ability to analyze genre conventions and structure in ways that serve the development and
communication of information and ideas,
 ability to make editing choices in style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation that contribute to the
clear communication of information and ideas.

Format

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the image and then explain what you have found.
What does the image mean? What is it trying to tell us? How do you know what it is trying to tell
us? What aspects of the image portray its meaning? How does it do it?

You should:
1. Briefly summarize what the image is of in the introduction, then say what your analysis of
the image will focus on (thesis statement)
2. Explain how you reached your analysis and what aspects of the image portray its meaning
3. Deliver an effective conclusion

Considerations for Evaluation
1. Does the analysis identify and focus on specific evidence? Is the significance of this evidence
explored? Does the analysis explain what is interesting, strange or revealing about the evidence?
2. Does the analysis remain independent, brief, and objective by paraphrasing the author’s words,
using a minimum of quotations, and avoiding judgment or personal associations?
3. Does the analysis offer a brief summary/explanation of the visual text’s main claim that could be
understood by someone unfamiliar with it?
4. Does the analysis exhibit brevity and coherence through a logical flow of ideas and the use of
transitions, attributive tags, and strong verbs?

MT3
English W131 ML
Analytical Reading, Writing, & Inquiry