Peer Reviews

Today I read Brad Miller's paper and Katie Sharpe's paper. Brad's paper showed how the influence of Muhammad Ali can really push a company's products to success because of how the audience views his status as the greats athlete of all time. He told me that I need to have a title in my own paper.
Reading Katie's paper about children watching too much of the wrong things on TV showed me how easily children are influenced and how an inappropriate show might emotionally scar a child for life. Parents need to monitor their children and make sure they do not watch too much TV. She told me I need to have a conclusion with a closing sentence.

Reflection

Reading Brad Miller's paper, I really enjoyed the presentation of an advertisement with Muhammad Ali. He was the greatest ever, and I thought the ad really used his image well to promote Adidas. Brad used a very well organized argument and made me feel connected to the ad somehow.
Katie Sharpe convinced me that too much TV is an awful thing. Now I am scared to even look at the TV, let alone keep a little child from watching too. Very good papers that convinced me completely.

Thesis Statement for Visual Rhetoric

The Chick-fil-a ad has a lighthearted appeal to every audience with the image of the cow dressing up as a chicken to promote the restaurant, while also pushing the thought of a desperate cow attempting anything to keep us from eating beef.

Chick-fil-a Ad

The visual I chose to use for my first major assignment is a Chick-fil-a billboard, showing a cow with a chicken head writing the words, "U wanna peece of me?" This ad appeals to the pathetic aspect of humor, making us want to eat chicken for the cow's sake, the basis for most of Chick-fil-a ads. This billboard also incorporates the logos ethos appeal because we almost question the ethical dimensions of a cow telling us not to eat beef, but some other animal. Realizing that we will eat chicken anyway, and some beef, the ads are humorous and catchy.

Photo Bio

My name is Christopher McKee, and I was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina. I grew up idolizing my dad and my big brother, John-David, who taught me to play many sports, my favorites being tennis, baseball, football, and golf. I come from a very close-knit family where everyone knows everything about everyone from uncles to fifth cousins, and they have always been my support and foundation that pushed me to where I am now.
My parents brought me up in a Southern Baptist Church, and the family I have there has also been influential in my development and growth as a child and teenager. My relationship with God strengthens me everyday and allows me to handle difficult situations that I would not be able to without Him.
I started to consider Clemson as a college when my brother came here, and since I was only in the seventh grade, I thought very highly of this university. I worked through high school to be able to come here, and now that I achieved that goal, I catch myself missing just how special this place is.
I want to finish my education here at Clemson and then move on to the MUSC Dental School in Charleston, where my dad went to dental school. That's my new goal, and I'm putting all of my effort into getting there.

Visual Rhetoric

On page 46 in our Envision textbook, there is an add for a Ford Escape Hybrid. The add shows the vehicle in the background surrounded by wilderness, green trees, and open air, while Kermit the Frog is in the foreground saying, "I guess it is easy being green." The term "green" refers to minimal energy consumption and harm to the environment, and the fuel-efficient 36 mpg rate is the tie to the green Kermit the Frog and the nature scene around the car. The images around the car automatically present an atmosphere of a nature friendly and gas-saving car.

Rhetoric

This morning, when I woke up, I turned on the television to try to get started and open my eyes. I watched a car commercial, and then watched it again right after part of another commercial. The car lot was based in Easley, and the guys were yelling trying to catch the audience's attention. I thought the commercial was kind of funny because of the salesman's desperate attempt to persuade the audience to buy their cars.
Walking out of my room, I saw a poster advertising FCA on Thursday nights, and another advertising for a research project on different diseases here at Clemson. The posters didn't have really any special texts or anything besides just stating the meet times and what the meetings would be about.