1. ANALYZING
IMAGES:
DOCUMENTA
RY/NEWS
PHOTOGRAP
HY
ENC 1101
Composition 1

2. VISUAL LITERACY
• Awareness of importance of visual
communication and ability to interpret or
make meaning out of images.

3. ANALYZE
• divide or dissolve whole
into its parts
• examine these parts
carefully
• look at the relationships
among them
• use this understanding of
the parts to better
understand the whole.

4. INCREASING
PERSUASIVENESS
• 1. What objects, people or places stand out in
each photo?

5. INCREASING PERSUASIVENESS CONTD.
• 2. What is dominant impression of each photo?

6. INCREASING PERSUASIVENESS CONTD.
• 3. Examine similarities and differences among
the photos

7. DOCUMENTARY & NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHS
• Aimed at shaping the way we think & feel
about an event or cultural/historical
phenomenon

8. ANGLE OF VISION &
CREDIBILITY
• Photos can be manipulated and falsified

9. RHETORICAL CONTEXT
• What words come to mind when you view a
photo?
• What is the mood or overall feeling conveyed
by the photo?

10. DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS
• Can work on the viewers mind and heart
• Every aspect suggests energy

11. • Taken from Allyn + Bacon A Guide to Writing
pages 171-182