Unit 2 Reflection

Unit 2 in this class focused on how to analyze visuals and how to use these visuals to persuade your viewers a certain way. In my opinion I believe the activity that helped me the most to understand how to perform a visual analysis was the Cowspiracy video. Watching part of the video and analyzing it as a class really helped me understand what to look for when finding persuasive visuals. This also helped me understand how visuals can be persuasive with words or images. When I first began to write my visual analysis paper, I found myself struggling to get to 5 pages. I usually write a lot which is why I was surprised that I was struggling to get to the minimum requirement. I had very little to say about my visual and could barely get to 3 pages. However, after meeting with my peer revision group and listening to their advice I realized that I should use more than one visual to analyze. Using 2 visuals actually helped persuade my readers even further.