Praxis:
Visual Argument and E-Portfolio
04.30.12
ENGL 1301
@rwmonty
Overview
Visual Argument
 The cumulative theory
assignment for this course.
 Express your ideas using
visual discourse (language
and images)
 Disciplinary concepts must
be demonstrated
E-Portfolio
 The cumulative practice
assignment for this course.
 Will serve as a webspace
collecting all of your major
assignments for this course.
 Revising and editing are
central to this assignment.
Praxis
 Theory + Practice, or
 Theory into practice
 Recursive and self-reflexive process
Visual Argument
This assignment
takes the place of the
assignment listed
"Essay #4:
(Rhetorical
Analysis)" in the
syllabus.
 Compose a visual discourse (such as a
poster, commercial, public service
announcement, or something else) that
addresses your discourse community
problem and provides at least one possible
solution.
E-Portfolio
In the cases of the
Discourse Community
Memo, Genre Analysis,
and Visual Analysis, you'll
notice that your
assignments must be
"revised." This means you
will self-assess, edit for
content, form and
language, and rewrite
as necessary, ensuring that
the draft you ultimately
upload to your E-Portfolio
is polished and
representative of a final
draft suitable for a secondsemester First-Year
Composition student.
 Using the web space provided for you on
this wiki, you will compose and organize an
E-Portfolio containing the following
assignments:
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Discourse Community Map
Revised Discourse Community Memo
Revised Genre Analysis
Revised Visual Analysis
Visual Argument
Work
 You will be required to work on these assignments on your
own, but we will workshop this assignment during class time
in the computer lab.
 All work is due Friday, May 11
 Workshop dates:
 Wednesday, May 2
 Friday, May 4
 Monday, May 7
 Wednesday, May 9
Questions, concerns, comments,
complaints, etc?