Visual Argument

    Chapter 14 shows us how powerful of an impact that all current aired advertisements have on people. The visual arguments in those advertisements often appeal to logos (Logical), pathos (Emotional), ethos (Credibility), or sometimes more than one of the three. The goal of an visual argument is to persuade the audiences that its ideas, and arguments are valid, or at least catchy to the people that are watching. To me, the most effective rhetoric out of the three is logos. Most of the time, people make poor decision due to their emotion as more people give more money to wildlife organization to keep the panda from being extinct than organizations that create jobs for the people with disabilities, which make completely no sense  to me. And the credibility of one celebrity would not make an argument valid; for example, a weight loss pill being advertised from a fitness model does not make you to look like them. What I look for in an visual argument is its sense of logic. Does the thing being argued make sense to you? 

Some of the most effective visual arguments that I have come across are the ones that have back-up statistics and logical arguments. In this case, pandas were sure used to be on the verge of extinction. But with the tremendous effort of the Chinese scientists and environmentalists, they are able to reproduce in control environment. As opposed to thousands of species of life forms living in the ocean, they are being overfished and wiped out everyday by humans. The point of this argumentative image is to tell the world that we should spread out the fund and take care of other wildlife species, not just any particular animal. My writing is going to be leaning toward the impact of human on different species on earth, how we should be taking care of planet earth, as well as the environment and its life forms.