I am writing about an abortion campagin that I saw set up on the Ohio State campus about a month ago near Independence Hall. The things I saw that day still stick out in my mind today so I feel it is appropiate to write about it. There was a large demonstration that had a variety of graphic images to try and get stuck in the publics mind. It certainly worked on me because I still remember the gruesome images to this day. The set-up did not involve much of anything besides the pictures, and a few brochures that the public could pick up but it was still a very successful demonstration.
The rhetoric used by the set up of many images is one that may have been more successful had they had someone there speaking, or presented me with more facts about abortion rather than just a bunch of pictures. I feel like this could have been much more persuasive and informative had there been someone there preaching about the groups view on abortion or having someone there to ask questions about. It is hard to get the full effect of something when you can only view things without asking questions and discovering what you want to know. However, if I would have to write on this topic I could still formulate enough evidence using those pictures to write a constructive paper.
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I saw this campaign too, as well as probably a lot of students on campus. I agree that it was incredibly picture saturated which was probably part of their logos and pathos appeals. I also feel that text could have been used to further enhance their point
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