A visual analysis essay asks you to analyze an image and discuss the context, significance, and the message it conveys to the audience

A visual analysis essay asks you to analyze an image and discuss the context, significance, and the message it conveys to the audience.

• Topic:
An iconic image or photograph with a global implication, significance, and meaning

Suggestions:

• An image or picture in U.S. with social, cultural, political, historical impact on another country/ region in the world
• A significant image or picture in another country/ region in the world and its social, cultural, political, historical impact on U.S., other countries, or the rest of the world
• Two images or pictures of one issue/ event but in two different countries, regions in the world
• A significant global issue
• An issue with political, cultural, or social significant in another country other than U.S.
• http://100photos.time.com
• UN, UNESCO, WHO website
• Major media and publications such as National Geography, Times, Vouge, …
 (Submit a copy/ picture of image with Rough draft and final draft)
• Format and length
o MLA format, in-text citation, works cited page
o 3 full pages

Sources

o At least two credible sources (NO Wikipedia!) preferably from the library databases:
 http://www.lonestar.edu/library/14629.htm > Topic overviews >
• “Opposing Viewpoints,”
• “Issues and Controversies,”
• CQ Researcher
• Credible, unbiased, objective media sources (found in library databases)
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, New Yorker, Economist, Associated Press, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic, Politico.
 United Nations, UNESCO, World Health Organization
 .gov and .edu sources
NOTE: 100photoes.Time.com provides a brief explanation of the image; therefore, it should NOT be considered as one of the two required sources; you need more in-depth and complete sources.

• Apply Academic tone, word choices, and conventions
• Revise for grammatical and mechanical errors
• Apply MLA format, in-text citation, and works cited page

A visual analysis essay asks you to analyze an image and discuss the context, significance, and the message it conveys to the audience
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