Visual Rhetoric

Visual Rhetoric occurs when an author implements visual tools into their writing in order to help persuade the reader into agreeing with their argument. Things like pictures, graphs, or tables that help show the author's argument are uses of visual rhetoric. Even font changes such as bolded or italicized keywords or phrases can help the author add emphasis to the things they think are most important for their reader to understand and apply from their writing. Anything the author uses as visual rhetoric should be highly thought out and strategized to make sure the writing is as persuasive as it can be. In my own writing, visual rhetoric can help me add design to make it look more appealing to my readers. It can also add a sort of emphasis that can persuade my readers to see my argument in a new light and possibly help them to agree with me more fully.