My Three Hundred Words in Print:Elements of E-Rhetoric

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My Three Hundred Words in Print

Why did I...

choose to use the paper I did? The poster was some material I had and I thought it would be better than using smaller and additional pieces of paper.

use the margins I did? I left room to draw pictures in the margins because I feel my life can be explained with but also without the use of words.

put my name where it is? Why? I put my name on the top of the poster to make sure it is the first thing that describes me because I believe those three words are what identify me the most.

break my paragraphs as I did? I only used one paragraph because I felt everything that I included in my statement all belonged together and didn't need to be separated. I vaguely explained my life without going into too much detail.

show paragraphs as I did? I wanted to wrap up my life in a nutshell and not get into too much detail, since this is just an introduction. (See previous question, also.)

choose the colors I used? I opened up the Crayola Crayons 48 pack and basically picked out the colors of the rainbow, going by ROY G BIV but only used violet instead of using both indigo and violet, and then picked two other colors that I liked.

use straight lines? I like things neat and orderly and I think this is one way to depict it.

blocks of text? I used one big block because it all went together, and only one was needed.

use diagrams, pictures, illustrations? I used illustrations because they also help to describe my life instead of just using words (going with "a picture is worth more than a thousand words"). I drew a sun and moon because I was thinking of how life can be as different as night and day from experience to experience; the basketball because it has been a big part of my life, probably for about 13 years; the stick people because I asked my friend how she would describe me and she said always being tall and having red hair, qualities that make a person kind of stick out in a crowd (according to her); BSU because that is where I am in life right now; an illustration of the outdoors because that is how I enjoy spending my time; and a math notebook and a periodic table of elements because that is what I am graduating with and am hopefully going to use to pursue my next chapter in life, which is graduate school.

cut out the poster as I did and have a blue background? I feel like my mind is always wandering in a bunch of different directions and something is always going on in the background. It is hard for me to sit still.

This time, I thought it was easier being able to incorporate just about anything. I used a poster board because I knew I wanted to use pictures to help explain and also as a way to use less words. I chose the colors for various reasons. The background and my name are in blue because it is one of my favorite colors; the text of my paragraph is in purple because it is a color I like, but isn't my favorite color, and I thought it would all go well together. I cut out the poster as it is to get away from the typical rectangle shape and to represent how life isn't perfect, it isn't so straightforward as the rectangle. I chose a white poster board because I had it in my room and I knew that you could do just about anything with the white color. I really like the layout because the majority is text but the pictures add to the text and help explain it. My idea was to hopefully draw the attention of the reader to first read the text (because it is the largest part of the poster) but then to draw off of the pictures.