Writing Homework Help
Bowie State University Baltimore in the Wake of Freddie Gray Question
For this homework assignment you will put what you are learning about rhetoric to work by
analyzing the photo essay “Baltimore in the Wake of Freddie Gray” by ProPublica Photos: Baltimore in the Wake of Freddie Gray — ProPublica CLICK THIS LINK FOR SOURCE!!!!! Picking
specific examples to highlight as evidence, write 1 page analyzing the photo essay and
explaining the following 4 areas:
1. what you think its purpose and overall message are (what story it tells)
2. how the text “works” (look at things like: the images used/chosen, the words that
accompany the images, the layout, the black background with black & white photos and
how the photos brighten when you scroll, symbols, and/or the use of contrast or
comparison)
3. logos, pathos, and ethos as you see them at work
4. how audience experiences the text