Reading Response #9

Summary:

In his article, "Seeing the Text," Bernhardt discusses the idea of how text is seen and the importance of text placement and spacing. He starts off by talking about the differences in visual informative texts and non-visual informative texts. He argues that you can get your point across to the audience in a variety of ways. He tells us that as a writer it is important to know who your audience is. Knowing this, you are then able to set up and appealing structure for introducing your ideas.

Synthesis:

When reading this article, I was reminded of the article we read by Peter Elbow. Elbow's ideas were about voice and the way that the audience perceives your writing. Voice goes along with what Bernhardt is saying. If you set up your article in a non-visual way and your audience is the general public then it wouldn't be very appealing and people wouldn't be as attracted to it.

Before you read:

The rest of my classes don't really make me do lab reports because none of them have to do with biology. But for my POLS 1500 class we had to match up 3 pictures to their authors for a pop quiz. It wasn't very hard. The different visual cues emphasize my writings because i could be thinking of something to write but write something completely different. I'm not to sure of how else it emphasizes my writing, I am a little confused. 

Questions for Discussion and Journaling:

3. I wouldn't say that I feel like I am writing the same paper over and over again, but I would say that i feel like I am using the same structure for papers, which can get boring. It think the reason for this is because throughout high school I was taught one specific structure for writing papers. I can stop the repetition by adding visual cues by changing  my format. Bernhardt would recommend I do this by, knowing my audience and what would be most appealing to them.

Applying and Exploring Ideas:

 The website I often visit is outlook.com. I always look at my e-mail before going to class and just to see whats going on in the campus. The website is very interactive, you can type e-mails, delete them, move them to where you want the mail to go, and everything is how you want it. It is very easy to get use too. You can customize your own layout for the background and stuff. You are always interacting with this site.

After You Read:

McCloud would represent what Bernhardt is saying by representing pictures of what he is trying to let the reader better understand his points. I would prefer his McCloud's way of writing because I am a more visual learner. 

Meta Moment:

 Project two will probably include the most visual thinking of text because it will include other elements than just text. Mostly books, newspapers, comics, and sometimes the internet are all just texts.
Thoughts:

I thought that this reading was interesting. I never thought about the set up of a text until I read this article. I completely agree with what Bernhardt is saying because the "appeal factor" really does come into play when I am deciding whether or not to read something. I am definitely going to keep these ideas in mind whenever I am writing something.