In chapter 8 “Designing Arguments” multiple ways or organizing and presenting information were presented. These include decorum, integrating images, paper layout, abstracts, and visual arguments.

Before I can utilize any of those things, I must define my argument. Without a definite argument I am not able to persuade my audience. My writing style and way of presentation must cater to my audience as well, this way I am able to get the maximum results possible from my argument.

            This project is a “multimodal” project, so it will have multiple mediums of which we make our argument. We will be using at least a website, video, and text in this project. The main challenge is to organize the all the different components in a manner that is comprehensive and logical.

            With all those things considered, we must choose a decorum that fits our project. The middle style of decorum will most likely be best for us. It contains some ornamentation but it is informal enough to reach our audience. The writing style of a paper is very important but the actual paper layout is of importance also.

            The integration of images into our project must be done in a way that does not detract from the formality of the paper. You should include a caption on all photos so that you know what the image is about. In addition the paper component of our project will be MLA formatted.

            The abstract is a useful tool to express the whole project in a condensed form. You can choose to present the argument or not. The abstract can be very specific or it can be more general.

            Visual arguments are a crucial part of our project since our entire project is video based. We need to convey our message in a manner that is attention getting and informative. We can create and manipulate photos to get them to help our argument. The process of reusing goods is called remixing. Remixing is an important part of any modern non-original media project.

            If we are abel to combine all the aspects talked about in pages 169-189 then we should be able to produce a informative, concise, and captivating multi modal project.