Finale

The most common way we use visual rhetoric is the way we dress.  Clothing can be used as a visual rhetorical device to convey religion, status, or class.  As the saying goes: "dress for the job you want."  If you portray yourself in a neat, put-together, individual way, people will treat you better than if you looked like you don't care at all.  Unfortunately, a lot of the time, the way you look will influence what people think of you and how you will be treated by friends or strangers.

Also, as mentioned in class, we use visual rhetoric on the many forms of social media like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, or Twitter.  For example, on Instagram or Facebook, I have never posted a "selfie". Except for maybe in sixth grade, but those were dark times and things you've done in elementary school should never be counted against you.  I don't post pictures of myself so I don't come off looking conceited or over confident (Sorry to anyone reading this that loves a good selfie).  I post a lot of traveling pictures to show how much I love to travel and see art and culture around the world, but I'll be honest and say that I also do this so I come off as sophisticated and cultured.  I think that the way we choose what we post on social media is a way we use visual rhetoric.