About
study abroad among Americans
1)
Outline the infographic essay
Introduction:
Currently, more and more American high school students choose to study abroad.
Body:
a. Showing the top 10 leading destinations for American students choose to
study abroad.
b.
There are different study fields for American students and introduce percent of
sexuality.
c. There
is a trend towards studying abroad and the major reasons for American students
choose to study abroad.
Conclusion:
The number of America students who choose to study abroad is increasing.
2)
Provide the Rhetorical Situation of this essay
Purpose: The purpose of
this essay is to show a currently phenomenon that more and more American
students choose to study abroad.
Audience: The audience is American
high school students
Stance:
the author hold a neutral attitude shows a phenomenon about American students.
Genre:
Expository Essay
Media/design:
Text, graphs, pictures. The composing is clear and the whole image is very
comfortable. The main color tone is appropriate.
3)
While you are only outlining the essay--not writing it word-for-word--you can
still get a feeling for what this essay would look like. How is the infographic
different from the traditional essay you outlined?
This
essay uses infographic way to show what the author wants to say clearly. I can
know the basic information after seeing infographic. Therefore, if I need to
outline this essay, I just need to show some number or statistics which
concretely express author ideas. In contrast, traditional essay sometimes have
other extra words. When we are outlining an essay, we have to mention these
words. Sometimes it is unnecessary.
4)
Strengths and weaknesses of the infographic: what does the infographic do
better than the essay? What does the essay do better than the infographic?
Strengths:
The infographic uses pictures, graphs and other ways to support author’s
perspective. There is no doubt that it is an effective way for us to understand
information quickly. In this essay, we can quite know the top 10 countries for
American students choose to study abroad and easily discover the percent of
sex. Readers just need to spend less time to acquire knowledge.
Weaknesses: The traditional essay is more specific
than infographic essay. The traditional essay has more details which
infographic cannot express. As for an academic essay, there is no wonder that
traditional essay is more serious and more persuasive for readers.
5)
How does this qualify as an essay and not a series of pictures?
A series
of pictures do not mean anything. An essay shows a theme and gives a clear
method. This essay gives a good introduction of abroad phenomenon for American
students. In terms of counties, field, sex distribution, the author takes a
very comprehensive explanation of study abroad situations. For this reason,
this is an essay not a series picture.
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