Visual arguments?

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http://gvalliswriting.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/blair.pdf

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Can images do what words do?  Are visual arguments possible?

Images can do what words do. It is true that a picture can be interpreted in a million ways, depending on the person interpreting it, but the same applies to words or how words are arranged. Visual arguments are definitely possible. An image can get across the point of an argument just as well as words can... sometimes even better. As J. Anthony Blair puts it, "A single visual image can probably be more powerful than a single verb assertion". A visual image makes the argument much clearer and sometimes easier to understand by more people, and in essence can be more powerful than words alone. Blair uses political cartoons as an example that images can make arguments, which is an excellent point. Even in grade school, students are often asked to state the point or argument of a certain political cartoon. This just shows images can be interpreted better by a more variety of people. Words describing a certain event, argument, or situation sometimes doesn't work as well as images do.