Rhetorical Analysis Of An Anti-Carkoma

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To achieve the requirements of the rhetoric in practice project, I decided to convey an anti-Carpe-diem through the use of a yonkoma in which was later posted to Tumblr. A yonkoma is a special type of Japanese Comic strip which consists of four panels usually culminating with some sort of joke or gag in the final panel. In these panels I used a light-hearted tone along with negatively associating Carpe-diem like ideals through dialogue to get deliver the rhetoric I wished to create. Due to this, I primarily focused on the ethos of my characters and the logos of my work throughout the comic strip. Through this style of comic strip, I used the conventions of yonkoma in order to send an anti-Carpe-diem to my audience. My audience being primarily …show more content…

A yonkoma is a four panel comic strip in the style of other conventional Japanese manga and usually consists of gags/jokes. These panels are generally aligned from top to bottom with each panel serving a purpose. That purpose from top to bottom being setting, joke set-up, climax, and then conclusion. In a yonkoma the title is usually above the first panel and does not usually have an author stated directly on the yonkoma; however, if the author is written, it is predominantly below the final panel. In Japanese manga as well as yonkoma, loud and yelling type dialogue, is portrayed using a sharp like speech bubble while any sort of set up/narration is done through square or rectangle shaped boxes. These set-boxes can be seen within the first and last panels of my yonkoma while yelling dialogue bubbles are seen within my first and third panels. You may also notice in the final panel of my yonkoma there is a circular set of straight lines all converging around one point. This type of effect is used to create a sense of urgency, shock, or sudden strong occurrence with in a panel. In standard Japanese fashion for their comics, the dialogue and story is read from right to left instead of the western left to right. However, for my project in particular I decided to have the dialogue read from left to right in order to …show more content…

To convey my message, I created my yonkoma to portray the pathos to be playful and laid-back in order to not come off as overly serious. If the yonkoma was portrayed more seriously, it would not receive the attention it would otherwise, as it would go against the conventions of a yonkoma and would not fit my audience demographic on Tumblr itself. Since the ethos of the author is not really prevalent when accounting the credibility of a yonkoma, I had to rely on the ethos I established for the characters within it. Within my yonkoma, I created two characters, one relatable girl, and a deviant boy. I portrayed the girl in just a jacket and back while worrying about a test to create a sense of reliability to the normal demographic you would find on Tumblr; especially to my targeted audience. I also made her dialogue bubbles smaller than the boys to establish her shyness/intrinsic nature while the boy’s is larger to show his outgoing and potentially obnoxious personality. They boy is seen without a shirt the entire time with a Mohawk and is constantly attempting to get the girl to drink. While doing this he spouts dialogue that is similar to traditional carpe diem type speech such as “Don’t worry about tomorrow! The Test Can Wait!” This kind of dialogue is similar

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