Visual Rhetoric ProjectFederal Reserve Political Cartoon

By: Veronika Matthews

Back Ground: Federal Reserve• The primary responsibility

of the Board members is the formulation of monetary policy. The seven Board members constitute a majority of the 12-member FMOC the group that makes the key decisions affecting the cost and availability of money and credit in the economy. The other five members of the FOMC are Reserve Bank presidents, one of whom is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

continued• conducting the nation’s

monetary policy to help maintain employment, keep prices stable, and keep interest rates relatively low

• supervising and regulating banking institutions to make sure they are safe places for people to keep their money and to protect consumers’ credit rights.

continued• providing financial services

to depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign central banks, including playing a major role in clearing checks, processing electronic payments, and distributing coin and paper money to the nation's banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and savings banks. Conducts research on the U.S. and regional economies.

Background on the cartoon

• This image conveys what the federal reserve system is trying to accomplish through how much money and time the oil spill has caused to get fixed and be cleaned back up.

• The more oil, the more money from our taxes we never see again…

layout

• Foreground: is really the whole picture for all there is nothing that stands out more

• The red straw conveys like a warning u see red as stop warning to me it means something bad is about to happen or is happening

Audience

• The audience is tax payers, political parties, and any one looking to loose money by allowing this instance to happen.

• Who do you think the audience is?

Focus

• The focus in the image is that by more oil u see the money meter spinning up more and more.

• We are loosing money due to the oil spill

Perspective

• Artist- he thinks that the oil spill keeps racking up the dollars.

Appeal Questions

• What do u think about the what the image is trying to say?

• What is logical appeal to this image?

• What is ethical appeal to this image?

• What is emotional appeal to this image?

Appeal • Logos: The logical idea is that the cartoon is a

statement on the money that multiplies to fix the oil spill.

• Ethos: This political cartoon is true to the amount of money used.

• Pathos: To me the emotional appeal is the damaged niche fro all aquatic animals with the oil in the ocean.

The end yes its over we all know you are displeased with politics these days…