Death Row...

   Both authors used visual rhetoric very well, although maybe not to its full potential. I did find the websites quite interesting and both display the content very well. I prefer the website titled The Last Meal Project because we actually get to see the criminals face and it provides information between slides. No Seconds does contain a lot of visual rhetoric, but I believe the pictures help to drag the reader into the project, and the small slides containing definitions and explanations keep us up to speed and focused. Another possible presentation could be to have pictures of the convict, in their mug shot, side by side with a picture of the prisoner eating their last meal. Although the following presentations sufficed to get the point across. Both authors show a compelling argument towards the U.S. government and the policies they uphold. Many people will tell you a picture is worth a thousand words, in this case that is very true. The presentations do very well to portray their message against the death penalty, and the use of visual rhetoric is evident. The Last Meal Project does a very good job of informing us who the criminal is, what they did, and what they requested, if anything, for their final meal. Although No Seconds does inform us on these things, it lacks the picture of the convict which is a very defining difference between the two.