At 4Cs a couple of years ago, Warren and I attended a session which showcased the work of FYC students who were asked to take a completed academic argumentative essay and translate it into a “cartoon” strip. The work required a represenation of the argument, showing the relationship of the ideas to the argument and making use of visual metaphors.
I’ve asked students to attach an illustration to their research paper, awarding them an extra point if the illustration was a visual metaphor rather than just a literal illustration of something mentioned in their research.
