Visual Rhetoric Analysis

The Outsiders

Analyzing the book covers

• Which cover is the most appealing to young adult readers?  Why?

• What elements make each cover effective?

1990	1993	1995
1997	2004	2004 Spanish

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Q&A: Question: (10/11/2009) List as many ways as you can that Dally helps Pony and Johnny in this chapter Question: (9/7/2009) to whom johnny and pony turn for help after johnny killed bob? Answer: (11/2/2009) Dally Answer: (10/29/2009) Dally Answer: (10/6/2009) dally Answer: (9/28/2009) dally they asked him for money a gun and somewhere to stay. Answer: (9/27/2009) dally Answer: (9/9/2009) dally Question: (5/29/2009) Which guy is which character on the cover of the 1997 version? and what are reasons from the book that support that that picture is of that character? Answer: (8/10/2009) it may be based on the movie? (this is an uneducated guess) Question: (5/27/2009) who is each person on the front cover of the 1997 book the outsiders?		Comments: lauren (11/3/2009) this book is great . i would recommend for everyone to read it ILovetheoutsiders (11/2/2009) I Love this Book! K. Huhn (4/19/2009) I find the 1997 book cover the best because of it's symbolism to the town they live in and how serious the book actually is.