In this eight-week online course, students will analyze the use of image in exemplary texts of all genres. Across the genres, writers must learn to convey emotions through detailed images rather than through abstract statements. Each week, students will be expected to read (or, in the case of film, watch) an assigned text. Students will post responses to targeted questions, engage in a weekly live-chat session with the instructor and fellow students, and submit a weekly analysis paper on the readings. All activities will focus on observing use of image in the assigned pieces and analyzing how each author uses writing techniques to create effects.