"All Roads Lead to DeKalb" exhibit is back
Dekalb is a fairly local county in regards to Atlanta and it is bringing back an exhibit of the county's history. In this exhibit, over 300 maps will be available forpurchase, each one depicting a different view of DeKalb as the county has been built up oveer the years.
I thought this seemed pretty interesting for people who feel a connection between themselves and their hometown because they saw some of this construction happening. Also, seeing how your town use to look compared to how it looks today seems like it wouldbe a very interesting topic to me. The maps available for purchase show the entire history of the city from when it was a typical little city with "Mom and Pop" stores on the corner, to its present present condition that has been modernized.
This article is multimodal in the sense that it uses visual aids to show the developement of the city over time, it is presented in a written text form and it is distributed via the internet. All three of these modes work to envoke the feeling of connection that a local citizen might share for the city. Once the reader feels that connection, they are persuaded to go and most likely purchase a map of the city. This whole article is really a big advertisement using persuasive techniques to get one to spend money at this exhibit. But to cover the fact that this is just an ad,the article is written in a way to make the reader feel like they would be interested in the history of their town, when most likely they will buy a poster they will never look at after the first week of it being purchased.

Michael Saunders