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The four-letter word projects are writing. Writing is anything that communicates an argument and these projects have definitely gotten their points across through images. Also, a visual production can be set up like a paper with an introductory image or two, followed by images that once connected, can make an argument. The main difference is that arguments made by images usually need more images or text to be understood. If you only saw a woman walking in one photo in a project, you would not understand the argument. But if you saw a woman walking alone and then later with a group, the message would become clearer but even more images would help. Writing does not convey meaning as quickly and effectively as images. Images do not have to be translated and usually one glance at a picture provides exceedingly more information than glancing at a page does. Also one has to concentrate more while reading to receive the full impact of the meaning and a mental image while one can generally watch a TV show and understand what is happening even if one zones out for a few minutes.