EDLI 4347-Chapter 6: Visual Language: Viewing & Visually Representing

exaggeration or overstatement

Hyperbole

Typed symbols that convey emotional aspects of an online message

Emoticons

give visual form to language, and viewers recognize visual representations of words, even in unfamiliar writing systems

Fonts

use lines to communicate information visually

Graphs

use lines to present symbolic representations of places, and they help viewers understand how the places are related to each other.

Maps

something that represents something else

Symbols

an exaggerated portrayal of one's features

caricature

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light. It is one of the visual elements.

color

A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.

compass rose

Colors located directly opposite one another on the color wheel

complementary colors

whimsy, irony, parody, satire, and comic nonsense

humor

graphic symbols that represent an idea or concept; Egyptian hieroglyphics were early ideograms.

ideograms

section of a map that explains the map's symbols and shading

key

An axis-type graph in which data points are joined by a line.

line graph

visual symbols that represent words, including punctuation marks, ampersand(&), and these other symbols found on keyboard: % @ # $

logograms

A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept. Used by many non-alphabetic written scripts.

pictograms

present information in pictures or images; easiest type of graph to interpret

picture graphs

An illustration that attempts to make a point about a political event or situation.

political cartoon

red, yellow, blue; building blocks of the color wheel

primary colors

looks like a ruler and shows the ratio of the distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground

scale

Orange, green and purple, made by mixing adjacent primary colors on the color wheel.

secondary colors

yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green; created by mixing a primary & secondary color

tertiary colors

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

Analogy

define objects, communicate ideas, and express feelings

Line

Showing percentages/parts of a whole, which also facilitates making comparisons. Example: -City/country with the largest population is the largest segment on a pie chart or circle graph.

Pie Charts/Circle Graphs

colors that are next to each other on the color wheel

analogous colors

compare groups or track changes over time

bar graphs