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