Representation - The process by which real-life ideas, people, events, cultures, places and objects are constructed and re-presented in texts., Composition - How the image is organised to create a cohesive, coherent whole using the components within the text., Simile - Comparing one thing to another using like or as., Convention - An accepted language practice that has developed over time and is generally used and understood., Juxtaposition - The placement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side by side., Metaphor - A comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification., Personification - A description of an inanimate object as though it were a person or living thing., Leading lines - Show action and direction in an image. Can be a visible line, or created using the line or shadow of an object,, Hyperbole - Describing a situation in overblown language., Point of view - The ways in which a narrator might take a role of first or third person, having full knowledge or restriced in knowledge of events, reliable or unreliable interpretation of what happens., Salience - How the viewer’s eye is drawn to what is important in an image., Visual language  - Choices that contribute to the meaning of an image or the visual components of a multimodal text and are selected from a range of visual features., Narrative - A story of events or experiences, real or imagined., Framing - A way in which elements in a still or moving image are arranged to create a specific interpretation of a whole., Colloquial language - Slang words that appeal to a person’s sense of cultural identity., Alliteration - A recurrence of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close succession., Figurative language - Word groups/phrases used in a way that differ from the expected or everyday use. Used in a non-literal way for a particular effect., Body language - Movements or positions of a body, which express a person’s thoughts or feelings., Symbols - Used as shortcuts to represent ideas or concepts., Colour - Used to express and develop ideas in images. Use of colour can be symbolic and choice of colour in an image can be used to represent feelings and mood., Context - The environment and circumstances in which a text is created or interpreted. Can include the general social, historical and cultural conditions in which a text exists or the specific features of its immediate environment., Imagery - A use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that they appeal to the senses of the reader or viewer.,

Y10 Terminology Vocabulary

by
Embed

Leaderboard

Visual style

Options

Switch template

Continue editing: ?