Text B: Visual Text (Grade 11 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards

Visual text definition

Combines pictures/images with words to communicate a message

Three-step approach to visual texts

1. Examine picture 2. Read & connect words 3. Answer questions

Facial expression

How a person's face reveals their emotions or feelings

Body language

How people use physical presence to express feelings/attitudes

Gesture in visual text

Deliberate hand/arm movement to convey emotion or emphasise meaning

Mood in visual text

Overall atmosphere or emotional feeling created by visual text

Positioning in visual text

Where elements are placed: foreground, background, centre

Content in visual text

The actual subject matter or action shown in the image

Light & darkness effect

Creates atmosphere; bright=hope/clarity, dark=mystery/sadness

Visual hierarchy elements

Foreground=importance, background=context, centre=main focus