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Multimodality Flashcards

1
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refers to the strategic use of two or more communication modes to make meaning

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Multimodal

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images, gestures, music, spoken, and written language are examples of ______?

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Communication Modes

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TRUE or FALSE

Multimodal text does not have to be always digital

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TRUE

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one that combines at least two or more modes of communication (words, sounds, actions, images) in a medium.

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Multimodal Text

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5
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abstract or nonmaterial means of making meaning

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Modes

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Words, sounds, images, gestures, texture, and color are some examples of ______?

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Modes

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7
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material forms that realize the modes

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Media

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computer screen, wall, clothing, paper, poem, a piece of wood, a photograph, and audio/video recording are examples of _______?

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Media

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9
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TRUE or FALSE

There can be many modes in a medium

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TRUE

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TRUE or FALSE

To go multimodal is to converge different communication modes in a medium (e.g., poster or video) and take into consideration all the modes in constructing for or extracting meaning or the message from the text

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TRUE

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Analyzing multimodal texts necessitates additional literacies in what forms?

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Visual literacy
Critical literacy
Multimodal literacy

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refers to one’s ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate visual messages

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Visual literacy

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requires reading and filtering texts for certain agenda or learning purposes

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Critical literacy

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it encourages individuals to understand and question the ideas, attitudes, values, and beliefs of written texts, visual applications, and spoken words

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Critical literacy

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deals with comprehending varied means of knowledge representations and meaning-making

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Multimodal literacy

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To analyze and evaluate the texts, critical readers and viewers need basic knowledge of __________?

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Semiotics

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17
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study of signs and symbols and its use and interpretation

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Semiotics

18
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can take the form of words, images, objects, sounds, odors, flavors, actions, or objects

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Signs

19
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Three types of signs or three ways you can signal your meanings to others

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Icons
Indexes
Symbols

20
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Stands for something that it imitates, replicates, simulates, and resembles.

Examples: drawings of all kinds, diagrams, photos, onomatopoeic words e.g. buzz

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Iconic (Icon)

21
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Stands for something that it points or relates to or indicates implicitly or explicitly.

Examples: the sight of smoke indicating fire; the dark clouds in the sky are a sign of impending rain; a person waving his or her hand is saying hello

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Indexical (Index)

22
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Does not resemble what it means in its form but by convention or agree

Examples: social symbols (rose, flags, etc.), language in general (letters, words punctuations), math symbols

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Symbolic (Symbol)

23
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Three levels in signifying or attributing meaning to sign

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Denotation
Connotation
Ideology

24
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Refers to the definitional, literal, descriptive identification of a sign (for linguistic signs, this refers to the meaning a dictionary attempts to provide).

E.g. Dog - an animal with four legs that barks

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Denotation

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Refers to the socio-cultural and personal associations (ideological, emotional, etc.) of the sign typically related to the interpreter’s class, age, gender, ethnicity, etc. Some are recognized within a culture (e.g., car in Western culture connotes virility or freedom).

Example: Dog - human’s best friend; loyal but may be dangerous for it bites

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Connotation

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Refers to a system of ideas or ideals, set of opinions, particular worldview, beliefs of groups or individuals, class, or culture, such as communism, capitalism, feminism, and conservatism.

Example: The Hammer and Sickle is the international symbol of the communist movement.

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Ideology

27
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refers to figurative language, such as simile, metaphor, irony, found in linguistic signs.

E.g. You are a dog. (a metaphor)

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Rhetorical trope

28
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pertains to allusions or references of the signs to texts from other sources, such as existing stories and characters in books found in films.

E.g. Achilles heel alludes to the Greek hero Achilles whose heel was the only vulnerable part of his body.

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Intertextuality

29
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COLOR

power, death, mystery, evil, elegance

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Black

30
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COLOR

purity, goodness, light

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White

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COLOR

danger, energy, power, passion, love, determination

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Red

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COLOR

trust, intelligence, wisdom, authority

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Blue

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COLOR

trust, intelligence, wisdom, authority

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Yellow

34
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COLOR

growth, harmony, freshness, fertility, safety, healing

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Green

35
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SHAPES

infinity, harmony, unity, perfection

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Circle

36
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SHAPES

progression, direction, purpose

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Triangle

37
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SHAPES

order, formality, security

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Square, Rectangle

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LINES

calm, quiet, relaxed

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Horizontal

39
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SHAPES

strong, rigid, stability

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Vertical

40
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FONTS

serious, traditional, delicate, beautiful, delicate, expensive, warm, old

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Serif

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FONTS

modern, streamlined, clean, cool, young

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Sans Serif

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