Visual Literacy Flashcards
Caricature
Features or actions of a person that are exaggerated.
Comic strip
Sequences of drawings telling a humorous or adventurous story
Visual metaphor
A metaphor compares 2 things. A visual metaphor is when a picture stands for or represents something else
Parody
Imitation of a piece of writing used to ridicule the original or create a satirical point
Satire
Using humor to make a serious point. It’s uses wit, irony, satire to make awareness of human vices
Incongruity
Incongruity refers to a mismatch or inconsistency between two or more things, such as expectations, appearances, or ideas, often highlighting contradictions, irony, or complexity.
Cartoonist message
MESSAGES:
Criticism of human nature
To highlight the unfairness of something
To make people question something
Showing how it is ironic that…
To criticise systems or leaders(usually with satire)
Blunt
Straightforward or frank
Condescending
A feeling of superiority
Cynical
Questioning the sincerity of people
Contempt
Feeling that someone is beneath you
Complacent
Self satisfied
Dismayed
Shocked
Flippant
Carefree
Indignant
Marked by anger due to injustice
Jovial
Happy
Pessimistic
Seeing the worst of things
Quizzical
Odd or amusing
Whimsical
Odd, strange and fantastic
Ballad
Song that tells a story
Rhyme scheme
Labelling the end of the line with a letter in order to recognize a rhyme sound repeated.