Expository Text, Visual Elements, and Communication PDF
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This document provides a breakdown of expository text, visual elements, visual-verbal relationships, and communication. It covers different types of visual aids like graphs, charts, and diagrams, and compares facts and opinions. The information is presented in a clear and structured manner.
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***Expository Text*** ♡explain, inform and present facts of specific topics ♡can be accompanied by visual cues ***Visual-Verbal Relationship*** ♡Dwyer(1988) - symbiotic relationship ♡visual supports verbal and verbal supports visual ***Visual Elements*** ♡graphs/tables/maps/illustrations ♡us...
***Expository Text*** ♡explain, inform and present facts of specific topics ♡can be accompanied by visual cues ***Visual-Verbal Relationship*** ♡Dwyer(1988) - symbiotic relationship ♡visual supports verbal and verbal supports visual ***Visual Elements*** ♡graphs/tables/maps/illustrations ♡used to improve comprehension of a reading material *[Graph]* ♡diagram. shows the relationship between variable quantities ♡y=number, x=category *[Bar Graph]* - independent variables *[Line graph]* - how numbers change, continuous data *[Pictograph]* - like a bar graph but symbols/pictures instead of bars *[Pie Graph/Chart]* - divided/percentages *[Table]* - "matrix", orderly arranged quantitative data in rows and columns *[Map]* - collection of data, spatial arrangement/distribution *[Captioned Graphics]* - title, short explanation/description with illustration/photograph *[Flow Chart]* - step by step/sequence of actions, easy to understand *[Infographics]* - visual representations of information, improves cognition *[Diagrams]* - drawing/image/sketch to visualize, example : venn diagram - used to compare/contrast ***Fact vs Opinion*** *[Fact]* ♡true ♡proven + tested ♡has evidence ♡written in history ♡objective ♡real ♡general truth ♡correct no matter what *[Opinion]* ♡biased ♡subjective ♡own feeling ♡own perspective/belief ♡no evidence ♡reflects views/ideas of people ***Opinion Marking Signals*** *[Personal Opinion]* ♡uses I and my *[General Opinion]* ♡a group/everyone's belief *[Agreeing to an Opinion]* ♡same opinion, pro. same side *[Disagreeing to an Opinion]* ♡different opinions, anti. opposition ***Communication*** ♡sending and receiving information ♡one on one or between groups ♡face to face or through devices *[Process]* Sender encodes -\> Medium -\> Receiver receives and decodes -\> feedback -\> repeat *[Modes]* 2 main: Written and Spoken Visual - sight, still and moving images Audio - sound, ambient sounds, natural and unnatural. uses volume, beat, tempo, pitch and rhythm Written - handwritten/printed/screen ***Multimodal Texts*** ♡meaning is conveyed through combinations of visuals. *[Live]* - dance/oral presentation/etc *[Digital]* - film/animation/slideshow/etc *[Paper - based]* - infographics/graphic text/poster/etc.
