Techniques of Graphic Design

Use graphic organizers to introduce important information, to solicit prior knowledge from students, and to make predictions.

In every paper no matter what type it is, it is important to be creative with the content and make it appealing to the reader. To show some of their stats, they utilize graphs and charts to give a visual, which is a good use of imagery. “The lowest paid major, with barely half the lifetime earnings of engineering majors, is education, followed by the arts and psychology (Owen and Sawhill, 2013, p.215).” Amplification is a helpful tool to increase the worth of a sentence, which is done in the previous sentence. The amplification of that

Over the past few decades, enhancements in the visual fields have greatly improved, giving weight on the importance of visual material in text. Something that is more visually stimulating can usually make a text more convincing or credible. The term “seeing is believing” proves this fact. As humans, we tend to believe something if we can actually see it, which is why Jay David Bolter has referred to this phenomenon of the changed role of text and graphics as the “visual culture” in his book Writing Space. “Mere words no longer seemed adequate; they had to share their space with images.” (Bolter, 69).

A slideshow or power point presentation can create a visual representation for teaching about similarities and differences between adjectives used to describe people. Or showing pictures of characters in a novel will help the students put an image to a written discretion that may not have been able to create with word only. This can also be used for other aspect within a novel like a setting, plot, themes, and symbols to meet the language objectives and the core content objectives.

Both infographics use colour in a different manner to persuade the audience in interpreting the information in a certain way. In the

11. For each of the following, indicate whether you would use a pie, line, or bar chart, and why.

I would use a bar graph because it would be easy to follow and understand the information presented.

Scott McCloud’s graphic essay “Show & Tell” demonstrates how the relationship between pictures and words can be used to convey a message efficiently. By showing many visual examples of the different ways images and words can be used together, McCloud establishes that information is easier to interpret when paired with visual aid. By also pointing out that people are naturally inclined to show something visually as means of explaining, McCloud demonstrates his main point: the combination of words and images is very effective in conveying a message.

You are all interested in something. Explore the literature (magazines, books, web sites, etc) for your interest area and find an example of the use of graphical statistics. I suggest a Google search using the Images option, and select some interesting and visual display of data. Identify the related materials that support the graphic and containing some form of statistical analysis and/or display. Review your materials using the framework offered below.

Assume that you are preparing a report on MM207 statistics students at Kaplan University to present to the Kaplan Board of Trustees. Prepare an appropriate graphical representation for each of the following variables.

·  Incorporate at least one image and at least one chart or graph illustrating project

Beyond showing facts, diagrams can also visualise imagination. It can change a readers view from a fictional concept into a realistic concept or it can build up an image that is non–existent to demonstrate an idea such as an architectural plan. Although the building doesn’t exist yet, a diagram can aid in picturing how the end product would look. Another example being Harry Potter, a fictional story created by J.K Rowling whereby Harry’s so-called ‘Maurauder’s map’ has been made visual. Having this visual diagram of the map and wizard school, the audience are able to visualise how the designer actually envisioned them. Consequently, by providing the reader with a visual, it leaves them with little to no room for their own interpretation. This shows the visual rhetoric’s of graphic design.

The student will be able to compare and contrast the elements of a plot presented in multiple representations of a text.

In many instances it is a good idea to use graphical representations to support the text in reports or business documents. Conduct research and find graphics or illustrations that might be used in documents providing information about the following:

To begin with, before studying this English module, my skills in presenting information in chart format was insufficient. In this visual literacy assignment, students were evaluated on their ability to interpret illustrations as well as various kinds of data and the presentation thereof in a meaning full way. Compared with the first assignment, I scored the highest mark for this one. However, the course material gave me the much-needed background information on creating a meaningful analysis of vast sets of data. For example, the type of data presented in a pie chart will be different from the data presented in a bar or line chart. This was incredibly beneficial information and provided me a new perspective on the creating of charts. Consequently,