The Importance Of Visuals

Visual agnosia can drastically affect one’s ability to learn. For example, a child with visual agnosia may find it difficult to recognize letters and numbers, thereby making it difficult to learn to read and perform other tasks imperative for retaining information learned. To compensate for the

The distinctively visual is a prominent characteristic in which the composer shapes a unique visual perspective for the responder to interpret. Using a variety of techniques and languages, the composer is distinctively able to create vibrant and lively visualisations within their work. The poetry of Douglas Stewart, in particular ‘Lady feeding the cats’ and ‘Nesting time’ and the image of ‘’Firefighters at twin towers attack’’ photographed by Todd Maisel are particularly effective. Douglas’ poems uniquely portray ordinary people and outsiders at touching and meaningful moments, experiences and connection with nature that creates an image to the reader the relationship of man and nature and how nature can challenge

This form of writing used by the Author, often referred to as imagery or figurative language, is also present throughout the entirety of the text. Some examples include, The Garden a reoccurring statement, symbolising the growth in

Images everywhere! On the billboards, in magazines, newspapers, books, advertisements, on the internet. OH GOD! These days we are bombarded by images. But why? Most people are visually impressed, and quite strikingly, the human “brain is mainly an image processor, not a word processor.” This is due to the fact that “visuals are concrete and more easily remembered, whereas words are abstract and rather difficult for the brain to retain.” Nevertheless, rather surprisingly human beings tend not to analyze images as they would scrutinize a text. The very moment a text is written, it flies from the hands of the writer and moves to the eyes of thousands and thousands of readers to be evaluated and criticized.

RL.9-10.1.1-7 Reading closely informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed and explicit and implicit through language.

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.

8. Imagery - The use of very descriptive words to give an image of the setting, characters, or things related to the reader.

Discuss the use of imagery in two stories of your choice. How do the various images work in a particular story to bring its subject matter into focus? Is there a central image? And how does this enhance or confuse or complicate the effect of the story?

Bram Stoker utilizes point of view, imagery, and tone to illustrate Lucy’s pre-transformative phase through a diary entry, giving further context to various symbols in Chapter 11 of Dracula.

Human memory is flexible and prone to suggestion. “Human memory, while remarkable in many ways, does not operate like a video camera”

Alternatively, to making predictions it was just as elementary to visualize. In all honesty, the easiest thing to visualize was their incidental meetings at Starbucks. Every time the setting was in Starbucks all my senses would come alive. I could visualize the Starbucks sign everywhere, and Gabe and Lea holding their iconic Starbucks cups. It was almost as if I was sitting at a table watching their awkward confrontations occur. I could see Lea sitting at a table in the corner, and Gabe looking for her each time he entered Starbucks as if he knew she would be there: “Gabe steps through the door, obviously looking around for Lea” (Hall 194). Not only could I visualize them at Starbucks, but it was also as if I could smell the aroma as well.

Have you ever watched a food commercial with images of juicy burgers or rich dark chocolate and instantly desired to eat that particular food based on the picture? These are clever advertising and marketing tools used to lure consumers with enticing the imagination. These tools have been used for many years and prey on our use of visual literacy. Visual literacy is the capacity to explain what we see through images and make meaning of them. The textbook, Visual Literacy: Learning to See, and Brian Kennedy’s video, Visual Literacy and Why We Need It, explains the definition of visual literacy differently. The textbook and B. Kennedy’s video both offer an intellectual clarity on visual literacy, but the textbook gives a more accurate definition based on today’s world, seeing as there is a continuous use of images in advertisements and marketing, which rely on much more than just our sight.

Analyse how visual techniques are used to develop deeper ideas in a visual text you have studied.

Signs and symbols are the foundation of visual language, just as the alphabet is the foundation of written language.

According to Mayer's (1997) Generative theory of multimedia learning which is based on Paivio's (1971) Dual Coding Theory, students must select relevant written (`verbal) and pictorial (`visual') information from a text in order to comprehend the text meaningfully. Then, students have to organize the pictorial information into a coherent visual mental representation, and then integrate these newly formed mental representations with one another by constructing referential connections between them and integrating them into a mental model. (See Figure 1) (Jones & Plass: 2002)