Visual Literacy Basics
This is the ability to analyze and interpret visual messages.
What is visual literacy?
his rhetorical appeal relies on credibility or trustworthiness.
What is ethos?
This camera shot is commonly used to establish setting or environment.
What is a wide shot?
This is the empty space between comic panels.
What is the gutter?
Slow piano music and emotional testimony are most likely appealing to this rhetorical strategy.
What is pathos?
This media technique emphasizes some details while excluding others.
What is framing?
“According to scientific studies…” is an example of this rhetorical appeal.
What is logos?
A camera angle looking down on a character is called this.
What is a high-angle shot?
his comic feature is a full-page illustration emphasizing an important moment.
What is a splash page?
A close-up shot is primarily used to emphasize this.
What are emotions or important details?
Images are not considered neutral because they are shaped by this.
What is intention?
“Millions have already joined!” is an example of this propaganda technique.
What is bandwagon?
This type of lighting creates suspense, mystery, or tension.
What is low-key lighting?
This term describes the reader connecting events between panels.
What is closure?
Sound can influence a scene by guiding the audience’s __________.
What are emotions or reactions?
Advertisements and news media both use visuals to do this to audiences.
What is persuade or influence?
A message warning disaster will happen if people do not act is using this propaganda strategy.
What is fear appeal?
Warm colors like red, orange, and yellow are often associated with this feeling.
What are comfort, warmth, or passion?
This comic element most directly reveals a character’s internal thoughts.
What is a thought bubble?
A political poster using dark colors and alarming language is likely using this propaganda strategy.
What is fear appeal?
This is the rhetorical appeal that targets emotions.
What is pathos?
Propaganda is powerful because it uses emotion and selective __________ to influence audiences quickly.
What is framing?
This type of sound can be heard by the audience but not by the characters.
What is non-diegetic sound?
Color in comics most effectively contributes to this.
What is tone or emotional atmosphere?
This rhetorical appeal uses logic, facts, and evidence to persuade an audience.
What is logos?