Persuasion
Style
Style, too
Approaches to visual texts
More approaches to visual texts
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a persuasive technique split into three types: ethos, logos, pathos

What is appeal?

100

a question that implies and answer, which is a subtle way of persuading someone or influencing someone's opinion.

What is a rhetorical question?

100

the literal meaning of a word.

What is denotation?
100

the process of making an image meaningful by adding words

What is anchoring?

100

the contrast of two unrelated objects, images or ideas placed next to each other.

What is Juxtaposition?

200

an ethical appeal to the authority of the speaker or writer.

What is ethos?

200

a reference to something without a literal or explicit mention of it.

What is an allusion?


200

words that are used in a specific context that may be difficult to understand, often involving technical terminology.

What is jargon?

200

the storyline that is told through the image

What is visual narrative?

200

images that look like the concepts they represent

What is icon?

300

an appeal to logic

What is logos?

300

exaggeration to make a situation seem more dramatic or humorous.

What is hyperbole?

300

the figurative (emotional) meaning of a word.

What is connotation?

300
the opening statement that gives the article voice and clearly states the direction the article will take by giving the most important information here.

What is lead?

300

the space around a subject; giving more focus to a subject.

What is negative space?

400

an appeal to emotion

What is pathos?

400

the level of formality in writing or speaking.

What is register?

400

in grammar, a form of verb used to direct or give commands

What is imperatives?

400

placed or laid over something else, usually so both are visible

What is superimposed?

400

in a visual text, everything that is included or omitted from an image.

What is composition?

500

the timeliness of an argument

What is kairos?

500

the rules and principles governing sentence structure and word order.

What is syntax?

500

unbalanced language that suggests support for a particular ideological view and/or group of people.

What is bias?

500

a concise statement that contains general truths

What is aphorisms?

500

when artists use pre-existing images in their own artwork with little transformation of the original work

What is appropriation?

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