The OPTIC Strategy

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Hope (Beirut Wedding) taken by Jay Ullal in Beirut, Lebanon 1983

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Photo by Caitlyn Smith of McQueen High School in Reno.

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Found on Imgur.com

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Migrant Mother, taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Hells Angels’ Girlfriends taken by Bill Ray for Life Magazine 1965

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Mahó Beach, St. Maarten Photograph by Kent Miller National Geographic AUGUST 17, 2010

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

The Young Lady With the Shiner by Norman Rockwell 1953

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.

Lunch Atop a Skyscraper taken by Charles C. Ebbets 1932

Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts THE OPTIC STRATEGY Analysis of Visual and Graphic Texts Overview: Conduct a brief OVERVIEW of the visual or graphic. This should be in the form of a brief paraphrase or summary. Parts: Key is on the PARTS of the image by reading the visual as a text, looking for literary techniques such as imagery, simile, metaphor, symbol, and irony. This can be anything: color, figures, textures, scenery, groupings, shadings, patterns, numbers, etc. Title: Read the TITLE or caption of the visual (if one is present) so that you are clear on the subject it is covering. Interrelationships: Use the title as your theory and parts of the visual as your clues to detect and specify the INTERRELATIONSHIPS in the graphic. Conclusion: In a paragraph, draw a CONCLUSION about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it’s making.