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Receuil de phrases et expressions utiles aux apprenants candidats à un oral d'anglais incluant l'analyse d'un document iconographique.

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Image Analysis

Receuil de phrases et expressions utiles aux apprenants candidats à un oral d'anglais incluant l'analyse d'un document iconographique.

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ICONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT ANALYSIS


( the 5 main steps)

1. IDENTIFICATION/ PRESENTATION or INTRODUCTION (nature, title, and source)


The document entitled ………. Is a photograph / a painting / a cartoon / a drawing / a
caricature / in colour / in black and white / an advert / a strip cartoon / a chart / a map / a
poster / a snapshot / a book cover / a newspaper front page / a parody / a pastiche / a
humorous picture by ………… released / created/ painted/ drawn/ taken in (year,decade or
century) / on (specific date).

2. DESCRIPTION (general and detailed descriptions)


Indicate what you see and describe what the focus is on in terms of place, number, position and
role.

a. General description
The document shows / presents ……. ; in this document, we can see / notice ………

b. Detailed description
Number : There is a ……….. / there are ……….S ;
Setting : in a home / bedroom / living-room / kitchen / bathroom / shop / in a school / in a big
city / a village / in the countryside / moon / street / country / desert / mountains, etc.
Localisation : in the upper part / in the lower part / at the top / at the bottom / on the left / on
the right / in the foreground / in the background / in the middle / in the corner, etc.
Physical characteristics : heavily built/ broad-shouldered/ thin/ slim/ overweight/ tall/ short/
square / circular / triangular / small / big / narrow, etc.
Clothes : a suit / pants / a dress / a skirt / a jacket/ a blouse / a hoodie / a hat / a tie / a scarf, a
shirt, etc.
Facial expressions : sad/ happy/ smiling/ laughing/enthusiastic/relaxed/ nervous/ calm/ upset,
etc.
Attitudes : standing/ sitting/ lying/ leaning/ back to back/ side by side/ eye to eye, etc.

3. INTERPRETATION/ COMMENTARY or ANALYSIS (general idea and speculations about


the document)
a. General or main idea :
- The subject/ topic/ issue of this document is ……. ;
- This document is about/ deals with/ features/ relates/ tells about/ shows/ refers to/
stresses on/ highlights/ conveys ………….

b. Speculation and links between the features


- As we can see …….. , we can deduce that ……….. ; we can see ……. , so the man/woman
Must/may/ can/could be ……… ; we can notice that ………… , so we can suppose that …. ;
- From the title/ the source of the doc/ the way the characters are dressed, we can easily
suggest/ imagine/ assert/ argue that ……….. because …………
4. EVALUATION or PERSONAL OPINION (author’s intention + personal reaction)
a. Author’s intention
- The artist/ photographer/ painter/ drawer/ journalist Wants to make us aware of/
highlights/ shows that/ conveys the impression of/ raises the issue of/ informs us about/
criticizes/ denounces/ protest against…. .

b. Personal reaction
- I found/ didn’t find the document too [Adjective] ; I think the document is quite
[adjectives] ;
- In my opinion/ to me/ as far as I am concerned/ personally, the document/artist …… ;
- what strikes/ shocks/surprises me in this doc is ….

Useful adjectives :
Accurate / amusing/ approppriate/ artificial/ attractive/ bana / beautiful/ brilliant/
conventional/ convincing/ difficult/ disgusting/ disturbing/ dull/ effective/ entertaining/
exaggerated/ excellent/ fantastic / far-fetched / fascinating / fine / foolish / funny / good /
great / inaccurate / incredible / interesting/ intriguing/ ironical/ marvellous/ modern/
mysterious/ nice/ old-fashioned/ original/ provocative/ puzzling/ realistic/ ridiculous/ right/
serious/ shocking/ strange/ stupid/ terrible/ terrific/ thought-provoking/ threatening/ topical/
true/ uninteresting/ unpleasant/ unusual/ wonderful/ wrong, etc.

5. BRANCHING OUT (link between the document and related topics)


From the theme of the document, open a window for a consequent discussion or contextualize
it by showing how the same topic is experienced or solved around you.

- This iconographic document reminds me of/ makes me think of/ gives me the
opportunity to talk about…
- I remember a similar document/ movie/ book/ text/ we analized/ studied/ in class ; it
was ……
- I would say that ……. / to conclude ……….. / to sum up ………..
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Landry-Dessio Tangoubadi
Enseignant d'anglais du second dégré général
Lycée Bac Aviation de Port-Gentil
[email protected]
066024418

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