Photo Essay Vocab

the overall effect of a piece that can be labeled artful or beautiful, or the opposite.

• Caption

• Aesthetic Quality

• Mentor text

• Mock up

A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work.

• revising

• formatting

• layout

• theme

When we read, discuss and learn from a variety of Mentor Authors

• immersion

• revising

• central idea

• drafting

the intended reader of your work

• emotional reaction

• publishing

• audience

• photo essay

A text label or brief explanation that accompanies an illustration such as a figure, table, or picture.

• Mentor text

• caption

• digital source

• photo essay

The key point made in a written passage; the main topic.

• contemporary issues

• text feature

• central idea

• visual quality

When we write often about a variety of topics and for a number of reasons.

• generating ideas

• drafting

• editing

• selecting

Find subjects that matter and are relevant to the purpose and intention of your work.

• mock up

• editing

• publishing

• selecting

Research, explore and gather information about your topic using different sources.

• collecting

• editing

• digital source

• publishing

Plan, envision and organize text.

• selecting

• text feature

• drafting

• collecting