Visual Argument Vocabulary

Convey

• to state, to communicate

• to build or make something

• to hold two things side by side

• finding similarities between two or more things

Construct

• finding differences between two or more things

• to build or make something

• to hold two things side by side

• finding similarities between two or more things

Juxtapose

• finding differences between two or more things

• give an account of something including all characteristics, qualities, or events in detail

• to hold two things side by side

• finding similarities between two or more things

Compare

• finding differences between two or more things

• give an account of something including all characteristics, qualities, or events in detail

• give an account of a process, or an idea, or something abstract

• finding similarities between two or more things

Contrast

• finding differences between two or more things

• breaking down a whole in order to see how the parts make up the whole

• give an account of a process, or an idea, or something abstract

• finding similarities between two or more things

Describe

• finding differences between two or more things

• give an account of something including all characteristics, qualities, or events in observable

• give an account of a process, or an idea, or something abstract

• to make an educated conclusion about a text based upon evidence and reasoning

Explain

• the part of a picture that is behind the focal point

• breaking down a whole in order to see how the parts make up the whole

• give an account of a process, or an idea, or something abstract

• to make an educated conclusion about a text based upon evidence and reasoning

Analyze

• the part of a picture that is behind the focal point

• breaking down a whole in order to see how the parts make up the whole

• the part of a picture nearest to the viewer or the main focal point.

• to make an educated conclusion about a text based upon evidence and reasoning

Infer

• the part of a picture that is behind the focal point

• to state, to communicate

• the part of a picture nearest to the viewer or the main focal point.

• to make an educated conclusion about a text based upon evidence and reasoning

Background

• the part of a picture that is behind the focal point

• to state, to communicate

• the part of a picture nearest to the viewer or the main focal point.

• to build or make something