Methodology : How to analyse a visual

1. Introduction
The document under study is a photo(graph)/an advertisement
/an awareness campaign /a painting /a drawing / /a cartoon /a
comic strip /a mural /
a magazine cover/ a book cover…
entitled “…” and released / published by / drawn by / created by
/ painted by a cartoonist / a painter / an artist… called …
It is extracted from. . . / It was taken from… / It appeared in… (a newspaper/ a
magazine…) on… (december 1st, 2020)
t deals with Global warming.

2. Describe the scene (place,

characters, clothes, details…)

The scene takes place in/at/

near…. (a place)
We can see … + position
(ex: on the left, in the
background…)

3. What is the author’s goal? (= aim = purpose)

He aims at criticizing denouncing informing sending a message

warning promoting highlighting raising awareness of…

4- REACT ! ( your point of view about the document) and conclude

In my opinion. . . / As far as I am concerned … - I find this document interesting because... –
I fully agree with / I (don’t) agree with = I disagree with… - I (dis)approve of …/ I (don’t) share this
point of view / - What I (don’t) like about this document is that … - It reminds me of. . . / It makes me
think of …/ - It makes me feel …/ I can identify with the characters because… I like / appreciate / enjoy
this document because … I dislike / I hate / I loathe this document because…

DON’T FORGET TO USE LINKING WORDS such as:

Firstly, then, after, on the one hand, on the other hand, moreover, however, whereas,
therefore, indeed, even though, instead of, thanks to, to conclude…