GE 2409 WORDS AND IMAGES: READING AND WRITING IN 21ST CENTURY
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Is the car sign clear or confusing?

1/28/2014

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Is this sign clear or confusing? Explain why you reach your conclusion

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               At the first glance, the sign is a bit confusing. Nevertheless, with a closer examination, a clear message can be perceived from the sign.


               Usually, people will look at the picture on the sign first as it always occupies more space than the word attached. It becomes the prominent element on the sign. For example, on the mountain, a sign with a ‘cow’ on it can easily be see, people need not to focus on the small wordings ,still, they can know there are cows there.

 
               Here, the picture, inevitably, is the key element that I will deem as. When only considering the picture, I can understand that it must related to transportation stuff. I can see there are three taxis with three passengers getting onto each of them. I, however, have no ideas about the meaning of the three arrows pointing to the taxis. I don’t know what happens to those taxis. Does it means passengers are illegal to board any taxi at the specified area where the sign is located? There are three identical figures within the same signs because the designer wants to emphasise that it is illegal to do so, and with arrows to focus on this act?


               Obviously, when I include the wordings above the picture into my interpretation, a clear answer can be reached out. “Board three taxis at the same time” – there is no “Ban” sign on the figure, it literally means that this action can be done on this area. Other than this, when focusing on the structure of this sentence, we can see that it is an imperative sentence, which is to urge one to do something.

               Therefore, with the wordings and the picture, I come up with a conclusion that the theme of the sign is to let people board three taxis at the same time.


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Mags Webster
2/6/2014 04:02:08 pm

Saily, it's great that you have posted your analysis of this signage onto your personal portfolio. Just to clarify, you will be assessed on each of the five weekly tasks (see under the 'Weekly' tab of the course website for an explanation of each one), so this particular exercise won't be part of the assessment.

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car cover link
10/19/2016 12:43:43 am

Buying a car is one of the most important decisions you will take, and making even the slightest mistake can cost you financially or emotionally or both. You need to be extremely careful while buying a car, and more so, if it is a used car.

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