Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Calligram, Pictograms, and Rebus

Calligram: a word or phrase that match the shape of the word it is describing.

The picture uses the word "elephant" to draw out an elephant. 
The picture uses the word "Kitty" to draw out a kitty[another word for Cat].
The picture uses the word "Panther" to draw out a panther.



Pictogram: is a icon that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.
This means like DANGER Zone

These are a picture of scenes from movies: the first one is a girl in the shower about to get murdered and the second one is an image of the movie Jaws.

This means NO Smoking



Rebus: is a allusional device that uses picture to represent words or part of a word.
"Free beer for a year"

"Can you see well?"

"Exercise/Running strengthens your Heart" 

"I Love You"
It's a letter:
My Dear Child,

          I received your letter of Tuesday and am glad you got home well. I have sent the length Mrs. Bumble-foot to Lotty. I am glad to hear the Joker gotten so well. Give my love to you.

[Something] your old loving Father,
 Oscar B.




Thursday, January 15, 2015

amir lesley p.3 part one


a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z.




street sign is a type of traffic sign used to identify named roads, generally those that do not qualify as expressways or highways.

a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.


a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.



ASCII ( i/ˈæski/ ASS-kee), abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character-encoding scheme.


An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronicdevices (such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors) in a schematic diagram of anelectrical or electronic circuit.


an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short signals of light or sound.




  1. a form of sign language developed in the US and used also in English-speaking parts of Canada.
     
  2. a hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph.