How images, graphics and captions support and augment argument

What this note covers

1. Why the visual is not optional
2. A systematic way to read an image
3. Cartoons: exaggeration, labelling and irony
4. Photographs, captions and the work of anchorage
5. Graphs, infographics and numbers made visible
6. Integrating the visual with the written argument
7. How this is examined and what separates a top-band answer

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes