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multimodal texts

SUBMITTED TO: MRS. ANALIZA G. BUNAGAN

JANUARY 23, 2023


SUBMITTED BY: JETHRO JAMES LOBIS
GRADE 10-STE
WHAT ARE MULTIMODAL TEXTS?

Multimodal texts are basically


consisting of materials where meaning is
communicated through combinations of two or
more modes. Modes include written language,
spoken language, and patterns of meaning that
are visual, audio, gestural, tactile, and spatial.

Multimodal texts include picture books,


textbooks, graphic novels, comics, and posters,
where meaning is conveyed to the reader
through varying combinations of visual (still
image) written language, and spatial modes.

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Other Facts about Multimodal Texts

1. Multimodal does not mean digital technology. Multimodal


texts engage multiple modes of communication. You don’t need
digital technology to do that. An illuminated medieval manuscript
is just as much a multimodal text as a YouTube video is.

2. It doesn’t mean multimedia either. A multimodal text may use


multimedia (multiple media, like photos, animation, words,
sounds), but it doesn’t have to.

3. People have been learning about multimodal composition


for centuries. Since everything in the writing classroom is
multimodal composing, it’s not surprising that teachers have
always taught about more than one mode of communication.
When you learn how to use layout and design to make the words
stand out on a page, for example, you’re learning multimodal
composing techniques.

4. What’s important isn’t how, but when and why. How to use
multiple modes of communication when you compose is the easy
part. What’s important is learning when to engage the different
modes of communication and why they bring meaning to the
text.

5. Using every mode doesn’t necessarily make a text


better. Use all five modes if they help you communicate your

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message, but don’t add modes just because you can. Make sure
that they add to the meaning of the text.

6. Communicating with the visual mode isn’t limited to using


photos. Sure photos can be part of it, but you’re also using the
visual mode when you add bold text or change the size and color
of a font.

7. The gestural mode includes both body language and


movement. The word gestural does make you think of gesture,
but gestural mode isn’t limited to things that people can do, like
smile or wave their arms about. Any kind of movement that
communicates with a reader uses the gestural mode.

8. It’s easy to compose a multimodal text. It’s actually


impossible not to create a multimodal text. When we add words
to a word processing document, for example, we may not think
about the multimodal communication we are using. We add
visual elements when we choose specific fonts, when we add
emphasis by changing a font to bold or increasing its size, and
when we indent the words to signal the start of a paragraph or a
blocked quotation.

9. It can be challenging, however, to compose a rhetorically


effective multimodal text. It is easy to compose a text that uses
multiple modes of communication, but it takes work to make sure
that the different modes contribute the intended meaning to the
text. As you compose multimodal texts, think constantly about

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your intentions and make sure that the different elements that
you add to the text help you say what you intend to.

Example no.1

The first example is the sculpture of Henry Moore’s


personal expression about the idea of a family and he created the
sculpture just before his first child was born. Multimodal text
deals with patterns of meaning that are visual and tactile, this

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sculpture represents both of the mentioned forms by which the
viewers would grasp the meaning of the image and at the same
time feel its texture just by looking at it.

Example no.2

The second example is a poster which conveys visual and


verbal meanings easily. This type of multimodal text is often

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seen in posters and print ads to draw attention from readers or
even passers-by.

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Example no.3

The third example is a sketch of a director’s costume idea


for a play that has markings and coordinates on it. Multimodal
texts also includes how one writes specific details as well as the
highlights of an image. We must always remember that even the
font style or font size convey meaning as well.

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Example no.4

The fourth example is a form of more advanced and


modernized form of multimodal text. It includes the use of
modern technology to create images and convey meaning
through still pictures and even motion ones.

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Example no.5

The fifth example is an example of instructional


multimodal text in which it uses both the written language and
images to convey meaning to the readers or viewers. It is mostly
used by authors and teachers who basically give procedural
activities.

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THE MAKING. . .

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THE PROGRESS. . .

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REFLECTION

By doing this project, I learned that there are


many ways to convey meaning using particular forms of
texts. These may include visuals, pictures, graphs,
infographics and even patterns that suggest implications
as well.

Basically, I find the purpose of multimodal texts


essential because it helped me learn more about how I
should analyze not just written texts but also the hidden
or obscure denotations of images, visuals, symbols,
patterns, colors and styles that authors, writers or
creators utilize when they want to express themselves.
Just like in life, it is not enough that we express ourselves
through words, but it is necessary for us to pair it up with
the appropriate action to be able to make what we want
to convey or imply more meaningful, in other words, we
should always “Walk our Talk.”

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- JETHRO JAMES LOBIS

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