Ways of Seeing – FYLC Fall 2018
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Noun
Definition: “An official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.” (Dictionary’s defenition).
Website: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/census
Founded: “Here, Poverty and Privilege are Neighbors; Income Gaps are a Source of Resentment and Guilt” by Janny Scott.
Comprehend: To officially analyze or record the population.
Adjective
Definition: “Markedly distinct in quality or character or containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements”. (Merriam-Webster definition).
Website: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disparate
Founded: “Here, Poverty and Privilege are Neighbors; Income Gaps are a Source of Resentment and Guilt” by Janny Scott.
Comprehend: To diffiterate or to contrast others, something unsimilar or unlike.
Noun
Definition: “Affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time” (Merriam-Webster definition).
Website: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epidemic
Founded: “A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D.” by Richard A. Friedman
Comprehend: Describes a virus that spread more than one organism, generally described as a plague or outbreak.
Noun
Definition: “A unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit,and certain supporting units or obsolete.” (Dictionary.com’s definition).
Website: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/regimented
Founded: “A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D.” by Richard A. Friedman
Comprehend: A strict organized group of forces or mostly refers to a government or a leader.
Verb
Definition: “To be equivalent to or to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to.” (Merriam-Webster definition).
Website: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compensate
Founded: “A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D.” by Richard A. Friedman
Comprehend: It’s more like to repay something appropriately and maintain the situation equally.
The word the illustration above visually represents is dilapidated. Dilapidated is a building or house that is in ruin or despair. The image represents this word through an illustration of an old shabby house. This illustration was created using a black pen.
The illustration visually represents the word nematode. Nematodes are visually represented through the illustrations of worms, drawn in black and white. The materials used t create this illustration were inking pens and a brush pen.
The image above provides the authors visual representation of the word nightmare. The material used to create this image were inking pens and a brush pen. The word nightmare is visually represented through a lot of dark shadowy figures, drawing closer to the frightened man hiding him himself under sheets.
the image contains an illustration that represents the word Melancholy The image contains illustrations of people, all with expressions of sadness and despair. The image gives a feeling of sadness, depression, sorrow, and misery. The materials used to create this image was a black pen.
Adjective
Definition: “Having definite or definable limits or having a limited nature or existence.” (Merriam-Webster definition).
Website: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finite
Founded: “The Inclusive Museum” by Sina Bahram.
Comprehend: It’s basically the opposite of infinity, something that won’t last forever, limited extension.
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