Day 2: The Visual Idiom

Cartoons for the Classroom11/28/2005

Write a caption (title) for this

cartoon.

Then, explain what each bird

is saying

FOCUS WORK

AMENDMENT

Approved

1933

IDIOMAn expression that

cannot be taken literally.

VISUAL IDIOMAn idiom that is expressed

through animage

IDIOMS ARE METAPHORS!

… they compare unlike ideas or objects

Let the cat out of the bag

Shattered image

Not always figurative …

… started as literal

writing’s on the wall

shoot yourself in the foot

hit the jackpot