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1. Nature du document

This document is / What we have here is :

a photograph / a painting / a cartoon / a drawing / a caricature / in colour / in black and white / an
advert / a strip cartoon / a chart / a map / a poster / a snapshot / a book cover / a newspaper front
page / a parody / a pastiche / a humorous picture / a still ...

2. Origine du document

We can say ... We can suppose ... We can imagine ...

it comes from / it was taken from / it appeared in/on:
a newspaper / a magazine / a website / a women's magazine called Hotel/Carlton
a business magazine.

It appeared ... It dates from 1951

It is recent / not recent.
We may suppose it appeared recently / long ago / years ago.

3. L'auteur

It was made by a man / a woman / someone called

This photo was taken by / This was made by / painted by / created by
The name of the artist is / not mentioned / does not appear.
The name of the photographer / the cartoonist / the painter is
He is (not) famous. I (don't) know him/her.

4. Description du document (l'explicite - ce que l'on voit)

It is a close-up / medium shot / long shot.

It's a low angle shot / a high angle shot.
The scene takes place in a home / in a bedroom / in a living-room / in a kitchen / in a bathroom / in
a shop / in the street / in the country / in the desert / in the mountains ....
The setting is a school / a big city / a small village / the countryside / the moon / another planet /
an imaginary world / familiar / unfamiliar / exceptional / typical / ...
It takes place during the day / at night / in the summer / in the winter / ...

It is composed of 2 / 3 parts. The comic strip is composed of 4 frames.

The general atmosphere is sad / romantic / funny / crazy / serious / ironical / mysterious /
unusual / relaxed / tense / ordinary / sophisticated / ...

The characters:

- number There are 1 / 2 / 3 / many people. There is only one person; a

- gender male / female (one man / three men / one woman / four women)

- age group child(ren), teenager / adult / middle-aged /in his twenties / young / old

- clothing: (S)he is wearing a jacket / a skirt / a dress / a hat / ...

- gestures / depicted action He is sitting / She is standing / They are talking (lying, running,
fighting, playing, dancing, watching, smiling, begging, eating, ...)
Some are ...ing / All are ...ing.
- their mood(s) He seems to be ...
He looks / She looks / They look :

aggressive embarrassed lazy sick

angry enraged lonely selfish
annoyed enthusiastic lost shocked
anxious envious lucky smart
apathetic excited mad smug
arrogant exhausted miserable sorry
ashamed fearful modest strange
bored fed up mysterious strict
cautious friendly negative strong
cheerful frightened nervous stupid
cold frustrated optimistic surprised
confident funny peaceful suspicious
confused generous perplexed thirsty
conscious greedy pleased thoughtful
crazy guilty prejudiced tired
cross happy proud ugly
cruel heartbroken puzzled undecided
curious horrified quiet unhappy
dangerous hostile regretful upset
depressed hot relaxed untidy
determined hungry relieved strong
dirty hurt sad violent
disappointed indifferent satisfied weak
disapproving intelligent scared well-dressed
disgusted interested sceptical worried
dishonest jealous shocked
shy

I can see / It shows / It represents ...

There is a There are s

in the upper part / in the lower part

in front of / behind
above / under
close / far away
at the top / at the bottom
on the left / on the right
in the foreground / in the background
in the middle
in the corner

There is a / no text / title / headline / bubble / caption / slogan / catch phrase / logo / sign /
note.

There is a contrast between and .

There is a contrast in size / in colour / in numbers / ...

5. L'implicite (l'implicite - ce que le document donne à imaginer)

The subject is ... / The topic is ... / This issue is topical.

It relates an incident / an accident / an event / a fight / an argument / ... It tells a story:

I suppose that ... / I think that ... / We can conclude that ... / We can imagine that ... / We can
infer that ... / We can deduce that ... / It illustrates .... / It refers to ... / It is about ... / It deals with
... We can guess that ...
The author suggests that ... / (S)he wants to show that ... / His-her aim is to ... / (S)he
criticizes ... / (S)he mocks ... / (S)he makes fun of ... / (S)he condemns .... / (S)he stresses ... /
(S)he alludes to ... What (s)he means is that ...

According to the author, ...

The aim / the purpose of the artist is ... to entertain / to amuse / to convey values / to pass on a
message / to shock / to surprise / ...

The document raises the question / issue / problem of ...

The message is:

I can suggest a caption / a title.

The is a symbol: it symbolizes . It represents . It stands for

6. Ma réaction

It looks as if ... / It seems that ... / My impression is that ... / I have the feeling that ... / I am under
the impression that ...

My first reaction was: desire /admiration / fear / surprise / pleasure / disgust ...

I find this document / I don't find this document :

accurate / amusing / approppriate / artificial / attractive / banal / beautiful / brilliant /

conventional / convincing / difficult / disgusting / disturbing / dull / effective /
entertaining / exaggerated / excellent / fantastic / far-fetched / fascinating / fine / foolish /
funny / good / great / inaccurate / incredible / interesting / intriguing / ironical /
marvellous / modern / mysterious / nice / old-fashioned / original / provocative / puzzling /
realistic / ridiculous / right / serious / shocking / strange / stupid / terrible / terrific /
thought-provoking / threatening / topical / true / uninteresting / unpleasant / unusual /
wonderful / wrong

My feeling is that this is very well-done in that ...

We can identify with the .

What I find is ...

What I find the most is ....
What I like about this document is / is the fact that ....
What I don't like about this document is its
What strikes me the most is ...

I feel concerned / I don't feel concerned.

I feel moved / irritated / puzzled / ...

It makes me think of ...

It reminds me of a film / a book / a text / an article / another document ...
I remember a similar document we studied in class: it was ...
It looks like ...
It evokes the question of ...

In my opinion, ... / To my mind, ... / I would say that ... / To conclude ... / To sum up ...

7. Gap fillers

Well ... Anyway, ... Hang on, ...

Er ... Actually, ... Right, ...
You see ... Mind you, ... I mean, ...
You know ... Now wait a minute, ... But then again, ...