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PARENT AND CHILD EXERCISE: Parents must supervise and aid in the research.
BUILD THAT BACKGROUND/GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS

Research these areas with your child to improve their COMPREHENSION SKILLS.
They can write the meaning of the words on the spaces provided or in their note-books.

1) What is an advertisement and what are the characteristics of an advertisement?

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2) What is a notice and what are the characteristics of a notice?
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3) What is a flyer? What can it be used for and what are some important
characteristics of it?
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4) What are some necessary information on a poster/flyer: (e.g. Email address,

number, address) and why are they placed on them?
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5) Why are different types of text/fonts used on poster/flyers? Why are words
written in BOLD, italics, ALL CAPS, LARGER THAN OTHER WORDS, different
colours, underlined etc.?
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6) Why are illustrations used on posters/flyers?
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7) What is the “target audience” of advertisements or posters?

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8) Identify some types of media?

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9) Identify the most effective media to display advertisements(ads) and posters for
missing persons, animals, things and state why such media should be selected to
display these ads and posters.
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