This document provides information about creating posters, including what posters are, their format, main features, marking scheme, categories, dos and don'ts, and specifications. Posters are a brief visual communication with a powerful message and are used to create awareness about social issues, advertise events, or extend public invitations. Effective posters have an attention-grabbing title, visual elements, well-organized content in an easy-to-read format, and include essential details like date, time, venue, contact information and issuing authority.

1. POSTER MAKING
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2. What is a Poster?
• Posters recreate the basic moods
and styles of three modes of
communication, i.e., notices,
advertisements, and invitations.
• Essentially a very brief
communication with a powerful
visual and a powerful message, a
poster is always prepared with a
particular target audience in mind.
• A poster is a very useful means to
create awareness about current
social problems or needs and
issues or to even extend public
invitations and write notices. .
• The poster should be clear in
communicating the intended
message in an easily readable
manner. You can put text in one
box and an image in the other.
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3. Format of a Poster Writing
 Title: This is the point where you can make the deal. Make a catchy title which is basically the
gist of your announcement or issue. The first line should introduce the purpose of the poster.
 A sketch: After the title, you can draw a picture depicting your issue.
 Content: It should be pleasing, readable way – the poster’s wordings should be centred in an
appealing manner. The message must be clearly passed to the readers.
 Date, Time and Venue: Here you have to mention the date and time of the event which has to
take place. Do not forget to mention the venue of the event.
 Issuing Authority: Here you have to write the name of the organising body of the particular
event.
 Contact Information: This is an important part of your poster. Remember to add the details of
the concerned authorities as the people reading the poster must have contact numbers of the
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4. Main Features of a Poster
 Visually catchy title
 sketch or simple visuals
 fonts of different shapes and sizes
 theme/subject
 description/details related to the theme
 essential details, for example, date, time,
venue
 names, i.e., issuing authority, organisers

 organising and sequencing of
content
 appropriate language
 creativity (language and design)
Content ExpressionLayout
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5. Marking Scheme For Poster Writing
Format (title and name of the issuing authority) 01 mark
Content 02 marks
Expression and Accuracy (Spellings, Grammar) 01 mark
Total 04 marks
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6. Categories or types
 Advancing a social cause or awareness.
 Educational institutions and students’ activities.
 Cultural show/ exhibition/ seminar/ workshop/ fair/ fete etc.
 Promoting sales of a product or service.
 Influencing public opinion.
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7. Some Do’s and Don’ts of Poster Making
Do’s
• The poster should be in a box.
• Make the content inside the poster to the point
and crisp, brief, clear and attractive.
• Use visuals/pictures to create interest and get
the message across
• Make sure your answer to a poster must fit in
one page only. It should not be continued to
the next page.
• Also, bold or underline the important
information inside the poster.
• Make sure your poster is in the proper
structure / format.
Don’ts
 Cross the word limit.
 Use complex language.
 Use the short form of the words.
• Detract from the message.
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8. Specifications
Title
Visual
Content
Slogan
Issuing Authority
Contact details
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9. Samples
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13. Thank You
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