This lecture teaches how to describe a picture and object. Watch video: https://youtu.be/HzNRsmIF6RI

1. Picture Description
Lecture No. 19
Zafar Ullah, zafarullah76@gmail.com

2. Why to Describe a Picture
• “Picture is worth a thousand words.”
• Describing ability for others,
• Describe crime scene
• Describe to revive beautiful scenes
• During story telling
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3. Techniques to Describe a Picture
• Kinds of pictures picture
• image painting photograph / photo portrait
landscape painting poster cartoon drawing
cover / front page comic strip
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4. Cont…
Artists
Artist, photographer, cartoonist, painter
Structure
next to /near in front of =/=behind in the
foreground in the background in the upper
part / at the top in the lower part / at the
bottom on the left handside / on the left on
the right hand side / on the right in the
central part / in the middle
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5. Cont…
Information on artist and year and origin
… (image title) is a painting/drawing/cartoon
by … (artist), painted in … (year). … (artist)
painted … (image) in … (year).....in (source)
This (image) was published in …..(year) and
extracted from ….....(source)
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6. Cont…
• Describing the scene
The picture was taken in/at/near … (place). /
the scene takes in..... The photo was taken
in/at/during....(time) The picture depicts/
shows / … (scene).
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7. Cont…
• What can you see?
• The picture is composed of …...(number)
parts. … (position: on the left/right/…)
there is / are … / we can see.... … is …
(position: on the left/right/…) In this
picture, the character is (Vb)-ing …../ the
characters are (Vb)-.ing ..
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8. Cont…
• Impression
• The characters look as if ... The viewer
has the impression that ... The painting is
vivid / happy / expressive. The picture
makes the viewer feel … (sad/happy) The
picture inspires the viewer to think about
…
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9. Cont…
• Intention
• The artist / photographer / painter/ cartoonist
uses … to express … He / She (probably) wants
to criticise / express / show … It is obvious that
the artist wants to criticise / express / show …
What the artist / photographer / painter wants to
criticise / express / show is … What the artist /
photographer / painter wants to point out / focus
on is … I think / believe / am sure that … It
seems / appears to me that … The problem
illustrated here is … / The issue raised is …... …9

10. How to Change a Picture into a Paragraph
• Answer all WH Questions
Who are the people in the picture?
Where are they?
What are they doing?
When was the picture taken?
Why is she in this restaurant?
How …would you describe the girl/the waiter?
How would you describe the setting (location)?
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11. Cont…
• Write some other sentences
• Explain in a sequence, right to left or top to
bottom
• Arrange in a paragraph structure
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12. Describe an Object
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13. Write a Paragraph about Study Table
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14. Write a Paragraph on Bedroom
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15. Describe it
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16. Describe It
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17. Describe It
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18. Describe It
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19. Thanks
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20. Question Answers
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