DÉCRIRE UNE IMAGE

A. Introduction
Commencez par présenter le document : sa nature et les informations principales

an ad/advert/advertisement (publicité), a cartoon (dessin humoristique), a

chart (tableau), a comic strip (bande dessinée), a drawing (dessin), a map
Nature
(carte), a painting, a photo/photograph (photo), a poster (affiche), a still
(image tirée d'un film)
Source This … is taken from … / This … comes from ...
Date It was published/painted in … / It dates back to ...
Author It was drawn / painted / made /designed by …
/!\ si vous ne pouvez pas donner toutes les informations, formulez des hypothèses

B. Description

▪ WHERE = The scene takes place in / at … / It's set in ...

▪ WHAT = It shows/represents a landscape / an object / a character (physical
appearance, expressions, postures, clothes, actions)
▪ Other details = a title (titre), a balloon (bulle), a caption (légende)...
▪ HOW = It is composed/made up of … (parts)
C. Analyser
► expliquer le message
It symbolises / stands for... (ça symbolise/représente)
It embodies... (ça incarne)
The author highlights... (l'auteur met en valeur)
The author portrays/depicts... (l'auteur décrit/représente/dépeint)
He/she means / suggests … (il veut dire / suggère)
His/her purpose/goal/aim is to make fun/criticize/denounce … (son but est de se
moquer/critiquer/dénoncer)
--------------------------------- to draw our attention to... (son but est d'attirer notre attention sur)
--------------------------------- to make us think about... (son but est de nous faire penser que)
--------------------------------- to make us realize that … (son but est de nous faire nous rendre
compte que)

Teenagers/adults/women/etc are the target audience. (les ados/adultes/femmes/etc

constituent le public visé)

► exprimer son opinion

to my mind / in my opinion (à mon avis)
it seems to me that (il me semble que)
I feel/believe that (je pense/crois que)
as I see it (selon moi)
I am convinced that (je suis convaincu que)
for my part... / personally / as far as I am concerned / as to me (en ce qui me concerne)
I am in favour of / I approve of (je suis pour...)
I disapprove of / I am against (je suis contre...)

It reminds me of … (ça me rappelle)

It looks like … (ça ressemble à)
I find it funny / awful / sad / strange, etc (je trouve ça drôle, horrible, tristre, étrange, etc)