Week 8 Create a Picturebook

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1. Identify the image that in your opinion is the most effective in developing the story as a whole and explain why it was effective. Did the image and written narrative interact in a way the created irony, metaphor and/or metonymy?

I think this image is most effective in developing my story-- the text that we were given made me envisioned  my poem focusing around the love a dad has for his son, but without the love of his significant other, that could not exist. If you see how in love this couple is, it makes you have an even greater understanding of the love within this story/poem. 

2. Explain how two or more elements in the illustration help support and develop the story. 

The first element is the fact that not one character is looking directly at the viewer. If they are not looking at each other then they are looking at a landscape or looking down at their babies.

The second element being the backgrounds in the picture, all but one image in the story has things in the background--- from a kitchen, to wallpaper in a babies room, and a nature background.

3. Identify two elements that are repeated throughout a majority of the images. Explain how these elements support the story. 

Two elements repeated throughout my story are smiling faces on all the characters and the casts of shadows in the background. Since centered my story around the love a dad has for his son, as well as his family. Seeing smiles on their faces, show the reader the love the family has for each other and the shadows warm the images and make it look more romantic or lovable (depending on what is being depicted in the image).