Ten Multimodal texts:

1) Sounder by William H. Armstrong—V, L, S, G

2) Neon pink frizbee with “FoxRidge” in white text—V, L, S

3) Tide To Go stick—V, L, S

4) Black mug with “Shawnee” horse and blue text—V, L, S, G

5) Burt’s Bees chapstick—V, L, S

6) Turquoise agenda with gold lettering—V, L, S

7) Water bottle—V, L, S, G

8) VTOCH brochure—V, L, S, G

9) Glasses—V, L, S

10) Orange cup with black lettering—V, L, S

 

Reflection: None of my objects used all five models of communication. However, I did notice a pattern among the objects: every object used visual, linguistic, and spatial modes. In some cases the texts were very similar, like the water bottle, mug, and cup. In other cases they were very different, like the Tide To Go and glasses. That’s why it is so interesting that every text used at least three modes; it shows how similar methods/thought go into each text.