Comment décrire une image en anglais?

Comment décrire une image en anglais?

I ) Identifier le Document. 

○ This document is a ... / consists of ...

● A photograph / A photo / A snapshot / A shot of ... 

● A drawing (un dessin ) ... drawn by ( dessiné par ) ... 

● A cartoon (un dessin humouristique ) ... drawn by ... 

● A strip cartoon / A comic strip ... (Une bande dessinée ). 

● An advertisement / An advert / An ad (Une publicité ) / A full page advertisement... 

● A poster on a hoarding (Un panneau publicitaire ).

● A chart / A diagram ... (Un graphique ). 

● A map ... ( Une carte ). 

○ It comes from ... / It is an extract from ... / It is taken in ... 

○ It is an advertisement for ... / It is to advertize a product which …

○ It could be seen in ... / on ...

○ ... published in (+ name of newspaper / magazine ) on + date ... 

○ It is a shot from a film entitled ..., directed by ..., staring ...,set in ..., etc. 

○ It was drawn by ... / painted by ... / taken by ... / made by ...→ ... a painter / a photographer / a cartoonist / an advertiser etc. 


II ) Décrire le document. 


Commencez toujours par décrire ce qui frappe l'oeil, ce qui est le plus évident, et répondez aux Wh- questions ( Who / When / What / Where ). 

1°) La composition. 


○ To begin with ( pour commencer ), I'll briefly describe the layout ( Organisation ) of the document / page.

○ It consists of ... / It is composed of ... / It is made up of ... 

○ There is a ... title / slogan / text / photograph / drawing / cartoon / chart / Pie-chart ( Diagramme en secteur ) / graph ( Graphique ) / map / plan / diagram / Sketch ( Schéma ) / Caption ( Légende ) / Bubble ( Bulle)... 

○ It shows ... / It represents ... / in this photo, we are shown ... / We can see ...

○ It is a close-up ( Un gros plan ). 


2°) La Localisation des Choses et des Personnages ( Characters ). 


○ The scene takes place in ... / The setting ( Le Cadre ) ...

○ It is seen from a distance ( Vu de loin ) / from afar ( De loin ) / from above ( De dessus ) / From below ( Par en dessous ) / from the rear ( De derrière ) ...○ At the top of the page ( En haut ) / at the bottom of the page ( En bas ). 

○ In

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