Reading: Ex. 2

2. True or false.

1. Graphic communication provides methods for solving problems only across an entertainment domain. 2. Meaning can be affected by two variables: the form of the elements and the quantity of the elements. 3. The way the elements are distributed in space does not matter. 4. The relative magnitude of each element is not important. 5. Design is used to record the most accurate account of a structure. 6. Semiotics is an analytical tool used in the study of signs and interpretation of information. 7. There are three kinds of sign: icon, figure and index. 8. Symbol points at something. 9. Icon represents something. 10. Index abstracts something. 11. Icons are abstract because they do not have a real meaning unless we make that connection through opposition via context. 12. Words are the most literal of all signs due to the fact that we can make meaning immediately. 13. Marrying text and image requires great care. 14. It can elicit precise meaning.