1. Directly quoting another person’s actual words, whether oral or written;
2. Using another person’s ideas, opinions, or theories;
3. Paraphrasing the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of others, whether oral or written;
4. Borrowing facts, statistics, or illustrative material; or
5. Offering materials assembled or collected by others in the form of projects or collections without acknowledgment.

Introduction: An info-graphic is a visual representation of information. It sends images and texts to send a message to the reader in a concise and strategic manner.

1. The First Impression:

• Gives the reader a first impression of what the text is going to present or argue.
• Sets a mood for the text using images, color, font, words, and numbers.
• When analyzing the first impression you want to address "what are the first things you notice?"
• Now then, what stands out at second glance?

2. The Story:

• What is the main argument of the infographic? Normally you will find it in the title.
• What are the main points of the infographic? Normally you will find it in larger font.

3. The Data:

• What are the supporting details of the main arguments?
• How are the presented? Numbers, images, text, a combination?
• Does the creator provide the sources of the information and do they seem credible? Use Evaluate Sources! 

4. The Strategy:

• Where does your eye travel?
• How is the information presented? How is it laid out? What is the tone--funny, cute, dramatic?
• How is color used?
• How are images used?
• How is font used?
• Who is the audience?

Adapted from EDDA: Educating for a Digital Age

This LibGuide was created by Kathy Fester

Concordian International School, Bangkok

The content is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commerical license.