Lesson 5 & 6: Juxtaposition

What is Juxtaposition?

Juxtaposition can be defined as placing two variable, side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison. Many creative processes rely on juxtaposition.By juxtaposing two objects or words next to each other, human brain will automatically associate or transfer meaning. Usually 'turning' something familiar to something less familiar or vice-versa.

Definition of Juxtaposition

A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as a juxtaposition of words. The act of juxtaposing is to place two objects or word next to each other.

When 2 things put side by side, your brain try to figure what is the relationship between these 2? What automatically happens is that there is transference of meaning.

Usually from something familiar to something less familiar.

Visual Puns:Creating an artwork in which several visual form which look alike are connected and combined so as to bring out 2 or more possible meaningful. Visual puns are lower version of visual metaphor.

Metaphor:

In a figure of speech in which 2 different things are linked by some similarity. Comparison that are obviously are not consider metaphor. Therefore, metaphor occur, when 2 different ideas are being connected in imagination and agreed to be dissimilarity at first.

Similes:

Using as or like. For example: Life is like cooking. It all depends on what you add and how you mix it. sometimes you follow the recipe and at other times, you are creative. Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.

Analogy:

2 or more things agree in some respects.
is a comparison of things that are essential dissimilarity but are shown through the analogy to have some similarity.A form of logical inference or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if 2 things are known to be alike in some respects then they must be alike in other aspects. There are two types of Analogy:

-Logical analogies

[eg. A bird can compared to an aeroplane because both can move on air]

- Affective analogies

[eg. The Constructive worker are Hardworking as ant.]