Earthquake safety

This task is about understanding how images and words are used to create meaning on a poster.
Earthquake safety poster
 
Use the pictures and the words on the poster to help you answer the questions.
 
a) What was the turtle doing before the earthquake?
   
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b) What was the girl doing before the earthquake?
   
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Text from the poster: in an earthquake...

c) How does the way these words are written remind you of an earthquake?
   
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Image from the poster showing a child being "turtle safe"

d) What has the girl in this picture done to be "turtle safe"?
   
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e) What is the same about what the girl and the turtle are doing in this picture?
   
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f) What do the two sets of dotted lines in this picture show?
   
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g) How does the zigzag line down the middle of this picture go with the idea of an earthquake?
   
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