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SKETCHNOTING4 MIN READ

Sort Your Visual Vocabulary

Classify sketchnote marks by their function so they can be used deliberately in live notes.

Sort the marks by the job they do in a sketchnote: naming a thing, showing a relationship, or grouping related ideas. Object or actor Relationship or movement Container or group Person symbol object Clock symbol Curved arrow relationship Balance scale Box frame container Bracket group visual vocabulary selection You practiced choosing marks by function instead of drawing habit. Ask: does this mark name a thing, show a relationship, or hold a group?

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