An iconic sign – which has a direct connection to its’ object (ie it looks or sounds like the object): 1. Two people’s faces are on the front cover making it iconic 2. There are pictures of the cars which look similar to real life. 3.

An indexical sign – which has an indirect link to its’ object (think smells 1. F1 logo links to motor sport and racing 2. Title “Racing review” creates a link to motor sport and competition between people to reach a place/ person first 3. Their fire proof suits link to safety and fear of being hurt or injured.

1. A symbolic sign – which has a random or arbitary link based on a shared knowledge or an agreement, for example, a shared culture or language (think letters, words, writing, shapes, squiggles, colours, sound effects, facial expressions, hand gestures, clothing, hair styles, etc) 1. We can all agree that the letters all mean something and come together to make a word and a sentence. There is no evidence to prove that this is real but something we agree upon.