Classificatory: RPs as “kind of” something or some group (that
is, they are members of the same class). Advertisements for
beauty products often have classificatory images such as a group
of models (for instance, Revlon models).
Analytical: RPs are displayed in terms of a “part-whole”
structure. The “whole” is a Carrier who possesses “parts” called
Attributes. The Supreme Court building in Figure 2 is a Carrier,
and its architectural components are its Attributes. A pie chart is
an analytical image in which the chart is the Carrier and its
segments are Attributes. Diagrams are also analytical processes.
Symbolic: RPs are important for what they “mean.” A motorbike
in an advertisement can, for example, be analytical (that is,
asking the viewer to check out its attributes), but it is also
symbolic of virility. Abstract shapes such as triangles, squares,
and circles also fall in this category.