Journal of Geo-information Science

Rhetoric of Narrative Maps: Conceptualizations, Categories, and Working Mechanisms

SU Shiliang, LI Qianqian, LI Zichun, HUANG Xuyuan, KANG Mengjun, WENG Min

Journal of Geo-information Science, 2025, 27(1): 131-150. DOI: 10.12082/dqxxkx.2025.240589

Fig. 2 The definition of rhetoric of narrative maps

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Fig. 1 The visual rhetorical capability of narrative maps
Fig. 3 Categories of rhetoric of narrative maps
Tab. 1 Typical semantic and structural rhetoric of narrative maps
Fig. 4 Studium and punctum in narrative maps
Fig. 5 The working mechanism of rhetoric in narrative maps
Fig. 6 The three dimensions of rhetoric in narrative maps
Fig. 7 The semantic mapping hierarchy of narrative maps
Fig. 8 The hierarchy of rhetoric in narrative maps
Fig. 9 The integrated usage of rhetoric in narrative maps
Fig. 10 The applicability principle of rhetoric in narrative maps
Fig. 11 'Jiangnan Canal': Narrative map of Suzhou's canel
Fig. 12 Layout of 'Jiangnan Canal'
Fig. 13 The rhetorical applications in 'Jiangnan Canal'
Fig. 14 The nested and sequential use of metaphor, antithesis, inlay, and parallelism in 'Jiangnan Canal'
Fig. 15 The nested use of montage and depiction in 'Jiangnan Canal'
Fig. 16 The binding design of 'Jiangnan Canal'
Fig. 17 Metonymy in 'Jiangnan Canal'