Resham AcharyaNepal,Shobha2026-06-032026-06-032025https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/26890The thesis entitled “Image Enabled Communication in ‘Think Like A Monk’: A Multimodal Analysis” aimed to find out the modes used for communication as a single communicative act in the cover page and the “images with writing” to make meaning in an inspirational book “Think Like A Monk” and analyze them critically. To carry out this research, multimodal perspectives of CDA under qualitative research design were used. The samples “images with writing” were taken purposefully from the selected book. Observation was the tool for data collection. The results of the analysis were presented thematically. The study showed that different modes like writing language/verbal like nouns, verbs, rhetorical devices, personal pronouns, imperatives and gerunds and visuals like picture, color, symbol, computer drawn images, stylistic typography and geometrical shapes were used in the selected book to communicate messages. Different modes were used together in a single communicative act to communicate messages more effectively. In the majority of the images, modes were interdependent to express complete meaning/message. Some modes in some images were capable enough to communicate meaning individually but seemed more effective when they were combined with other modes. This study consists of five chapters. Chapter one deals with the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Chapter two consists of review of theoretical and empirical literature, implication of the study, and conceptual framework. Similarly, chapter three consists of design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategies, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedure and ethical considerations. Chapter four includes analysis of the data and interpretation of the results. Likewise, chapter five comprises the conclusion and recommendations of the study. References and Appendices are kept at the last part of the study.en-USCommunicationJapanese languageThesis