'Symmetry is about having balanced proportion, if you draw a line down the centre of the image, both sides should be the same.' eg. a mirror image
'Asymmetry is the lack of likeness' eg. it could be very symmetrical with one difference
'Repitition is similar shapes repeated over and over again'
'Rhythem is repetitive forms in a group with slight variations which create a sense of movement'
'Proportion is the relation or adaption of one portion to another' eg. scale
'Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements, structured, rule of thirds, fore/mid/background' eg. a photograph of a horizon
'Contrast is a notible emphasis in difference. The more difference, the more contrast' eg. textures - wood vs. sand, scale - big vs. small
'Hierarchy is a ordered ranking system' eg. small house, big house or more detail in something etc
'Figure-ground is the relationship between a figure and the ground. The figure defines the ground. It could be a positive shape and the ground can be everything else. Sometimes ir changes when the figure becomes the ground and
the ground becomes the figure. Negative space' eg. the picture example I liked which was the cats head in the dogs mouth which also looked like the dogs jaw.
'Datum is projecting from a common reference point' eg. focal point, something shrinking into the horizon.
Things to look at would be fashion, arcitecture, art, groups of objects, anything else that could potentially be made abstract.
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