Political Cartoon Worksheet

Name: Rebecca Sausen                                                            Date: 4/30/12

 EDITORIAL CARTOON ANALYSIS

1. What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon?
        -The man is reading the newspaper, and there is a bunch of holes in the paper. He asks his wife to let him read the paper first before she cuts the coupons out.

2. Are there any real people or places in the cartoon? If not, what images are portrayed in the cartoon?
     -No real people in this cartoon. The image is a man and a woman in a house. You see the man sitting in the chair, and you see the woman standing right beside him.

3. Identify the specific artistic techniques used in the cartoon (i.e., symbolism, analogy, exaggeration, labeling, and irony). What is the artist trying to show the reader by using these techniques?
    -Symbolism-The symbol is the man and woman in the picture. Also the paper symbolized that there were coupons in the paper until the woman cut them out.
     -Analogy-The analogy is the man and woman saving money by using coupons as apose to people who don't use coupons to save money.
    -Exaggeration-The exaggeration is the number of coupons clipped out of the newspaper.
    -Labeling-The are no labels in this picture.
    -Irony-The irony is that the picture is trying to make you think about saving money by using coupons.
    -The artist is trying to show people that you can save money by using coupons.

4. What is the cartoonist's point of view about the topic portrayed in the cartoon? Give examples to support your interpretation.

   -The point of view is that saving money by using coupons is a good thing to do. They show that by the man reading the newspaper and seeing all in holes in it. It also shows it by him asking his wife to wait till after he reads it, and then she can cut them out.

5. Is this cartoon persuasive? Explain why or why not.

      -I think that it is persuasive by showing us that there are people who still use coupons today, and that it helps when it comes to saving money.

6. What other techniques could the artist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?
      -The artist could of had the woman say something like, "I can't wait because I only have so long until the coupons expire."

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