Visual Arguments Political Cartoons Questions to Ask What
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Visual Arguments Political Cartoons
Questions to Ask What scene is depicted? Identify the situation Identify each of the figures in the cartoon Current politicians Figures from history or literature The “person in the street” Symbolic Representations Who speaks the lines in the cartoons? What is the cartoon’s general subject? What is the point? What is the claim?
Who speaks the lines in the cartoons? What scene is depicted? What is the cartoon’s general subject? What is the point? What is the claim? Identify each of the figures in the cartoon
What scene is depicted? Identify each of the figures in the cartoon Who speaks the lines in the cartoons? What is the cartoon’s general subject? What is the point? What is the claim?
What is the cartoon’s general subject? Who speaks the lines in the cartoons? What is the point? Identify each of the figures in the cartoon What is the claim? What scene is depicted?
Evaluating the Source Who is making the claim? Is the information current/ relevant? If not what is the situation/ time period? If current, who is the intended audience? Who benefits from this? Bias? Irony? Caricature? What response is intended by the audience? What can we learn from the scene depicted?
