07 Jul Comic Strip or Political Cartoon Analysis
ENG102 English Composition II
Choose onecomic strip or political cartoon. If you visit the website of a newspapersuch as The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, The Washington Post,etc., you should be able to search for comic strips or political cartoonseasily. (see attached RUBRIC and Example cartoon analysis for your reference)
Format: MLA Style
MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Which techniques doesthe creator of the comic strip use?
2. How does the creatormake his/her point in the comic strip?
3. What do we learn aboutthe characters and/or ourselves from this comic strip or political cartoon?
4. If colors areavailable, what do they tell us about this comic or cartoon?
5. What language is usedand how can that be interpreted?
6. And importantly,which of the key terms from the topic lesson can you discussin your analysis? For example, how of elements of imagery, symbolism,metaphor, and/or irony help reveal the cartoon’s message?
7. This essay shouldhave a well-defined introduction with a thesis statement, body, andconclusion.
8. Underline your thesisstatement in the introductory paragraph.
9. In essence, what aresome of the physical elements present in the cartoon1 – characters, text,colors, etc., along with figurative elements such as metaphor andsymbolism, that help to explain the cartoon’s message? It canbe helpful to focus on a single element in the cartoon in its own bodyparagraph (including the element in the topic sentence and in the thesis) anddescribe how it portrays the cartoon’s message before moving to the next cartoonfeature in a new paragraph.
10. Provide the link incitation page for the comic strip or political cartoon used in essay
Sample Thesis Statement: “John Smith uses (add one elementfrom the cartoon), (add a second element from the cartoon), and (add a thirdelement from the cartoon) to show (add the cartoon’s message).”
A successful analysis will go beyond the obvious, literalelements of the cartoon and will analyze figurative elements, too. Use thecourse topic lessons to inform your analysis.
The guidelines for this assignmentare as follows:
Length: The assignment should be at least 3 pageswith two MLA citations
Header: Include a header in the upper left-handcorner of your writing assignment with the following information:
Your first and last name
Course Title (Composition II)
Assignment name (i.e., Cartoon Analysis)
Current Date
Format: MLA-stylesource documentation and Works Cited
