6604_PCGE_CH07 4/25/02 4:32 PM Page 13 Print Name Class CARTOON 7 Date Civics Political Cartoon Activity The Ability to Litigate © 1999 by Sidney Harris. Back UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL CARTOONS Study the political cartoon and then answer the questions below. 1. Is it important to allow lawsuits to enforce contracts? 2. Should a case be denied a court hearing because there is not enough in monetary value at stake? 3. What type of court would probably handle Ms.
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Political cartoons are usually used to demonstrate an illustrator’s point of view during any political issue or event. More times than not a cartoon is making fun of or strongly putting down whatever that political view is. In McCutcheon’s interpretation over ratifying the treaty of Versailles his illustrations demonstrate that he doesn’t agree with that ratification. McCutcheon’s obvious disagreement is shown through specific negative characteristics of the people and the objects in the cartoon. Woodrow
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Satirical elements in political cartoons are used entirely to promote issues within parliament; whether it be highlighting vices‚ personal prejudice or contentious decisions which loom over our society. The cartoonist‚ David Pope‚ has used established fantasy characters from the franchise “Harry Potter‚” in order to depict Malcolm Turnbull‚ Bill Shorten and Richard Di Natale as untrustworthy‚ immature and naïve children. Through the use of satirical devices including mockery and parody‚ captioning
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According to its use nowadays‚ starve is a verb meaning to suffer or to die due to lack of the amount of food which is enough to keep one alive. It can come with adjectives giving the meaning of not having something that one needs‚ for example‚ supply-starved rebels. The original sense of starve meant ‘to die’‚ as was used in Old English‚ which is of Germanic origin; and "probably from a base meaning ‘be rigid’" (Oxford Dictionary). Thus‚ the original meaning of starve is not different from the current
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William Warren illustrates an editorial cartoon featuring a depiction of the Washington Monument as well as a fictional Obama Monument. Warren uses many strategies and techniques to portray his point of view to his intended audience. The illustrator focuses on the use of specific elements such as exaggeration‚ dialogue‚ analogy and symbolism to create a powerful and concise editorial cartoon. Warren uses elements of symbolism within his editorial cartoon in order to exaggerate his point of view
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In Dave Granlund’s cartoon “First Thanksgiving”‚ pilgrims and nativeamericans discuss today’s new Thanksgiving traditions in a 1621 setting. The topics these people are talking about around the table show that not everybody today focuses on the true meaning of Thanksgiving‚ based on the activities the holiday involves today compared to four hundred years ago. First off in Granlund’s comic‚ one of the pilgrims is shown saying “Although we do not yet have HD plasma TV”. The next pilgrim goes on to
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Both cartoons criticize the carelessness of Americans’ regarding their treatment of guns. The danger of guns is not acknowledged by many Americans‚ which is seen in the first picture‚ as the US-shaped building is a reference to a popular toy store. Not only are guns seen as mere toys‚ but they are also made more easily accessible in the US compared to other countries. As depicted in the second picture in an exaggerated form‚ firearms can be bought by anyone no matter their mental state. The discounts
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Denotative Meaning: Conceptual meaning is also called logical or cognitive meaning. It is the basic propositional meaning which corresponds to the primary dictionary definition. Such a meaning is stylistically neutral and objective as opposed to other kinds of associative meanings. Conceptual Meanings are the essential or core meaning while other six types are the peripheral. It is peripheral in as sense that it is non-essential. They are stylistically marked and subjective kind of meanings. Leech
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THE STUDY OF MEANING 1. The knowledge of systematic study of meaning is…. a. Phonology b. Grammar c. Syntax d. Semantics 2. There are ten aspects of any speaker’s semantic knowledge‚ except… a. Speakers generally agree when two words have essentially the same meaning – in a given context b. Some sentences have one meaning c. Speakers know whether something is or is not meaningful in their language d. Speakers know how language is used when people interact 3. The one of disciplines with the systematic
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Meaning of words I read the essay‚ “How Dictionaries Are Made” by S.I. Hayakawa. In it‚ he explains that how editors write a meaning to a word after examine many literatures. Also‚ he talks about how meanings of many words have changed during different centuries. I decided to see if he was right so I looked up three words and how their meanings have changed. First‚ I looked into the word‚ “flavor”. I found that around year 1300 to 1350‚ flavor was origins to word fetor which means an offensive
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