Doc is attached with directions. This needs to be only 500 words. Writing Assignment: Comic Strip or Political Cartoon Analysis Option #1: Analysis of an

Doc is attached with directions. This needs to be only 500 words.

Writing Assignment: Comic Strip or Political Cartoon Analysis

Option #1: Analysis of an Individual Comic Strip or Political Cartoon

Choose one comic strip or political cartoon. If you visit the website of a newspaper such as The
Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc., you should be able to search
for comic strips or political cartoons easily. Be sure to cite work using MLA format.

Which techniques does the creator of the comic strip use?
How does the creator make his/her point in the comic strip?
What do we learn about the characters and/or ourselves from this comic strip or political cartoon?
If colors are available, what do they tell us about this comic or cartoon?
What language is used and how can that be interpreted?
And importantly, which of the key terms from the topic lesson can you discuss in your
analysis? For example, how do elements of imagery, symbolism, metaphor, and/or irony reveal the cartoon’s message?

As with all academic essays you write in this course, this essay should have a well-defined
introduction with a thesis statement, body, and conclusion.
In essence, what are some of the physical elements present in the cartoon1—characters,
text, colors, etc., along with figurative elements such as metaphor and symbolism, that
to explain the cartoon’s message? It can be ful to focus on a single element in the
cartoon in its own body paragraph (include the element in the topic sentence and in the
thesis) and describe how it portrays the cartoon’s message before moving to the next
cartoon feature in a new paragraph.

Sample Thesis Statement: “John Smith uses (add one element from the cartoon), (add a
second element from the cartoon), and (add a third element from the cartoon) to show (add
the cartoon’s message).”

Option #2: Analysis of Multiple Comic Strips or Political Cartoons

A successful analysis will go beyond the obvious, literal elements of the cartoon and will analyze figurative elements, too. Use the course topic lessons to inform your analysis.

Choose two political cartoons or comic strips created by the same person.
Which techniques does the creator of the political cartoons use?
How does the creator make his/her point in the political cartoons? Which characters, if any, are present in both political cartoons?
What do we learn about the characters and/or ourselves from these political cartoons?
How does the language transmit the creator’s message? Using a comparison or contrast mode of development, draw conclusions about the techniques the author uses in the political cartoons and how they apply to our lives.

As with all academic essays you write in this course, this essay should have a well-defined introduction with a thesis statement, body, and conclusion.

Use the point by point or subject by subject structure to compare and contrast about three to five elements found in the cartoons that to explain how they apply to our lives or to a message present in today’s society.
After you compare and contrast in each paragraph, be sure to explain the message those elements and the cartoons to depict.

Sample Thesis Statement: “John Smith’s cartoon strips Cartoon 1 and Cartoon 2 use (add one
element from the cartoon), (add a second element from the cartoon), and (add a third element from the cartoon) to explain (add the cartoons’ message).”

Be sure to document the cartoon or comic strip on a Works Cited page. visit the following source for citing an electronic image: owl.english.purdue.edu

The guidelines for this assignment are as follows:

Length: This assignment should be at least 500 words.
Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information: (I can fill in this information)
— Your first and last name
— Course Title
— Assignment name (i.e, Cartoon Analysis)
— Current Date

Format: MLA-style source documentation and Works Cited
Your last name and page number in the upper-right corner of each page
Double-spacing throughout
Standard font (TimesNewRoman, Calibri)
Title, centered after heading
1” margins on all sides
Save the file using one of the following extensions: .docx, .doc, .rtf, or .txt
Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph

Originality/Similarity Reports:

When you submit your essays through Turnitin, you can review your essays’ percentage match to outside sources. In other words, any material you used from outside sources in paraphrases, quotes, and summaries in your essay will appear as part of this percentage (called an originality report).

The purpose of revealing this percentage, which is also available to StraighterLine staff, is to you gauge the amount of outside material you use in your work. Strive to use much less than 25% material from outside sources so that most of your work is your original content. Material you use from an outside source should have an MLA formatted citation and a related Works Cited entry (keep this in mind for papers assigned later in the course).