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Visual Analysis

Sophomores
Your assignment for Friday is to print out three political cartoons from CAGLE.COM. They can be on any topic you choose, as long as you understand the jokes. We will share and discuss your cartoons in class, and I will give you some instruction on writing an analysis of a visual text.

By the end of class Friday, you should have your focus set, and you will look for an article this weekend that helps to establish the context for the satire in the cartoons. Please use GOOGLE NEWS as your portal for news sites. Print an article from a major news outlet, and bring the article to class on Monday.

For Monday, you will all write the analysis of one cartoon. Although I gave everyone a copy in class, here is the full assignment.

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