Editorial Cartoons

Understanding Editorial Cartoons
AP Language

1. Go to this site to learn "cartoon analysis" and apply it to four new cartoons:

Apply What You Have Learned

2. Then go to this site. Select any editorial cartoon, print it, and analyze it using the questions below:

Editorial Cartoons from Around the World

What issue is this political cartoon about?
What is the cartoonist’s opinion on this issue?
What other opinion can you imagine another person having on this issue?
What techniques (symbolism, exaggeration/caricature, analogy, irony, labeling) are used in this cartoon?
Did you find this cartoon persuasive? Why or why not?
What other techniques could the cartoonist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?