WHY IS SOMETHING SO SAD THIS FUNNY:

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WHY IS SOMETHING SO SAD THIS FUNNY

• USING POLITICAL CARTOONS

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WHY USE POLITICAL CARTOONS?

• Lead-in questions for groups
• What is the purpose of the cartoon?
• How does it make you feel?
• What methods does the cartoon use to make you
  feel that way?
• What issue is the cartoon trying to capture?
• How does the cartoon try to persuade you?
• Is the cartoon relevant to you as citizens?
• What is the artists opinion on the issue?
• Is there text? How is it used?

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Cartoon 1
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Cartoon 2
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Cartoon 3
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Cartoon 4
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THE 1ST AMENDMENT

• Congress shall make no law respecting an
  establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
  free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom
  of speech, or of the press or the right of the
  people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
  government for a redress of grievances.
• -1st Amendment
• Free speech and freedom of the press promotes
  "The free flow of ideas essential to political
  democracy and democratic institutions" and limits
  the ability of the state to subvert other rights
  and freedoms
• It promotes a marketplace of ideas, which
  includes, but is not limited to, the search for
  truth
• Political cartoons are an example of free speech
  and freedom of the press.

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METHODS

• Exaggeration- To represent as greater than actual
  size. To make overstatements. The act of making
  something more noticeable than usual.
• When you study a cartoon, look for any
  characteristics that seem overdone or overblown.
  (Facial characteristics and clothing are some of
  the most commonly exaggerated characteristics.)
  Then, try to decide what point the cartoonist was
  trying to make through exaggeration.
• Irony-A literary expression employing contrasts
  in order to produce humorous or rhetorical
  effects. Irony of a situation is a discrepancy
  between the expected result and actual results
  when enlivened by perverse appropriateness.

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METHODS CONT

• Juxtaposition- To place side by side, especially
  for comparison and contrast. Also, this method
  is sometimes known as analogy. An analogy is a
  comparison between two unlike things that share
  some characteristics. By comparing a complex
  issue or situation with a more familiar one,
  cartoonists can help their readers see it in a
  different light.
• Symbolism- Cartoonists use simple objects, or
  symbols, to stand for larger concepts or ideas.

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WHY USE HUMOR?

• Reductio ad Absurdum- Latin meaning, reduction
  to the absurd.
• Used by the ancient Greeks and Romans in logical
  arguments.
• If a claim gets you an absurd or humorous result,
  then it can be assumed that the original claim or
  proof was deficient or illogical.
• If AB, and B is absurd (ridiculous), therefore,
  A must also be absurd or ridiculous.
• Cartoonists use the same logic. By making you
  laugh at the ridiculousness of a situation or a
  person, then we can assume that there is a
  problem with that situation or person to begin
  with.

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Assignment

• Make your own cartoon.
• Write
• Find an issue
• Explain the issue?
• Explain the different sides of the issue and
  which one you took?
• What methods did you use to create a reductio ad
  absurdum argument?
• How are you trying to persuade your audience?
  What are you trying to make them think?
• Draw Cartoon
• ONE PAGE-DOUBLE SPACED-12 FONT