Political Cartoons

What element means "using an object to stand for an idea"?

• symbolism

• irony

• analogy

• exaggeration

This image (a dove) is usually a symbol for what idea?

• competition

• war

• peace

• hunting

This image (a vulture) is usually a symbol for what idea?

• youth

• charisma

• school

• death

What element is circled in red on this cartoon?

• exaggeration

• symbolism

• captioning & labels

• irony

What element is most clearly used in this cartoon of former U.S. President Nixon?

• Odd

• Analogy

• Irony

• Exaggeration

The element that cartoonists use to show there is a "difference between the way things are & the way things are expected to be" is called:

• Irony

• Oppositely

• Analogy

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

This cartoon is a great example of which element?

• analogy

• irony

• none

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Analogy: what is England's colonial expansion being compared to in this cartoon?

• a spider

• an octopus

• a crab

• a red head

What historical event is this cartoon about?

• The Cake Afrique of 1884-85

• The Berlin Cake Cutting of 1884-85

• The Big Scramble of 1884-85

• The Berlin Conference of 1884-85

Representatives (people to speak for their country) were clearly missing from what location of the world?

• Germany

• Africa

• Britain

• France