Month: November 2021
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Liza Donnelly Cartoons Learner Portfolio
For the second unit in Language & Literature this year, we learned more about how global issues can be depicted through different illustration of cartoons. The cartoons that we had observed were mainly created by Liza Donnelly, which covers many different aspects about global issues, such as inequality between men and women, racism, etc. Most of the cartoons include techniques such as irony, understatement, and juxtaposition. The purpose of her cartoons are to address the global issues, and to be able to communicate it to others to let other individuals understand different perspectives.
An activity that we did during this unit is learning about cartoon techniques. At the beginning of the unit, we had reviewed different cartoon techniques in order to prepare ourselves to understand how to describe and analyze cartoons using different terminologies describing the technique and style used in different cartoons. The cartoonists’ persuasive techniques that we familiarized ourselves with were allusion, analogy, dark humor, distortion, hyperbole, irony, juxtaposition, labeling, malapropism, metaphor, parody, pun, satire, stereotype, symbolism, and understatement. The different cartoonists’ styles included iconic, and realistic. After reviewing through the different techniques, we did a quiz on kahoot.
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Open in new tab Another assignment that we had worked on is reviewing cartoons created by Liza Donnelly. We had analyzed a total of eleven cartoons illustrated by Liza Donnelly, and one of my favorite was analyzing the cartoon, The Feminist Viewpoint. I had found it interesting throughout analyzing this cartoon as my perspective and ideas had changed as I was analyzing it further. At first, I had thought that Harold was a man dressing up as a woman, and I then thought about how Harold might be a transgender woman instead. When analyzing a cartoon, it is important to identify every detail—no matter how small it is. It is important to identify the people, objects, issue, technique, and purpose in the cartoon, and it is equally as important to break down and understand the text in the cartoon, as it is for the illustration. Overall, although I found this cartoon quite challenging to understand at first, the main message that was communicated is an important issue.
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An assignment that I had enjoyed working on is creating our own cartoons. For this assignment, we would need to create a cartoon about a current issue or a political topic, including text, as well as different techniques. It has to convey a point, commenting or criticizing about the topic or issue that was chosen for our cartoon. For my cartoon, I had hand-drawn an illustration about a comparison between the treatment of a stray dog and a homeless man, explaining the issue about how passersby would be more willing to help a stray dog, rather than a homeless person.
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