Political cartoon.This cartoonist uses personification personification, figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities, e.g., allegorical morality plays where characters include Good Deeds, Beauty, and Death. (the assigning of human traits to inanimate objects Inanimate Objects abiology the study of inanimate things. animatism the assignment to inanimate objects, forces, and plants of personalities and wills, but not souls. — animatistic, adj. ) to emphasize the dangers of identity theft. See "Identity Theft, "pp. 8-9. Study the cartoon, then answer the questions below. 1. What three documents is the boy holding? To whom do they belong?-- 2. Whom does the voice represent?-- 3. What in the cartoon tells you that the person talking seems friendly?-- 4. Who in this cartoon is in danger of becoming an identity-theft victim?-- 5. Do you think that the cartoon is effective? Why or why not?-- Answers: 1. He is holding a Social Security card, driver's license Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something , and credit card. Presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , the documents belong to one of his parents. 2. The voice represents one of the many identity thieves lurking See lurk. (messaging, jargon) lurking - The activity of one of the "silent majority" in a electronic forum such as Usenet; posting occasionally or not at all but reading the group's postings regularly. on the Internet. 3. the trusting look on the boy's face; the speaker's casual way of addressing the boy ("Cool"), like one kid to another 4. the boy, his mother, father, or both parents 5. Answers will vary but require concrete examples or explanations. |
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