Political cartoon.1. Where are this boy and girl? How do you know?--. 2. Is the boy pleased with his purchase? Why or why not?--. 3. Does the girl feel the same way? Explain.--. 4. What tone of voice would you guess the girl is using?--. 5. Which of the two individuals is expressing the cartoonist's viewpoint? Explain.--. Answers: 1. in a hallway at their school; The lockers at left signify sig·ni·fy v. sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing, sig·ni·fies v.tr. 1. To denote; mean. 2. To make known, as with a sign or word: signify one's intent. a school. 2. Yes. He is happy to have gotten a bargain,. 3. No. She thinks the body's soda drinking is partly responsible for his being overweight Overweight Refers to an investment position that is larger than the generally accepted benchmark. Notes: For example, if a company normally holds a portfolio whose weighting of cash is 10%, and then increases cash holdings to 15%, the portfolio would have an overweight . 4. sarcastic sar·cas·tic adj. 1. Expressing or marked by sarcasm. 2. Given to using sarcasm. [sarc(asm) + -astic, as in enthusiastic. (She doesn't really consider it a coincidence.) 5. the girl (Reasons may vary, but she is making a judgment about the boy. So is the cartoonist, who is using the boy as an example of how the easy availability of sodas and junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food in schools is contributing to the growing problem of obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. among young people in the U.S.) |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion