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 Editorial Cartoon on Voicethread + Answers

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 __Sting-Ray Cartoon__ Sentence: The sting-ray that killed Steve Irwin is filled with grief. Subject: sting-ray Action Verbs: killed, filled Object: grief

__Hand Drawn Cartoon__ Sentence: George W. Bush is putting money for more important things into the Iraq War. Subject: George. W. Bush Verbs: is putting Object: Iraq War

Editorial Cartoons are popular to so many people because they bring current events into funnier situations in which people can relate to and understand. Most teens don't want to read through pages of small print in magazines, they would much rather look through colorful drawings. Cartoons help people discuss current events because they can put the picture into words for everyone to understand instead of large, difficult, political terms used on television and in newspapers. Cartoons simplify things. Issues that can be written and not drawn might include sensitive topics such as rasism, sexism, or even deaths that occur from suicide. Racism and sexism would be too sensitive for a lot of people because there have been so many difficult times for different people, whether they be African-American, Caucasian, Male or Female. Some people might find certain things offensive. Suicide is a rough topic because a lot of people have lost someone like that and it would almost be like mocking the topic. If someone were to draw a cartoon saying that the number of teen suicides each year was increasing because of something silly like politics or something serious like depression, then people might take that the wrong way.