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The ‘DON’T SHOOT!’ picture is a cartoon by Star Tribune. Visual devices seen in the cartoon include reading path, gaze and contrast. Language devices seen in the carton include understatement, pun and allusion. ‘DON’T SHOOT’ cartoon shows an overall effective use of visual devices and literary devices so that it becomes a successful use of satire.
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The purpose of having visual literacies is to help the author convey his or her messages in a form of an image. In the cartoon it is seen that reading path, gaze and contrast are used as Visual devices. Gaze is used to position where the audience looks in the picture, grabbing their attention and directing it to the object of desire. In the cartoon it is seen that the policeman …show more content…
In this text it is seen that allusion, understatement and pun are used to enhance literary features of the cartoon. Allusion is to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly which is seen in this text as an indirect reference. Seen in the cartoon, allusion is represented as the events of Ferguson with the ‘black’ deaths, not directly targeting it but directing this with the uniform of the policeman saying ‘Ferguson’. Understatement is where something is made less important or smaller than it really is which this cartoon excels at. It particularly excels at understatement by showing only a few ‘black’ persons and also one policeman, while in reality many more are dying and even more policemen are the cause of them then seen here. Pun is used to exploit the different meanings of a word where it has different meanings in different situations. Used in the phrase ‘DON’T SHOOT’, it has two meanings, one for the ‘black’ persons not wanting to be shot by the police and the second for the police not wanting to be filmed. All of this combines to make the authors audience understand the authors intended message of making this …show more content…
All visual and literary features used in the cartoon, as previously explored, is reading path, gaze, contrast, allusion, understatement and pun. Cartoon ‘DON’T SHOOT’ is to show whoever sees it the situation of Ferguson and what both sides of the picture want, the police not to be shown killing and the ‘black’ not wanted to be killed mercilessly by them. In conclusion it is seen that with all elements combined the cartoon by Star Tribune has an effective method of representing the authors intent and inflicting that upon its
The ‘DON’T SHOOT!’ picture is a cartoon by Star Tribune. Visual devices seen in the cartoon include reading path, gaze and contrast. Language devices seen in the carton include understatement, pun and allusion. ‘DON’T SHOOT’ cartoon shows an overall effective use of visual devices and literary devices so that it becomes a successful use of satire.
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The purpose of having visual literacies is to help the author convey his or her messages in a form of an image. In the cartoon it is seen that reading path, gaze and contrast are used as Visual devices. Gaze is used to position where the audience looks in the picture, grabbing their attention and directing it to the object of desire. In the cartoon it is seen that the policeman …show more content…
In this text it is seen that allusion, understatement and pun are used to enhance literary features of the cartoon. Allusion is to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly which is seen in this text as an indirect reference. Seen in the cartoon, allusion is represented as the events of Ferguson with the ‘black’ deaths, not directly targeting it but directing this with the uniform of the policeman saying ‘Ferguson’. Understatement is where something is made less important or smaller than it really is which this cartoon excels at. It particularly excels at understatement by showing only a few ‘black’ persons and also one policeman, while in reality many more are dying and even more policemen are the cause of them then seen here. Pun is used to exploit the different meanings of a word where it has different meanings in different situations. Used in the phrase ‘DON’T SHOOT’, it has two meanings, one for the ‘black’ persons not wanting to be shot by the police and the second for the police not wanting to be filmed. All of this combines to make the authors audience understand the authors intended message of making this …show more content…
All visual and literary features used in the cartoon, as previously explored, is reading path, gaze, contrast, allusion, understatement and pun. Cartoon ‘DON’T SHOOT’ is to show whoever sees it the situation of Ferguson and what both sides of the picture want, the police not to be shown killing and the ‘black’ not wanted to be killed mercilessly by them. In conclusion it is seen that with all elements combined the cartoon by Star Tribune has an effective method of representing the authors intent and inflicting that upon its