• What have I learned about creating meaning through the interaction of visual and lexical elements?

I have learned a lot about the different techniques used through visual and lexical elements, as we have analyzed in various political cartoons. The lexical elements of a language are the words, punctuation, and grammar rules of the language.

• How are ideas communicated through the interaction of visual and lexical elements?

Idea’s are communicated through subjects, objects, lexical elements, colour and various drawing techniques in political cartoons, through these- the cartoonist is able to create a cartoon that sparks emotions and contains ideas that spark the reader’s interest.

• What are the similarities and differences between an opinion article and a political cartoon?

A political cartoon is a representation of one side of a topic, this can come with bias, but so can opinion articles. Opinion articles are however backed up by statistics and facts and contain more research and proves it’s point while a political cartoon shows a message, and possib