Andrew Toles Washington Post

Explicit

• “And for my next trick assuming there is one”
• Lion Roar with mouth open
• Lion with mouth open with guy inside
• Lion is labeled as crazed rhetoric

Implicit

• Uncle Sam
• Consumed with crazed rhetoric
• Vulnerable to rhetoric

Analysis Questions

• What is Toles communicating in this political cartoon? Toles is trying to communicate how American political figures are just using crazed rhetoric for anything. Politicians will try to use crazed rhetoric for almost any reason.
• Explore what you think the context is for the cartoon
• How might this cartoon and its message speak to our rhetorical situation today? Be specific