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• Types of cartoons


  • Humorous, drawn picture of a situation
  • Satirical cartoons highlighting current socio-political issues
• Characters in cartoons


  • They show characteristics of a generalised and contrived nature
  • They show characteristics of known personalities in an exaggerated way
• Action in cartoons


  Movement and action conveyed through the clever use of lines, symbols, sounds
• Facial expressions in cartoons

  Eyes, nose, mouth
• Body language in cartoons

  Arms, legs, posture
• Relationships in cartoons


  Strained, affectionate, aloof
• Background and setting in cartoons

  Where and when it takes place, how the setting influences the behavior of the character/s, whether the cartoon is based on fact or fiction
• Language and punctuation in cartoons

  Use of slang, colloquialisms, or jargon, structure of sentences, use of punctuation to enhance and emphasise meaning
• Intention of cartoons


  To entertain, educate, satirise
• Classification of humour in cartoons

  • Wit, satire, parody, slapstick, sick humour, absurd humour
• Techniques in cartoons


  Ambiguity/pun, malapropism, exaggeration, understatement, irony
• Do not


  Explain the joke, tell the story, explain why it is not funny
• A sentence is a set of words that have a subject and predicate, with at least a main clause. This can be a statement, question, command, or exclamation
• Types of Sentences


  • Simple
  • Compound
  • Complex
  • Compound-Complex
• Sentences are classified according to the number and kinds of clauses they contain
• A phrase is a group of words, without a subject and verb, that functions in a sentence as one part of speech
• A clause is a group of words with its own subject and verb
• Clause types


  • Independent/Main Clauses
  • Dependent/Subordinating Clauses
• Types of Clauses


  • Independent/Main
  • Dependent/Subordinating
• Types of Sentences based on clauses

  • Simple
  • Compound
  • Complex
• A simple sentence has only one independent clause and no subordinate clauses
• A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses
• A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses
• How to identify if a sentence is simple, compound, or complex: Identify the verbs, Identify the subjects, Count the number of independent clauses, Check for dependent clauses
• Summary of sentence types

  • Simple
  • Compound
  • Complex
• Examples of sentence types
• Questions and Answers for identifying sentence types