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    This paper will focus on analyzing an iconography piece that supports the implementation of the bilingual system? a political cartoon published by the Utah association for public education(2010) the intended audience can be anyone who may relate to this problem.

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    RuningHead:BILINGUALEDUCATIONINTHEUNITEDSTATES

    BilingualeducationintheUnitedStatesgenreanalysis
    KarlaTarin
    TheUniversityOfTexasatElPaso

    RuningHead:BILINGUALEDUCATIONINTHEUNITEDSTATES

    BilingualeducationintheUnitedStates
    TheUnitedstateshasbeenknowntomanyasthelandofopportunityaplacewhere
    hardworkanddedicationcanleadyoutosuccess.Alongwiththehardshipsthatcomebyleaving
    awholelifebehindinsearchofabetterone,mostoftheseimmigrants,especiallytheyounger
    generations,havetoadapttoanewenvironmentnewculture,andnaturally,newlanguage.
    Becauseofthis,anongoingdebatehasemergedbetweenthosewhosupportbilingualeducation
    andthosewhodonot.Thispaperwillfocusonanalyzinganiconographypiecethatsupportsthe
    implementationofthebilingualsystemapoliticalcartoonpublishedbytheUtahassociationfor
    publiceducation(2010)Bothofthesepiecessupportthebilingualsystem.howevertheyboth
    utilizeadifferentgenreandfulfilltheirpurposebydifferentmeans.
    Audienceandpurpose
    Apoliticalcartoonspurposeisnotonlytoillustrateacurrenteventorissue.Morethan
    that,apoliticalcartoonexposestheauthorspointofviewinaquickandentertainingway,which
    servesasameantopersuadeotherstosharethesamestanding.Inthepoliticalcartoonpublished
    bytheUtahassociationforpubliceducation,themessageisclear:toshowtheviewersthe
    problematiccircumstancesimmigrantstudentswithoutbilingualeducationgothrough.The
    intendedaudiencecanbeanyonewhomayrelatetothisproblemeitherbypersonalexperience,
    orbymereinterestinthewaythecountryseducationsystemisprogressing.

    Rhetoricalissues:Ethos,logos,pathos.

    RuningHead:BILINGUALEDUCATIONINTHEUNITEDSTATES

    Inorderfortheauthortofullyexpresstheintendedmeaningofthecartoon,heutilizes
    differentrhetoricalappealswhichtogethercentralizethepurpose.first,theauthorutilizesethos
    byappealingtotheethicalsideofthestory.ascartoonillustrates,thelittlekiddoesnot
    understandawordhisteacherisspeaking,andwhathisteacheristryingtosay,isthathewould
    beindisadvantagebecausethebilingualprogramhasbeenvoteddown.Itisunethicaltobe
    unfair,thereforetheauthorletstheviewerbeawareofthegreatdisadvantagethiskidwillhave
    byfallingbehindonschoolbecausehedoesnothowtospeak,orinthiscaseunderstandenglish.
    TheauthoralsoappealstotheLogosaspect.Hemakesitobviousthatwithoutbilingual
    education,thelittlekidwouldnotbeabletounderstandhisteacher,whichmakestheviewer
    awareofthenecessityofthesekindsofeducationalprograms.Finally,theauthorappealstothe
    Pathosaspectbyportrayingthelittlekidasconfusedthroughoutthewholecartoonunableto
    understandwhatisbeensaidtohim.Bythis,theauthorcreatesasenseofsolidaritywiththe
    littlekid,andmakestheviewerreflectupontheconsequencesofeliminatingbilingualprograms.
    Structureanddelivery
    Althoughapoliticalcartooncanbeverylimitedintermsofspaceandtextual
    information,ithasitsadvantagesinthewaythatitcanbeviewandanalyzedquickly,itgoes
    straighttothepoint,anditcanbevisuallyappealing.Thisspecificpoliticalcartoonalthoughit
    didnotutilizedcolor,wasvisuallyappealing.Fourshortscenesstraightandtothepoint,leave
    theviewerwithabetterunderstandingaboutthenecessityofbilingualprogramsintheEducation
    system,andpersuadestheviewertoopposeagainstallthosewhobelieveotherwise.
    synthesis
    References

    RuningHead:BILINGUALEDUCATIONINTHEUNITEDSTATES

    Biligualeducation.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary4,2015,from
    http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_project

    RuningHead:BILINGUALEDUCATIONINTHEUNITEDSTATES

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